First: accept this brutal truth
Most of the time, the best trade is doing nothing.
Yeah, boring. Yeah, ego-killing. But the market doesn’t pay you for being busy — it pays you for being right.
If you feel the urge to click Buy just because price is moving… that’s not strategy, that’s dopamine addiction.
1. Get a rule that blocks your impulsive brain
Your brain is trash under pressure. Facts.
So you need non-negotiable rules, like:
I trade only at my level
I trade only after candle close
I take max 1–2 trades per session
When rules are clear, patience becomes automatic.
No setup = no trade = no stress.
2. Zoom out, stop babysitting the chart
Staring at 1-minute candles will destroy your patience faster than Twitter destroys attention span.
Try this:
Mark levels on higher timeframe
Set alerts
Walk away
If price hasn’t reached your level, your job isn’t trading — it’s waiting.
3. Redefine “winning”
Most traders think:
“If I didn’t trade today, I wasted time.”
Wrong mindset.
New mindset:
“If I avoided a bad trade, I protected my capital.”
Not losing is a win.
Patience grows when you stop measuring success by number of trades.
4. Use a journal (yes, it actually works)
Here’s the glow-up moment.
After every trade (or no-trade), write:
Why I entered / why I didn’t
Was it planned or emotional?
Did impatience cost me money before?
When you SEE impatience losing money on paper, your brain learns faster than any motivation quote.
5. Accept that you will miss trades
This one hurts.
You’ll see price fly without you.
You’ll say “if only I entered…”
Good. That’s the price of discipline.
There will always be another setup.
There will NOT always be capital if you keep forcing trades.
Final reality check
Patience in trading looks like:
Being bored
Closing the chart
Saying “not my setup”
Trading less but better
If you’re always excited while trading, you’re probably gambling.
Be patient not because it sounds cool —
be patient because your account balance demands it.