Why does making $1000 as a trader feel like a small amount of money but making $100 at a job feel like a lot?

It’s because growing up you were taught to work for money.

Your brain is wired to think you have to exchange time for money.

Therefore when you go to work you have a specific amount of hours you know you have to be there, once you’re done your shift you will get paid for the hours you worked.

In trading you don’t get paid for time.

You get paid for decisions.

Unlike a job you can actually trade all day and lose money

or

You could trade for 1 hour and make 10x the money you made at your job.

Therefore when you’re making money clicking buttons and seeing numbers on a screen you don’t value them:

It’s “easy” money.

But you need to understand…

It may be easy but it’s the hardest easy money you’ll ever make.