I Need Your Help

Yesterday I asked you to share what worked for you in 2025.

I got two responses.

Two.

Look, I get it. Sharing feels vulnerable. Maybe you think your year wasn't impressive enough to mention. Maybe you had a tough year and don't want to admit it. Maybe you're not sure what I'm actually looking for.

So let me be more direct about why I'm asking.

I'm not looking for hero stories. I'm not compiling a highlight reel of massive wins. I'm trying to understand what actually worked for real traders in real market conditions this year.

Your "boring" consistency might be exactly what someone else needs to hear. Your lessons from losses might be more valuable than someone else's wins. Your simple risk management rule that saved you from blowing up? That's gold.

Here's what I actually want to know:

What's ONE thing you did this year that made a difference? Just one. Not a comprehensive review of your entire trading year. Just the single thing that moved the needle for you.

Maybe it was:

* Finally sticking to your stops

* Taking profits at 50% instead of holding for 100%

* Only trading the first two hours of the day

* Cutting your position sizes in half

* Adding one specific strategy to your toolkit

* Avoiding a sector that would have destroyed you

* Taking a trading break when you needed it

It doesn't have to be profound. It doesn't have to be impressive. It just has to be true.

And if you had a rough year? Tell me that too. What didn't work? What are you changing going into 2026?

That's just as valuable as success stories. Maybe more.

I'm asking because I genuinely believe we learn more from each other's real experiences than from any textbook or course. But that only works if people actually share.

So here's the deal: email me ONE thing. One sentence if that's all you've got. One paragraph if you want to explain more.

[email protected]

Don't overthink it. Don't worry about whether it's interesting enough or impressive enough. Just tell me one thing that's true about your 2025 trading.

I'll share the responses—anonymously—so we can all learn from the collective experience.

But I need you to actually respond this time.

Help me out here, Spirit Animals! 🙏

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Sean McLaughlin | Chief Options Strategist, All Star Charts