Very interesting point, torero. In my opinion rewarding yourself is very important to grow as a trader. Having money on the account is nothing but figures. You need to reward yourself and spent some money from the gains to train your brain that when you are doing things the right way - you can fulfil a great wish. This is described as a positive reinforcement by pavlov (
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I'm lightyears away from buying a country farm from trading gains like JC mentioned, i am aiming for these very expensive things in 10 years or so, but still have them in my trading plan as a far end goal with a lot of minor little goals before the big one.
Currently i am rewarding myself with spending a great weekend with my girlfriend in a wellness hotel, going out for dinner, buying some clothes or doing a short weekend trip in a city i like to see.
It is helping me a lot because i can say that e.g. this weekend was completely "sponsored" by my trading wins and it supports me in doing the right things in the future to have this great feeling again.
nice weekend
Norman