I began as a curious kid drawn to games, competition, and the thrill of watching patterns. Money and markets were not abstract; they were stories of people betting on the future.
Small early wins felt like proof, but they were also a trap. Success can teach the wrong lesson if you confuse luck with skill. I started to see that confidence without a process is fragile.
What mattered most was discovering feedback. When you do something, the world responds. If you pay attention, the response teaches you. If you ignore it, you repeat the same error with more certainty.
Even then I sensed that written rules beat moods. I started jotting down simple “if-then” reminders and testing them, collecting what worked and discarding what didn’t. That habit stayed with me.