The Courage to Face What Scares You (Why This Site Exists)

I’m Edgar, a BCA grad who cares more about doing than theorizing. A trader since 2018 who spent six years breaking even. A writer who journals to untangle his mind.

People call me ‘politely direct’ – I call it refusing to dress up uncertainty.

I built traderedgar.com because:

Trading is a mirror. It shows you who you are when money’s on the line.
Most ‘education’ feels like a sales funnel. This is a diary with the pages left open.
I’m lazy. So I focus only on what cuts through the noise.

What This Site Is (And Isn’t)

This is:

A microscope on market psychology – why we freeze, chase, or overtrade.
Scenario playgrounds: ‘What might happen if the Dow drops by 5% or more in a single day?’ not ‘Buy Dow now!’
Raw writing about fear, loss, and small wins. No fluff. No forecasts.

This isn’t:

Financial advice (I’m not your broker, therapist, or guardian angel).
A profit guarantee (I break even – and that’s my superpower).
A polished persona. What you see is what you get: Human. Flawed. Learning.

How You Benefit

Expect:

Clarity, not certainty: Tools to frame your own decisions.
Vulnerability > Vanity: My losses, fears, and aha moments. Unedited.
Action over theory: Practical lenses for charts, news, and your own impulses.

You won’t find ‘10 stocks to buy’. You’ll find:
‘Here’s how I dissected my last trade mistake – try it yourself.’

Contribute Your Voice

Want to add to the conversation?
I’m building a library of human experiences – not financial hot takes.

Your trading psychology story (fear, greed, discipline).
A technical scenario you’re wrestling with.
How you find meaning in the chaos.

No credentials needed. Just honesty.
Submit drafts, ideas, or raw notes. If it resonates, I’ll polish it with you and publish it (with your name or anonymously).

Why contribute?

Pay forward your hard-won lessons.
Break the isolation of trading → Contact Me

Prefer to fuel this work directly?

I’ll never sell signals, upsell courses, or plaster this site with ads.

But: Servers cost money. Research takes nights. Writing demands honesty I can’t outsource.

If my words helped you:

Donate the price of coffee to keep the site ad-free and independent.
No guilt, no rewards – just you buying me focus time.

Support the Work : Contribute

I don’t know how to ‘change the world’. But I know silence helps no one.
So here’s my offering: A place where we trade honestly, write openly, and face the fear anyway.

– Edgar

TraderEdgar