Ten Minutes With Tate Desperately Seeking Alpha
Most traders believe wealth comes from being right more often.
That belief quietly destroys traders.
In this episode of Ten Minutes with Tate, I explain why the real risk of ruin isn’t a sudden crash — but a slow psychological and financial erosion caused by overtrading, small repeated losses, and cutting winners short.
You’ll learn why:
Most traders fail through “death by a thousand cuts”
Win rate is meaningless without large average wins (R-multiples)
The majority of stocks destroy wealth — and why that actually creates opportunity
Alpha is about participation and management, not prediction
Trading choppy, sideways markets is a psychological trap, not a technical one
Drawing on long-term market data and real trading examples, this video explains why returns are highly concentrated, why trend following exists, and why most traders exit before the distribution ever pays them.
