Mind, market, expectations — workshop of 10 October 2026

A recording of the closed O!kurra workshop “Mind, market, expectations” (10 October 2026). This time it is not about setups: MMD walks through a presentation about what happens in a trader’s head and on the other side of the market. Where this knowledge comes from (a broker’s partner panel and how the interests are arranged), why most retail CFD accounts lose money, sunk costs, the “shot of a lifetime”, news, communities and a lack of distance; then realistic expectations (pace, unit, repeatability) and the work: demo and small money, numbers instead of impressions, regular withdrawals and careful deposits. In the middle of the session one of the participants shows on their demo account how the Timer semi-automatic tool traded gold the day before, and tells the story of a withdrawal that got stuck along the way — from the request, through support and the SWIFT code, to a formal complaint. At the end: the path money takes from the broker, the broker behind the scenes (the brand and the liquidity provider), what changes once you start winning, nine rules on a single page, and the announcement that the Timer will be made available to participants for testing until the end of the year.

Recording chapters

1. 00:00Welcome — not about setups today; the presentation leads the session
2. 01:03Mind, market, expectations
3. 02:42How I know: two sources and one honest limit
4. 06:06The partner panel — what a broker’s partner sees
5. 07:57Interests — how a partner earns: three models, one choice
6. 11:43How many lose — 74–89% of retail CFD accounts (ESMA)
7. 12:49The plan: four words, four parts
8. 13:45The mind: four sentences that cost the most
9. 18:16Sunk costs — the market doesn’t know how much you have already lost
10. 20:08“This will be the one” — being right is not the same as making money
11. 24:25News — the fastest money, in both directions
12. 29:56Communities — motivation or a trap
13. 35:44Distance and freedom — can’t afford distance? Then you can’t afford this market
14. 39:18Expectations: pace — world champion after a week
15. 41:37The market won’t run away. Neither will the opportunity
16. 45:44The unit — “what are two dollars anyway”
17. 47:19Repeatability before size
18. 50:23The work: demo teaches the mechanics, small money teaches the mind
19. 51:56Numbers, not impressions — how do you know it works
20. 53:34The foundation: regular withdrawals
21. 1:00:09Deposits: let your hand tremble
22. 1:03:26One participant’s experience — statistics, a semi-automatic tool, a moving-average filter
23. 1:08:14A participant shows a demo account — how the Timer traded gold, the “minutes”
24. 1:17:09A withdrawal that got stuck along the way — support, SWIFT, a complaint
25. 1:26:51Transfer confirmation — who really pays out the money
26. 1:32:02Back to the presentation — lessons from the withdrawal story
27. 1:34:17Another participant on deposits and withdrawals as a test of the broker
28. 1:37:58The Timer for participants to test until the end of the year
29. 1:41:16The withdrawal path — where the money comes from and through whom
30. 1:44:29The market behind the scenes — the broker is a brand, with a liquidity provider behind it
31. 1:49:21The jump — once you start winning, the conditions change
32. 1:51:34A question from the chat about a stock broker
33. 1:55:36On a single page — nine rules
34. 1:59:47Small. Repeatable. Withdraw.
35. 2:00:02Closing — the Tobin tax, AI on both sides of the market, what is ours is what we withdraw

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