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  1. Things are looking terrible, guys. So I kind of blew 25% of my trading account today, and I'm starting to just feel like I can't do this. I think people were right. I should just quit this trading thing. I can't do it. Don't have the self-control. I don't have the patience. I don't have the self-control. I lost Like

    Segment details0:00–0:25 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_0
  2. £140 today. Just, I just kept picking the wrong direction. My £1,000 account's now at £750. It's just, I can't do it. It looks like it's going down, so I go short, and then it goes up, and then I've lost £20, so I get out and I go long, and then it goes down again, and then I lost

    Segment details0:25–0:46 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_1
  3. another £20, and then I go, okay, I'm staying out, and then it's like, oh, it looks like it's going down again, and I go short again. And then it goes up. It's just, it's impossible. Oh, now it's going down. Okay, go short. Yeah, I can't do this thing. It's— look, watch me lose another £20. You just watch.

    Segment details0:46–1:05 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_2
  4. Patience and self-control, 2 things I've never, never had. So I started fiddling with stocks whilst I was sitting in the car, ended up losing over £100. For me, it's not looking very good. I can't control myself unless something is like physically stopping me, like, I don't know, tying me up with rope. You know, I dreamed about doing

    Segment details1:06–1:32 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_3
  5. trading, but I just cannot do it. It's so hard. I get, I get so miserable and I get so depressed when I lose money as well. The thing is, it's like I can't stop it. I think I'm actually addicted. Like, I know I can't do this and I know I should stop, but I can't stop. I keep

    Segment details1:32–1:54 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_4
  6. putting more money into my account and then I keep losing it. And then I keep putting more money and then I get more depressed.

    Segment details1:54–2:01 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_5
  7. It's fucking bad. I can't stop doing it. Like, I'm actually addicted to it. Yeah, I learned some lingo and fancy words and stuff, but it doesn't help. I just lost another 25 pounds now as we're speaking right now. I'm down 25 pounds. I'm just— I can't do it. But if I give up on this, then I don't

    Segment details2:04–2:30 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_6
  8. know what, what am I gonna do? My YouTube's dead, Kick's dead, everything's dead. Look, I just lost £30. Market tanked, I went short, and now it ripped back up. Now I just don't know what to do with my life. Now what am I? Uber Eats driver. You know, the thing I hate about doing Uber Eats is not

    Segment details2:30–2:50 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_7
  9. the job itself, but it's like the image. Because you see the other drivers and they all look retarded. They must be so fucking stupid and retarded. That's why they're doing this job. Like the dumbest of the dumb, all you can do is drive about delivering food. Now I just feel like a loser. I just lost 50 pounds

    Segment details2:50–3:09 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_8
  10. in 10 minutes. I've lost 50 pounds. I always saw myself or felt like, you know, I was better than everyone else.

    Segment details3:10–3:17 · rev_e22eb41d5fea6a25e48f85ec541c17f9_9