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If you find yourself thinking of quitting your job and “becoming a trader” as a job to pay the bills, stop! While I understand from a marketing and sales perspective this sounds awesome, when you bring the idea into the world of reality it becomes much different. I welcome back long time member Aaron (better known as “Zep” within the community) who has been on several past episodes. I suppose it just goes to show how long the show has been around as the last time we spoke was 4-5 years ago! Zep updates us on his story and pulls back the curtain to the real life look at what happens when you place too much pressure on needing to pay bills from your trading gains. Here’s a spoiler alert: the pressure is way too much and leads to unintended consequences. I’ve always admired Zep and he reminded me why as he dives into the changes he made to alleviate this pressure and keep trading part of his life. He’s got a great attitude toward how trading works and is not looking to paint a picture that does not exist in reality. He’s doing well and seeing his account grow, but it wasn’t always this way. He’s been through several “down periods” which he is gracious enough to share with us all to learn from! Let’s get to it and get an update from Zep!