Why This Wall Exists
Trading can be devastating when risk management fails. This wall shares real confessions from traders who blew up their accounts.
Read these stories to learn from others' mistakes and as a sobering reminder of what happens when emotions overtake strategy.
If you've blown up your account, sharing your story might help others avoid the same fate—and help you process what happened.
Recent Confessions
See All →"I got caught in a series of revenge trades after a small loss. Ended up turning $50k into $2k in a single day of futures trading. I was so sure the market would turn around. It didn't."
"Put my entire life savings into crypto at the top of 2021. Diamond handed all the way down, refusing to sell. Now I'm back at square one at 43 years old."
"Lost everything on leveraged forex trades. Had to sell my car to pay rent. My girlfriend still doesn't know how much I lost. I'm too ashamed to tell her."
"Kept averaging down on options that were going against me. What started as a $10k position turned into $85k as I kept 'buying the dip'. Ended up expiring worthless. Had to postpone my wedding."