The Only Thing That Matters: Entry, Exit, Size

Everyone talks hindsight — we talk repeatability.

Process Over Prediction: The Golden Lesson

People love to talk about markets in hindsight.
“I knew gold was going to pull back.”
“Gold was overbought.”
Or my favorite — “That move was parabolic.”

I hate those phrases. They sound smart but say nothing.
Few ever tell you what they did about it — where they got in, where they got out, or how much they risked.

Because most people don’t have a process — they have opinions.

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I Don’t Care to Be Right — I Care to Be Repeatable

Here’s something I don’t say often:

I probably have a better track record than most traders who say those things.

My methodology should show that as well as my returns — because the only thing that matters is that my process is repeatable.

We’ve had one of the best performing portfolios of the year, across futures, ETFs, and thematic baskets.

And yet, every time gold or silver wobbles, the same crowd shows up:

“It’s overextended.”
“It’s parabolic.”
“Time to short it.”

Here’s the truth: most of them have never managed money for a fund.

They’ve never had someone metaphorically holding a gun to their head asking for returns.

They’ve never known what it’s like to manage four 8 figure accounts and feel that pressure daily.

I don’t bring that up for ego. I bring it up because that kind of pressure forces you to find truth — not narratives.

And the truth is simple:

If you can’t repeat your process, you don’t have one.

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The Lesson That Changed Everything

When I was younger, I was on an old trading message board (back before FinTwit existed).

I’d posted about a trade I made — gave all my reasons: news, valuations, and price action.

Someone asked me how I did it.

I listed off everything I thought sounded smart.

He cut me off and said:

“That’s not repeatable.”

That line hit me like a brick.

“If you can’t do it again and again under any condition — you don’t have a methodology. You have luck with good marketing.”

That moment shaped everything I do now.

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The Foundation of Every Trade

Everything I do starts with three questions:

1. What’s my position size?

2. Where am I getting out if I’m wrong?

3. Where am I getting out if I’m right?

That’s the whole game.

Before I enter a trade, I already know every outcome.
How big the position is.
Where the profit target sits.
Where the stop loss triggers.

That’s why our drawdowns are controlled and our winners run — because the outcome is defined before the emotion shows up.

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The Gold Conversation

Now let’s talk about gold — the current battlefield.

Everyone’s emotional about this one.

The moment gold pulls back, the “I told you so” crew comes out of hiding.
But where were they when we were buying the breakout?

You know the answer.

Here’s what’s really happening:

• Gold and silver both broke out to multi-year highs.

• Miners followed with strength.

• The rotation remains broad — not narrow.
  That’s bullish behavior, not bearish panic.

Volatility is just the digestion phase between moves.

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The Three Charts That Matter

1️⃣ Spot Gold ($XAUUSD)

This chart shows Spot Gold with our 60-day low exit and trailing stop structure.

We’re not predicting direction — we’re tracking structure.

Our trailing stop (in blue) rises as the trend develops.
If gold closes below that 60-day low or my trailing stop — we’re out.

No emotion.
No “maybe it’ll bounce.”
The plan is mechanical.

If the trend holds, we stay long.
If it breaks, we rotate that capital to the next setup.

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2️⃣ Gold Miners ETF ($GDX)

This is GDX, our miner proxy.

Notice the 60-day low and the trailing stop line catching up beneath price.
This structure tells us two things:

• The trend is still intact.

• Our exit level is already known.

We don’t have to react to headlines, inflation prints, or Fed talk.
Our system handles it.

We exit on whatever hits first — the stop or the target.

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3️⃣ Spot Silver ($XAGUSD)

Silver’s been a monster. But monsters can bite back fast.

This chart shows our trailing stop (blue) and exit signal (red)

It’s the perfect visual for what discipline looks like:

• Ride the wave while it’s rising.

• Step aside when structure breaks.

No guesswork.
No “feeling top-ish.”
The math decides when we’re done.

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Why This Matters

Every single trade we take has two exits pre-defined:

Whichever hits first wins the argument.

You’ll notice that in our portfolio updates — positions ebb and flow, stops trail higher, and exposure adjusts automatically.
It’s not random. It’s rhythm.

That’s why I don’t panic when people say “gold’s volatile.”
Volatility doesn’t scare me — because I already know my loss before I enter.

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What Most Traders Miss

Most traders talk like historians.
They explain every move after the fact — why it happened, what it “means,” or what they would’ve done.

But you can’t pay your bills with hindsight.
You can’t build a process on opinions.

The edge isn’t in prediction — it’s in preparation.

You can’t control price.

But you can control size, structure, and stops.

That’s what pays. That’s what scales.

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Volatility Isn’t the Enemy — Impulsiveness Is

People confuse movement with danger.
But volatility isn’t risk — it’s opportunity that needs management.

If you know your position size, exit, and stop, you can take 100 shots and survive the misses.

That’s what the amateurs don’t get.
They chase comfort — we chase structure.

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This Shit Works

This isn’t theory.
This is how we’ve survived and thrived through commodity volatility, rate cycles, and crypto chaos.

Our returns come from doing the same thing repeatedly — size right, define risk, let winners breathe.

That’s the reason I’m still here.
That’s the reason this system continues to work, year after year.

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Final Thought

You can spend your time arguing about whether gold is overbought —
or you can build a process that doesn’t care.

The goal isn’t to be right.
It’s to be consistent.

And when you know your exits before you enter, you don’t need hindsight — because you already know how the story ends.

So when the noise gets loud, remember:
They’re reacting.
You’re executing.
And execution always wins.

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💡 AAO Trade Framework

✅ Know your entry
✅ Define your exit
✅ Honor your stop
Exit on whatever hits first — stop or target.
Repeat until it becomes instinct.

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