"Real Traders Don’t Post Online"? Wrong!
There’s this common trope that floats around trading circles:
“The best traders don’t post online.”
It’s usually meant to discredit anyone sharing trades, charts, ideas, or PnL publicly. The thinking goes: *If you were actually good, you wouldn’t need to post. The real killers at firms and funds aren't posting online and therefore if you are, you must be a fraud.
But here’s the reality...
Great Traders at Firms Don’t Need to Post
If you're working at a firm or fund and you're genuinely great, people already know.
You’ve got internal hype. Your name’s circulating. You're getting more risk, more buying power, and more respect. Your coworkers and managers? They're already circle jerking you up and making you feel great!
You don’t need external validation, because it’s baked into the environment. Your results are being rewarded both monetarily and with the attention from others.
The machine handles the recognition for you.
Retail Traders Don’t Have That Environment
Now flip it to the retail side.
You’re on your own. No office full of traders giving you props. No risk manager handing you more capital. No new hire whispering to others just how good you really are!
So yeah, some great retail traders post. Because they want to be seen. They want to be respected. They want someone to notice.
And honestly?
There’s nothing wrong with that.
If you’re putting in the work, finding edge, trading well, validation can feel good. You don’t need to pretend otherwise.
Some people post to find community. Others post to help, or to sell a product. And some post because they’re just proud of what they’ve been able to accomplish.
Don’t confuse that with insecurity or ALWAYS being a fraud.
Sometimes it’s just human nature.
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