Yes, to truly call yourself a trader, you need real losses, emotional lessons, and a deep understanding of the importance of discipline and having a system. Blowing up an account isn’t necessary, but inner growth through mistakes is.
A trader isn’t just someone who trades — it’s someone who’s been through the market, learned from it, built a system, and keeps going with awareness despite the inevitable challenges.
And all this are part of the characteristics that ia needed for anyone to consider there self a trader because when you know how it feels to lose money, when you loose money that you will be able to talk about your experience. And despite all this you are still not given up because there are people that no matter what it cost people who are dedicated will not just give up just like that, because they already have a target of what they want so eventually they use their pain to grow the more. Unlike people who will give up just because they lost money. And I feel that people like this should not be regarded as traders because this something you claim you are interested in so why the change of mind. This things that happen in gambling is something that ia expected already so when it happens just accept it and then move on its not a big deal.