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Aug 2023
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853 - REALITY CHECK!!! - Success & The 1...

AKIL STOKES
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You don't want to hear it, but you need to hear it. A quantitative breakdown of why it's so difficult to become a top trader & why/how you can be extremely successful even if you aren't one.


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