your first trade

first realized profit

first short

first Call It

first institutional-credit draw

broker reputation hits 100

reach Act 2 (go independent)

reach Act 3

retire

$10M personal net worth

$100M AUM

$1B AUM

500 days without a redemption-triggering drawdown

survive 3 market cycles

reach independence (Act 2) on an Ironman run

buy at least one OTC/exotic instrument

retire a New Game+ tier 2+ run

open a position in every non-equity instrument (options, futures, FX, bonds, swaps, OTC)

a research thesis you wrote graded directionally right