Experienced traders mostly have similar trajectories: they have tried various techniques, blown accounts, and been confused and anxious. Some have been stuck for years, while others have changed their mindset and taken a different path.
Over the years of trading, there have been ups and downs. The so-called 'enlightenment' is not a one-time deal—different stages bring different insights, until steady profits and contentment with the profit range lead to a stable trading perspective.
1. Trading is not predicting; it is execution.
Once, we struggled every day: 'Will this wave go up? Will that wave go down? Will the future go up or down?'.
Later we understood that the market trend is not important; what matters is how to respond to it.
The core of trading is not guessing, but setting rules and then executing them strictly. No matter how the market changes, act according to the plan. This way, the future rise and fall of the market has nothing to do with you; your attention will not be on predicting the future but on using your strategies to capture the profits that belong to you in the market. Your focus will be on how to optimize your strategy.
2. The core of trading is not to find a 100% correct method, but to find a method that can be executed long-term.
Many people keep changing indicators and strategies, thinking, 'This method doesn't work; surely a new one will.'
But later we will find that there is no perfect method in the market, only methods that suit oneself.
As long as a method can achieve stable profits long-term, stick with it and take it to the extreme, rather than being erratic.
3. Losses are inevitable; the key is how to handle them.
At first, we are certainly afraid of losing money; every time we lose money, our mindset collapses, we are unwilling to accept it, wanting to recover our losses, and as a result, we lose even more.
Later we understood that losses and profits are both parts of trading; you cannot avoid losses, but you can control them.
Thus, we learned to strictly stop losses, not to hold onto losing trades, not to get entangled, to lose small amounts and gain large ones.
4. Profit is not achieved through frequent trading, but by patiently waiting for high-quality trading opportunities.
We once liked to watch the market every day, afraid of missing every fluctuation, placing dozens of trades a day, only to find we were losing more and more.
Later we learned to slow down the pace, waiting only for the most certain opportunities, acting decisively, and not making meaningless trades.
Do less and do it well; profits will naturally follow.
5. The hardest part of trading is not the technique, but human nature.
Only those who have experienced many market trials will understand that the market will not change; the only thing that can change is oneself.
Greed, fear, impulsiveness, obsession—these are the true enemies of trading.
The technique is not difficult; the difficult part is controlling oneself not to act impulsively.
6. The essence of trading is actually a game of 'probability + execution'.
We will no longer be entangled in the wins and losses of each trade, but rather look at the long-term results.
Because we know that as long as we follow the rules, the odds will be in our favor; individual wins and losses are meaningless, and over the long term, profits are inevitable.
7. The ultimate realm of trading is 'no self'.
For those who truly understand, trading is as natural as breathing.
No emotional fluctuations, no chaotic analysis; how the market moves is not important; just trade according to the rules.
When I make a profit, I won’t be overly joyful; when I lose, I won’t be depressed. My heart is as calm as water, executing according to my system completely, earning what I should earn every day.
This is trading.
There is no magic, no mystery, only simple, stable, executable trading logic, and a deep understanding of human nature and self-control.