Cat brother. Are you asleep?

Before sleeping, let me share one last "story."\n\nIn 2021, from May to July, there was a market situation that was extremely similar to now, where the day and night lines moved in opposite directions; at that time, the day line was rising while the night line was falling. When the night line fell, the day line would rise. I thought I had found the so-called "pattern," and for a while, trading with the day and night lines in reverse was indeed effective.\n\nAt first, I followed the rules and set stop losses, but later on, there were a few times when my position was just swept out, and then it started to trend in the intended direction. You know how it goes; I impulsively removed the stop loss.\n\nAfter steadily earning money for nearly half a month, one day the night line fell. I firmly took a long position in the early hours and went to sleep. When the alarm went off, I woke up around 11 o'clock and saw that everything had collapsed. The night line had fallen, and the day line continued to drop, leaving me stuck in the position.\n\nIt fell in the morning and continued to drop in the afternoon. I couldn't take it anymore, so I cut my losses, losing nearly 30% of my entire position. Looking back, I was relieved that I cut my losses; if I hadn’t, I likely would have been completely wiped out.\n\nSo why did I remember this "story" now? Because in the trading market, everything that allows you to capture and see "patterns" can, to some extent, be understood as "traps." Once you develop a dependency on a certain path, it will eventually "backstab" you one day. After some time, due to greed, positions become heavier, and such backstabs can cause significant damage to your account, even leading to a complete liquidation.\n\nThere are many similar "time window patterns" that coincide with U.S. stock trading hours, with meal times in different time zones, and during low liquidity periods.\n\nIn fact, there is nothing inherently wrong with the ICT time zone trading logic; the problem lies in not setting stop losses.\n\nDon't get hung up on win rates, my friend. You are not just following trades; obsessively watching the win rate is meaningless. Focus more on the risk-reward ratio instead. A win rate of 10% with a risk-reward ratio of 1:11 still means you won't lose money.\n\nWhen the market is bad, surviving while preserving your capital to the greatest extent and staying at the table gives you hope and opportunity. Once you leave the table, everything is over.\n\n