Having been in this market for a long time, my deepest realization can be summed up in eight words: Don't make small profits, don't lose big money. This is the key to long-term survival.
Friends often ask how to operate more steadily, and my answer is simple: only look at higher-level trends; weekly and monthly charts are the most reliable basis for ordinary traders.
We do not have insider information, and it is difficult to keep up with large capital movements; the only thing we can trust is the chart itself. Only when a clear trend reversal appears on the weekly or monthly chart is it worth making a significant investment, as this is when the mindset for entering the market is stable. In contrast, fluctuations below the daily chart, especially those in short cycles, are often chaotic and disorderly. Being obsessed with frequent trading will only lead to constant losses and increasing anxiety, which is essentially self-consumption.
When I first entered the industry, I was also confident that I could capture every tiny fluctuation, unwilling to miss any rebound of a few tenths. As a result, I was repeatedly educated by the market, transitioning from full of passion to treading on thin ice. It wasn't until later that I understood that the market is inherently uncertain, and human nature always pursues the nonexistent 100% win rate, ultimately falling into the trap of frequent trading. Trying to gain every small profit, hesitating to cut losses when needed, and being reluctant to let go after getting trapped leads to deeper entanglement. This is the true portrayal of "wanting to make small profits but losing big money."
The essence of trading is a struggle with one's own human nature. If you fear losses, you must set stop-losses in advance and never hold on stubbornly. If you want to make big money, you need to have the patience to hold on and let profits develop fully. Always being attached to small fluctuations in front of you will inevitably cause you to miss the bigger market movements ahead. Those who can survive in the long term have learned to give up the temptation of small profits, focusing only on the space brought by the big trends and only trading in accordance with their own rules.
The core of success is very simple: cut losses and let profits run. Not being greedy for small profits will prevent falling into the trap of big losses. Walking the right path, compound interest will naturally manifest over time. Achieving compound interest has never been about running alone; it requires mutual reminders and progressing together with a group. Walking fast alone is insignificant; walking steadily together is what allows you to go far.
