The Five Acts of Trading Life: My Transformation and Struggles in the Market

1. How I was harshly taught a lesson by the market.

When I first stepped into the battlefield of trading, like most people, I had no idea how brutal this profession could be. I heard others making money by trading coins, and I couldn't wait to get a piece of the action. Looking back, I entered the market full of enthusiasm, just in time for that small bull market, where I could make money just by casually buying and selling every day. Damn, this is too easy, right?

Then reality slapped me in the face. The bear market suddenly arrived, and my little cleverness completely failed. After losing money, I desperately leveraged like a gambler trying to win it back, only to end up losing even more severely. I remember a trader telling me, "Hold on, value investing!" In the end, I held on until my principal was down to just 10%, and that guy had long disappeared without a trace.

2. Begin to realize one's own ignorance

After losing a lot of money, I finally realized that this thing can't just be played casually.

So I started crazily attending extra classes:

• Bought a bunch of trading books, binge-reading.
• Learn various cool indicators, wave theory, and fractal theory
• Looking everywhere for so-called "masters", hoping to gain some wisdom.
• Spending money on signals and paid indicators, deluding oneself into thinking that shortcuts can be found.

What was the result? Still a loss! I don't believe in evil; I took courses from whatever so-called masters I found, and still kept getting liquidated. Those days were truly desperate, to the point where I wanted to give up, but I held on, always feeling like I was just a little bit away from enlightenment.

3. That moment of enlightenment that helped me break out of my cocoon.

One early morning, I was staring at the blood-red loss numbers and suddenly realized a truth: it is not the trading system's problem, but my own problem.

Technical analysis is just a tool, accounting for only 30% of trading success. The real factors that determine victory or defeat are capital management and mindset, which make up the hidden 60%! I have come to realize that even if you only use a single moving average, as long as the mindset is correct and capital management is proper, you can still make money.

From that moment on, I no longer blindly followed influencers, and started focusing on my own trading logic. I learned to accept losses, strictly implemented stop losses, and no longer overly focused on individual trades, but rather on monthly profits. I made peace with the market.

I spent nearly 5 years on these three stages, it was really tough. Looking back at the friends who gave up halfway, I finally understand why 90% of people can't persist.

4. Become a real trader

Finally, I have started to make stable profits. My trading logic is clear; I don't touch markets I don't understand. Small losses and big gains, overall trending upward.

Others started calling me "Master" and "Teacher", but I understand in my heart that this is just part of the journey. Those admirers have no idea how much I have sacrificed behind the scenes.

5. Trading is like breathing.

Trading is as natural to me now as breathing. Opening orders, setting stop losses, adding positions, taking profits, all in one go. I won't collapse if I lose 100%, and I won't cheer if I make 10%; it has all become routine.

The trading system I have honed has brought me stable profits, and the risks are manageable. More importantly, I have developed a unique intuition that allows me to sense crises and opportunities in advance during market fluctuations.

To be honest, trading can sometimes be quite dull, just like a regular job. But this is the ultimate state; when trading no longer excites you emotionally, you have truly mastered it.

People who can reach this point are probably less than 2%. Many people want to make money, but very few are willing to patiently hone their skills.