Have you noticed a phenomenon? The market's favorite activity is to ruthlessly suppress those who are highly capable, well-informed, and working tirelessly. Think about it carefully: what truly widens the profit gap is not how many trading methods you have learned, but whether you can control yourself at critical moments.

William Gann said it quite plainly: You must think independently and never let emotions dominate; eliminate all environmental factors that can be removed; details determine success or failure, and never let "what you want to happen" become your standard for judgment; also, stay calm and see clearly that when the situation is unfavorable to you, how much courage do you still have.

The fundamental reason most people lose money is not that the market is too dangerous, but that when pressure hits, their true nature is exposed: greed, fear, impatience, gambler's mentality, stubbornly holding on without stop-loss, luck mentality—and even blaming the market for their mistakes. Gann has written many works, with "Gann on Wall Street for 45 Years" being the most well-known. Those who favor technical analysis highly praise his philosophy because he doesn't talk about mysticism or empty words, but about the solid pillars of trading: rule enforcement, cycle understanding, stop-loss setting, trend-following, psychological building, and position management.

The first point Gann made is as sharp as a knife: the reason you lose money is because you violate trading rules, not because the rules themselves are flawed. Even if you are presented with the most perfect trading system in the world, you will still mess up your account due to human weaknesses—trading failures often happen at the moment when you clearly know what to do but are completely overtaken by emotion.