Accepting losses is the starting point of profitability.

In the world of limit-up boards, we always focus on the glory of the leaders, yet we overlook the agony of disagreement after a board fails and the pain of opening below expectations. As a first-board trader, you must recognize one fact: losses are not an accident of trading—they are the norm. If you can’t carry them, you won’t enter the door to sustained profitability.

Many people fail on their first board: they lose not only because of technique, but also because of mindset. A loss within a single pattern doesn’t mean you misjudged—first boards are inherently a probability game, and a win rate above 50% is a good strategy. It doesn’t mean your logic has failed either—unexpected negative news in the market and capital disagreement are objective variables. It only means that it’s your “ticket fee” to catch the next big score.

I’ve seen too many traders fall in the “small loss.” Today a 2% loss feels unbearable to exit, so you get trapped deeper and deeper. Tomorrow you’re down 3%, you break, cut the loss, and your mindset collapses. Even worse, you bet on getting back to even with a heavy position, and it becomes irreversible. They celebrate when they win, but they withdraw when they lose—turning trading into a grudging contest rather than a rational campaign.

Real高手 calculate the cost of failure before they enter. They set strict stop-loss lines and execute mechanically, with a calm face, because they understand: the appeal of trading isn’t in winning every time—it’s in being able to afford to lose.

Facing a reasonable pullback calmly makes your execution purer: you stop making impulsive moves because of losses, and each trade serves the strategy. Your ability to withstand risk also improves—cut losses decisively, let profits run, and compounding will naturally show itself.

Based on my practical experience from March, I deeply resonate with this: I made 23 first-board attempts for the month, the封板率 was 74%, but the next-day gap-up rate was only 29%—the data wasn’t good. The root cause was a mindset that seeks stability. The tickets I used to act decisively on now leave me hesitating, and I miss too many chances to回血. The more afraid you are of losing, the more you hesitate and hesitate; ironically, you miss the profits that should have belonged to you.

The market is the most honest—it only rewards people who follow the rules. First-board traders, please set aside your obsession with perfection: accepting reasonable losses is practice, mechanical stop-loss is discipline, and facing pullbacks without internalizing them is the baseline of survival.

If you can’t face losses, you’ll never become consistently profitable. If you can’t accept pullbacks, you’ll never break out of a stable profitability curve. In the Year of the Horse in 2026, I hope we can all cultivate “strong hearts”—stay steady with our mindset, control risk, and after every bout of pain, become even stronger. Loss and gain share the same origin—accepting losses is the starting point of profitability.