Trading is not only about technology but also about execution and culture.

Xiaobo came to the office this afternoon to train the students.
I wasn’t feeling well, so I didn’t eat with them.
They finished eating and brought me some, because there isn’t much market activity.
The students went back to the hotel to rest well, and we’ll fight again on Monday.
The critical moment has arrived, time to gather strength!
I also rarely have time to quietly think alone in the office!

It turns out we are poor because of a deep-rooted weak culture.
If you have free time, you can go watch “Tian Dao.”
Recently, I rewatched it again; I first saw it in college, when I had plenty of time, and I watched it purely as an entertaining show.
At first, I thought it was pretentious, but later I realized it was truly impressive!
The first time I watched it, I thought it was just a business drama about “financial slackers using sound systems for poverty alleviation + falling in love”—high-level brain teasers, but like a fantasy story.
It contains many poetic lines and philosophical logic. I can understand them, but I can’t fully grasp them.

I also watched it during work because I was bored.
After quitting and trading full-time, I watched it again.
What’s most brutal isn’t Ding Yuanying’s coldness, but the truth it exposes about “why we are poor”—
It’s not because we don’t work hard, or lack opportunities, but because our way of thinking has been predetermined from the start!

"There are three levels to perspective on society: technology, system, and culture.
We do trading the same way.
Technology is important; after a while, it must evolve into a system, meaning trading discipline, and be strictly enforced.
Finally, it elevates into culture, like the culture of BTB investment research, being a good guide in the crypto space—“Four No’s”: no signal copying, no signal shouting, no rebates, no teaching contracts.
My own behavior pattern is to understand technology and trading, strictly follow rules, and practice the culture of BTB investment research, so I treat it as a career, which can last long.

Weak culture: waiting for others to rely on!
Thinking you can get rich quick through insider info, relying on benefactors, working through connections, not wanting to contribute equal value but expecting excessive returns, addicted to shortcuts and unable to extricate yourself.
There’s also the moral coercion of “I am weak, so I am justified”:
I’m poor, so you must help me;
I’m struggling, so you must let me;
I’m weak, so you must tolerate me.
Aren’t there many people like this around?

Strong culture: rely on yourself, follow the rules, don’t depend on saviors, avoid shortcuts, believe only in the rules, don’t blame others, focus on results.
The only one who can save you is yourself.
Actually, Eastern culture is a strong culture—step by step, strength is built through self-reliance and hard work.

The culture of BTB investment research is a strong culture—being a good guide, teaching methods, seeing the essence of trading, helping you build a trading system, forming a system.
At the same time, the small circle we build with students will influence you gradually with this strong culture.
My analysis and operations can also have mistakes, but I won’t make excuses.
Although I often say that predictions are never 100% accurate, and the market is unpredictable, if you think I’m shirking responsibility or making excuses for my mistakes, I’m actually talking about patterns.
If they could be predicted 100%, you’d just go all-in and get rich 100 times over.
If you can’t recognize this pattern, the market will teach you—resulting in losses.
What scammers do is often against the pattern, targeting weak culture.

This reminds me of a joke:
If a beautiful, wealthy, gentle girl pursues me, my first reaction is that she’s a scammer.
If a tall, rich, handsome guy pursues a girl, she’ll think it’s just natural!
I don’t mean to belittle women; this joke really reveals the core of culture—just for everyone’s understanding.

I once said in a live broadcast, that there are four stages of cognitive improvement:
Not knowing what you don’t know,
Knowing what you don’t know,
Knowing what you know,
Not knowing what you know.
When you start to realize what you don’t know and begin to learn, you are beginning to shift from weak culture toward strong culture—this is a good start.

Today, “Squid” came to the office.
Squid is a student from Chongqing.
I see his state getting better and better—no longer anxious, able to control his hands.
He’s trading contracts himself—initially losing money, then making it back, and losing some again.
When we talked, I told him, you’re not suited for trading contracts right now.
I also shared my trading system with him—simply put, controlling the risk-reward ratio, accepting manageable losses, and sticking firmly to the techniques I teach.
If you do that, you can make money.
Then I wrote the entire formula and logical deduction on the blackboard.
He’s very smart—he went to Bashu High School (if you’re from Chongqing, you’ll know Bashu’s reputation, the top in Qingbei, only those who don’t study hard take major exams), and he also went to a prestigious university, with a decent job.

When he first came to the office, his eyes were colorless.
Today, his eyes shine with a clear light.
Many crypto friends might not notice these details.
Most of our students, in the first few days of learning, are like this—initially dull, but after some time, their eyes will shine with clarity.
That’s when I know they’ve made progress—at least their thinking has opened up!

Glibberish aside, my thoughts are starting to run wild again.
Overall, I still hope crypto friends work hard to learn and grow,
to be the masters of their own destiny,
armed with a strong culture.
Culture, I can’t teach; it’s something you need to realize yourself!
How to realize it? Practice, more exercises.
Strong culture has nothing to do with education level; it’s related to your way of thinking!