Many people lose money not because of market trends, but because they frequently enter and exit during a choppy market, fighting back and forth, ultimately getting their mindset broken by repeated stop losses.

Here’s a thought to share: plan ahead and test with a light position.

The premise is that you have a judgment on the direction of the larger cycle, for example, confirming a bullish market through daily and weekly charts, then you can enter early during local adjustments, but you must do so with a light position.

For example, if you have 1 million in your account, even if the market is choppy, you might have an unrealized loss of 2000 today and an unrealized gain of 3000 tomorrow; these fluctuations don’t affect the overall situation. As long as the market hasn’t shown a clear bearish trend, you can continue to hold. The benefit of doing this is: it avoids unnecessary losses caused by repeated operations during choppy markets.

Of course, if you can’t even see the direction of the larger cycle clearly, and the market is in a chaotic state in the short term, the best strategy is to observe temporarily and not act rashly.

Truly excellent traders don’t make money every month, but profit by seizing a few high-certainty market opportunities throughout the year. When the market is against you, “staying still” is a form of wisdom.