People who have never done day trading cannot truly achieve 'stable profits'.
I find that many people claim they can make stable profits, but upon closer questioning, they are mostly involved in medium to long-term trading. Holding positions for several weeks or even months may indeed show a positive account balance, but can this really be considered stable profit?
I believe that those who have not experienced the trials of day trading find it hard to say they truly understand the market. Why do I say this?
Day trading amplifies the market's brutality by 100 times. You must make decisions in minutes or hours, with no time to 'wait for value to return' or to 'endure fluctuations'. Every decision has immediate feedback; right is right, and wrong is wrong, and the market will educate you right away.
Medium to long-term trading is like driving on a highway, where the road conditions are good and the view is clear. But day trading is like driving in a busy city, where you must deal with traffic lights, pedestrians, and unexpected situations. Can someone who has never practiced driving in a busy area truly claim to be a good driver?
True stable profits should be achievable in any time frame while maintaining a positive expected value. If one merely relies on extending the time to 'smooth out' fluctuations, they may just be betting on high-probability events, rather than genuinely understanding the market's operational rules.
Of course, this is not to say that medium to long-term trading is bad; everyone has their own suitable approach. Just don’t too quickly label yourself as having 'stable profits'; the market is always more complex than we imagine.