Don't be fooled by the posts in your friend circle! The real daily life of a full-time trader exposed!

Do you think trading in the crypto world means staring at the screen and making passionate orders every day? Wrong! It takes time in this industry to understand — a trader earning a million a year is actually battling with "boredom" every day.

The daily life of a trader: much like a "night watchman" of the financial market.

Every day, staring at six screens with dozens of indicators, it’s not about watching the market but waiting for signals. Just like a fisherman squatting on the ice, staring at the K-line buoy for hours. The market is in a fluctuation 90% of the time; there might only be 10 minutes of opportunities that fit the strategy in a day. What about the rest of the time? Either reviewing data or staring into space — the more professional the trader, the more they understand that "being in cash requires more courage than being in a position."

What others see as "freedom" is actually the loneliness of being on call 24 hours a day.

The afternoon teas and travel photos posted in the friend circle are real, but the premise is that your phone must keep the trading interface on 24 hours a day. Getting up at 3 AM to check the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes, staring at the fluctuations in overseas markets during the weekend — the "freedom of time" comes with the helplessness of integrating life into K-line charts. New traders find trading exhilarating, while veterans treat it as "moving numbers" — opening and closing positions is merely routine, and the heart races only when first entering the industry.

Want to get rich through trading? First, learn to befriend "boredom."

Traders who have lasted more than five years in the crypto circle all have a set of anti-human survival rules:

✔️ Use automated strategies to filter out ineffective fluctuations

✔️ Cultivate more than three hobbies unrelated to trading (I survived countless dull days by writing strategy analyses)

✔️ Treat trading as "digital farming," patiently waiting to harvest after sowing.

Remember: the truly profitable trader spends 99% of their time battling with themselves. If you still have fantasies about full-time trading, ask yourself: Can you endure the agony of staring at the screen for 8 hours a day without taking action?