No one is born suitable for trading; some people just keep getting back up after falling many times. They are not free from pain; they have simply become accustomed to not expressing it, losing money trade after trade, constantly doubting themselves. No one tells them whether they can succeed, but they tell themselves they cannot give up. The market will not concede to anyone; it is cold and ruthless, even making you question life. But because of this, it only rewards those who truly endure.
True strength does not rely on luck; it is built by rebuilding one’s mindset through repeated failures and executing without support during tough times. You can be lonely, but you cannot collapse; you can be hurt, but you cannot stop. Not everyone can become a trader, but as long as you are willing to change, willing to learn, and willing to endure the lows, no one can define you. You must believe that even if you gain nothing today, as long as you are growing in the market, one day the wind will come, and you will win.
Many people think they act on opportunities, but in reality, emotions drive their actions first, and rationality follows to find justification. What you think is a signal may actually be excitement; what you think is logic may actually be desire. The market will not reward you because you are excited; it often pushes you toward the abyss of risk when you are most excited.
Why is it that the more excited you are, the more likely you are to lose money? Because emotions amplify short-term expectations while ignoring the truly important factors like risk, structure, and cycles. True masters do not let excitement drive their trades; they rely on clarity, restraint, and probabilistic logic. Learn to recognize your excitement, and you will take the first step from a gambler's mindset to a trader's understanding.
Trading relies on probability, not feelings. Do you really think that just because you feel a stock will rise, it will? You may have a gut feeling, but the market never caters to personal emotions; feelings are illusions created by emotions, while probability represents the confidence given by the system. Making money in one or two trades might be luck, but if you can still be profitable after ten trades, it's not intuition—it's discipline and reproducible logic within a system.
A trading system does not concern itself with your emotions or waver from principles due to market volatility. It only cares about three things: how high the win rate of this trade is in your system, whether the risk-reward ratio is reasonable, and if the risk is within your plan. If you cannot answer these three questions, you are trading randomly, and you cannot control the risk. You might win in the short term, but in the long run, sustainability is difficult. Only a system that can withstand scrutiny and rules you are willing to adhere to can go the distance.