Those who gain enlightenment in trading are not normal people.
Some say that trading is like running naked on the battlefield; the ones who truly survive are the 'abnormal people'.
Warren Buffett has long said: 'I am fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful', but how could normal people possibly achieve that?
When the money in your account bounces up and down like a roller coaster, your heart should have jumped out of your throat by now.
But what about those who can gain enlightenment in trading?
They still eat and sleep as they should.
Deep down, they possess some degree of 'anti-humanity'.
As Soros said: 'If you treat investing as entertainment, you will eventually leave in tears.'
Normal people, when they lose money, are eager to smash their keyboards, and when they make money, they immediately flaunt it on social media; but what about real traders?
When friends invite them for drinks?
They wave their hands and say, 'Definitely next time.'
In reality, they are very clear that the time spent bragging at the drinking table is already sufficient for them to conduct a deep review.
They have begun to enjoy solitude.
Ray Dalio said in 'Principles': 'Pain + Reflection = Progress', and they are living examples of this statement.
They know that every fluctuation of the K-line is a mirror reflecting human nature, and every penny in their account is a price tag of their cognition.
They no longer believe in the nonsense of 'man conquering nature'.
Jesse Livermore uncovered the truth a hundred years ago: 'There is nothing new on Wall Street because human nature never changes.'
They know that the greatest enemy is not the market, but the gambler within themselves who always wants to get rich overnight.
So, they usually speak very little, not to appear aloof, but because they fear that speaking too much will expose their lingering greed of a normal person.
Thus, in the end, those who can survive in the trading market are no longer normal people.
As Peter Lynch said: 'What determines your investment success is not IQ, but EQ.'
Now, when they see wild fluctuations, they don't even blink.
If you ask them for the secret?
They will only calmly reply: 'There is no enlightenment; it's just that I've made all the mistakes a normal person should make ten years in advance.'
