1. Mind like still water: Treat the candlestick as a training ground.
Novices look at gains and losses, while experts look at mindset.
When top traders place orders, they are like old monks in meditation — they do not rejoice when the price rises, nor panic when it falls, their emotional fluctuations approach zero. They understand: the floating profits and losses of each trade are merely 'exam papers' given by the market.
For example, when facing a 30% profit, ordinary people might think 'should I take profit' or 'will there be a pullback', while experts only consider 'has the trend broken'; when encountering a 5% stop-loss, novices will curse 'the big player controls the market', while experts write in their review 'next time the stop-loss should be set 1% stricter'.
For them, trading is no longer a 'money-making tool', but rather 'sandpaper for tempering one's mind'.
2. Every order is the market's 'instruction manual'.
In the eyes of top traders, there are no 'ineffective trades', only 'people who cannot read the questions'.
Even stop-loss orders contain market signals: for instance, if you stop loss at the same position three times in a row, it indicates this 'support level' is false and that you need to adjust your strategy; while a lucky profitable order may be more dangerous than a loss — it can make one mistakenly believe that 'wrong methods can also make money'.
When holding a small amount of capital, it's even more important to understand this principle: trying out errors with $1,000 and understanding the market's temperament is more valuable than guessing right once with $100,000. Just like a hunter first observes the traces of his prey before deciding when to pull the trigger.
3. Wait like a cheetah: 90% of the time is spent waiting, 10% is spent acting.
Ordinary traders always fear 'missing opportunities', while top traders fear 'grabbing the wrong opportunities'.
They are like cheetahs crouching in the grass; even if the prey is swaying right in front of them, they will not strike until they reach a distance of 'one strike, certain hit'. When BTC was flat at $60,000 in 2024, how many people were eager to open positions, while the real experts waited until it broke $65,000 to enter — this wait avoided three false breakouts.
Remember: the cryptocurrency market trades 24 hours, opportunities are always there, but the capital is limited. Better to miss 100 opportunities than to make one mistake.
4. Go with the trend: Treat yourself as a boat in the tide.
Top traders never say 'I think it will rise', but say 'the trend makes it rise'.
When they look at the market, they first check the daily and weekly trends, just like checking ocean currents before sailing — if the major trend is up, even if it falls 5% in the short term, they only dare to open small short positions; if the major trend is down, no matter how tempting the rebound, they remain unmoved.
During the bull market in 2021, some people shorted ETH against the trend and cursed 'the market is abnormal' when they were liquidated; while experts traded long following the trend, and even if there was a 10% pullback in between, it was just an opportunity to add to the position. Just like a boat sailing with the tide, even if it shakes occasionally, it will eventually reach the shore.
5. Subtracting: The more money you have, the lighter your desires.
Novices always want to 'earn more', while experts think about 'losing less'.
I have seen a trader who turned $100,000 into $10 million; the larger the capital, the lighter the position — from initially using 5x leverage to later using 1x; from monitoring 10 cryptocurrencies to only trading BTC and ETH. He said: 'The highest realm of trading is turning making money into a 'by-the-way' thing.'
When you learn to 'only trade what you understand' and 'only take profits that match your understanding', you will find that reducing desire can actually capture more certain opportunities.
6. Introspection: Let the candlestick reflect your weaknesses.
The review of top traders never just looks at 'which order was wrong', but rather 'why it went wrong at that time'.
After three consecutive stop-losses, do you start to get anxious about 'recovering losses'? When you have made a 50% profit, have you thought about 'betting big again'? These thoughts hidden behind gains and losses are the real 'killers of trading'.
Just as calligraphers modify their strokes by looking at reference books, experts modify their mindset by reviewing their trading records — until 'stop-losses are as natural as drinking water' and 'taking profits is as common as closing a door', that’s when they have passed the emotional barrier.
7. The market is a mirror: When you are calm, the candlestick becomes simple.
When emotional fluctuations approach zero, something magical happens: the candlestick no longer appears as a chaotic mix of red and green bars, but rather the market is 'speaking'.
When it rises, it means 'strong buying'; when it falls, it means 'more selling'; when it stays flat, it means 'both sides are competing'. Trading at this moment is like having a conversation with the market - it says 'you can buy now', and you buy; it says 'it's time to go', and you leave.
At this point, you will realize: true top traders do not defeat the market, but become friends with it.
Finally, I want to say: the practice of trading is never about learning how many indicators or memorizing how many strategies, but about磨掉 those notions of 'wanting to win and fearing to lose' and 'immediate gains'. When your mind is stable enough, the account numbers will naturally stabilize.
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