Today I saw someone showcasing automated trading online, analyzing hundreds or thousands of times per minute, 24/7. How can anyone compete with that?

I still remember the days when trading only required using trend strategies; you could buy at any point and hold on without concern, and in the end, you would make money. Unfortunately, I was one of those trend traders.

However, in the last 5 years, this method has completely failed. If you bought at a low point, you could still hold, but in the past two years, I estimate that trend traders have mostly gone bust.

Now it’s all about 24/7 automated trading, and their techniques won’t be shared. But recently, some trends have been released, which means if automated trading is no longer making money, they will sell it.

Moreover, as time goes on, more and more people will sell automated trading. When you see them putting it up for sale, it indicates that such trading strategies are no longer viable, and there’s no need to study them further.

The main thing about trading is what you want to achieve with it. Everyone wants to make money, but how can it possibly be your turn?

The essence of my trading is mainly to hedge against inflation. After all, no one can guarantee what the future devaluation of currency will look like. I have personally felt that over the past 10 years, prices have at least increased fivefold, and scarce goods have skyrocketed. But how much have wages increased in nearly 10 years? My salary has only doubled, and recently I’ve even become unemployed. 😭

When your mindset changes, the essence of your trading also changes. Since it’s about hedging against inflation, even though I haven’t made money in the last 5 years, at least I haven’t lost any, which means inflation hasn’t been that high. But why continue trading? Mainly to defend against inflation; defense is necessary at all times.

Because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Of course, everyone can also share what they trade for in the comments.