Four years ago, from an unnamed small city in Shandong, I resolutely quit my job, holding onto the dream of 'financial freedom', and chose to seek opportunities. I have done all kinds of work, and while my wages weren't very high, a chance encounter introduced me to blockchain and Bitcoin. With my savings of 50,000 yuan, I dove right in, thinking I had found paradise due to the low cost of living and warm climate. During the day, I monitored the market in coffee shops, and at night, I indulged in street food, living a carefree life.
Due to excessive confidence and poor risk control, I suffered a margin call during the once-in-a-millennium Luna event, and my account balance nearly hit zero. I remember vividly sitting in a café at the corner of a bar street in Phuket, staring blankly at the moment my account was cleared; it was eerily calm, with hardly any emotion. Even when the Chinese owner came over to talk to me, I didn’t hear him. Later, I started to doubt my choices, feeling like a gambler who had lost all his fortune, unable to even afford a plane ticket home. I knew this was a path every mature trader must go through, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly. I exhausted all my online loans, began reviewing my trading records, learned risk management, and adjusted my trading strategies. I understood one principle: trading is not gambling, but requires a rigorous attitude and scientific methods. The most profound lesson: every trade must have a stop-loss set!
Later, I traveled to Bali, Spain, France... In each place, I stayed for a few months, experiencing local life while honing my trading skills. This nomadic lifestyle has broadened my horizons and deepened my understanding of the market.
During this time, I experienced numerous margin calls, each one piercing my heart but also making me more cautious and mature. I learned to control my emotions and strictly adhere to my trading plan, no longer swayed by market fluctuations. Trading is a battle against human nature, primarily a battle against my own nature. Eventually, I got used to trading in cafés; for most of these years, I have been accompanied by solitude. Reviewing trades has become my greatest joy each day. On boring weekends, I would go to the beach or bars to look at beautiful women and enjoy a bottle of beer.
When you discover your desires in every transaction... you are not far from success.
By the end of 2023, after paying off all my debts, I returned home and bought myself a car. After three to four years of honing my skills, my impatience has long vanished, and I have become much steadier in my work. The greatest gain has been my continuous journey of learning: traveling thousands of miles, reading countless books, and meeting different people. After all this time, I have never posted anything online; occasionally, I update my friends on social media. Today, I write this down as a way to summarize and account for these past few years.
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