In this market, traders who can make stable profits are painfully few.
It's not because the market is too complex, nor because the trends are too hard to predict, but because the vast majority can't even control their own hands.
The essence of trading is actually very simple:
Set rules, execute rules, maintain discipline, and persist for a long enough time—if you follow this, the probability is that you will make money.
But simple does not mean easy, especially in a market full of volatility and temptation.
Many people fail due to the two words 'emotion'.
Clearly having a planned stop-loss line, but hesitating to cut when the market surges;
Clearly having set position control, but wanting to increase the stake after making a little profit;
Clearly having set profit targets, but feeling itchy when the price hits, thinking 'just wait a little longer'—resulting in profits turning into floating losses, and floating losses becoming stop-losses.
Ironically, some people get lucky and make a winning trade, and immediately start to swell up.
They forgot discipline, forgot risk control, and thought of themselves as the chosen ones of the market.
But the market never spoils anyone—one pullback can wipe out an account and lead to a mindset collapse.
Worse still, they dare not admit they messed up, always looking for comfort in 'the market is bad' or 'the main force has a conspiracy'.
A real trader knows a fact:
The market is never short of opportunities; what it lacks are those who can stabilize their hearts and control their hands.
Trading is not about who is smarter, but about who is more disciplined.
Only those who can control their hands in the face of temptation and cool their hearts in the face of losses are worthy of surviving in this market.
Because the market will change, systems will be revised, strategies will be adjusted, but a person's ability to control emotions and execute discipline is the trump card to cross cycles.
Therefore, before winning the market, you must first win yourself.
This is the biggest watershed between professional traders and amateur players.