The most ruthless loss was not the total liquidation, but rather when I personally returned all my profits.

I still remember that experience very clearly.

My account was originally up by over $4,000, and things were going well, but after making a few consecutive successful trades, my mindset began to inflate.

—— Position sizes kept increasing.

—— I started to think about delaying my profit-taking points.

—— The script I had originally set was changed on the spot by myself.

As a result, in just two days, I retraced 70%.

It wasn't that the market was particularly bad, but rather that I personally returned the money I had earned bit by bit.

Looking back, the biggest lesson from that time was not the liquidation, but the fact that I could have stopped, yet was dragged into the abyss by greed and arrogance.

Since then, I set a few strict rules for myself:

• If a single trade profits over 10%, I must take partial profits to lock in gains.

• If I have two or more consecutive profitable trades, I must take a day off and go flat.

• If my account retraces over 5%, I automatically halve my position size and never go against it.

Making money is actually not difficult,

The hard part is being able to control yourself after making it and not acting recklessly.

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Now when I trade, I always remember that scene.

It wasn't the market that killed me; it was myself who defeated myself.

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If you have ever given back your profits after making them,

Don't rush to recover,

First stabilize your rhythm, and protect your account well,

This is the true beginning of being able to go far.