After so many years of being a trader, what have I gained?

What I have gained is not just money.

Yes, I have achieved a state in others' eyes of 'not having to work, financial freedom.'

But in reality, this job has taught me a lot, especially the ability of 'taking full responsibility for myself.'

✅ I have learned to make independent decisions, think deeply.

In trading, all choices are made by myself, and I must bear all the profits and losses.

No one tells you when to enter the market, no one bears the losses from your wrong trades, and no one cleans up after your uncontrolled emotions.

So I have become more decisive and more disciplined.

[The market is not wrong, no one can be blamed], only 'where did I go wrong.' When I make mistakes, I review, and there are no excuses for losses.

✅ I have trained my emotional stability, trying not to be anxious.

At the beginning, I would also be led by the account curve—

When it goes up a bit, I feel like a god; when it goes down a bit, I fall into self-blame or even self-doubt.

[But if your emotions are unstable, you cannot survive.]

So I forced myself to establish an emotional buffer mechanism:

Meditation, exercise, writing review journals, traveling, shopping… I have turned psychological stability into a habit. Now, I have a more relaxed perspective on many things.

✅ Always learning, always improving.

Trading is a very high-concentration intellectual labor; it requires you to continuously input - judge - execute - correct. Any link that is emotionally unstable or hesitant in judgment can lead to losses.

It forces you to keep learning and continuously upgrade your understanding.

[You need to understand business, finance, law, technology, all aspects.]

In recent years, I have continuously researched macro trends, monetary policy, economic structure, AI, business models…

Trading has kept me improving, diligently learning how the world operates.

✅ I have gained true freedom 👏

For me, freedom is not 'lying flat', but:

On the premise of not relying on anyone, not needing to cater to anyone, not needing any relationships to support me—gaining the power of choice through my own abilities.

[True freedom in life is not only material freedom but also spiritual freedom]—I now decide my own pace of life, the city I live in, and my working hours. I can buy any luxury goods I want at any moment, and recently I even got my mom a new car. #币圈