I am not here to boast about trading profits, nor am I advising you to quit your job and dive into it full-time. The path of trading is fraught with difficulties. Today, I just want to sincerely share practical insights: how to start with small funds and make trading a possible 'second income', and even more possibilities in the future—but it must be clear first that the funds invested must be money you can afford to lose, which is the primary premise of all operations.
1. Light positions are not cowardice but the core of long-term survival.
Want to achieve stable income through trading? The primary task is to learn to 'stay in the market'. I set a strict rule for myself: no single trade risk exceeds 1% of the capital, and the total daily risk is controlled within 3%. Taking 2000U as an example, the maximum loss for a single trade cannot exceed 20U.
Don't think that earning this way is slow; it is precisely this 'conservatism' that allows me to retain capital and continue seeking opportunities even when my judgments are incorrect, preventing me from being completely overwhelmed by a single mistake. Trading is inherently a probabilistic game; the longer you survive, the more likely you will wait for your profit opportunity.
2. Stop-loss is the fuse that protects your 'trading livelihood'.
No one can achieve a 100% win rate. The difference between experts and novices often lies in the speed of 'acknowledging mistakes'. Before each trade, I clearly set stop-loss levels and strictly execute them like a machine.
View the stop-loss as the fuse that protects your 'trading career'—only by keeping the circuit uninterrupted can it continue to operate. Too many people emotionally hold onto trades, watching losses expand, ultimately leading to the capital being consumed. This is the pit that should be avoided in trading.
3. 80% of the time waiting, 20% of the time taking action is efficient.
Many people think that watching the market is trading, but it is not. I spend most of my time reviewing past market conditions, learning new analytical logic, and observing market structures, with very little time actually placing orders.
Only act when 'high probability opportunity points' occur: for example, when clear reversal signals appear at key support or resistance levels, or when encountering profit patterns that you have repeatedly verified.
Reducing ineffective trades and improving the quality of each trade is far more important than frequently opening orders. To achieve stable income, quality always outweighs quantity.
4. Emotional management is the invisible 'invisible paycheck'.
Don't be arrogant and complacent when making profits, thinking you can control the market; don't be impatient and impulsive when losing, trying to immediately make back what you lost. I always treat trading as a 'project' rather than a gamble.
Share three practical emotional management methods:
Planning first: Before bed or before the market opens each day, write down the varieties to focus on, key levels, and potential opportunity patterns for the day.
Isolation in execution: After placing an order, as long as the stop-loss or take-profit has not been triggered, reduce attention to floating profit and loss to avoid being influenced by emotions.
Daily review: Record daily operations, focusing on whether the discipline was followed, rather than getting entangled in the profit and loss of individual trades. It’s important to know that stable profit = 70% mindset + 30% technique; if you can't control your hands and emotions, no amount of good technique will work.
A few last words of harsh advice.
The cost of 'freedom' is extreme discipline. Many people envy the time freedom of full-time trading but ignore the pressure behind it—you need ironclad discipline, the motivation to continue learning, and calmness in the face of losses. These challenges are far greater than working a regular job.
Risk is always shadowing you. Contract trading dances on the edge of leverage; always participate with spare money and be mentally prepared for the capital to go to zero. Even if you can temporarily cover living expenses stably, it does not mean you can always earn without loss.
First validate yourself as a part-time trader. I strongly recommend you to try with your spare time and small funds; once you can achieve sustained stable profits for over 6 months, then consider increasing your investment or even turning to full-time trading. Don't let a moment of impulse put your life in a passive state.
The path of trading is essentially a practice in cognition and mentality. It indeed gave me time freedom, but this freedom was earned through countless hours of research, review, and combating my own human weaknesses.
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