The final hurdle in trading is human nature. The true prerequisite for enlightenment is to let go of the ego. In other words, you must first completely acknowledge that you are not capable, accept that you are just an ordinary person, and throw away your inflated ideas. Start learning honestly from the basics. Many people learn a lot of techniques and even have a decent trading system, but they cannot stabilize their performance. The reason is that they are trapped in the cage of technique and have never been able to overcome the inner conflict. In the next three minutes, I will explain the phrase 'kill the human heart, let the heart of the way live' in simple terms, and then tell you how to take that most difficult yet crucial step from today onwards. First, let's discuss the first half of the phrase 'kill the human heart.' You must understand the first rule: in trading, true growth begins with your complete acknowledgment of your limitations. What does it mean to kill the human heart? Simply put, it means to kill that part of you that constantly overthinks and acts smart. Is there always a voice in your head saying, 'I feel this wave is going to rise'? That's the little smartness trying to predict the market. After just losing 500, thinking, 'I need to make a trade quickly to recover my losses' reflects the gambler's mentality. If you profit from a trade, thinking 'I'm a genius' shows that you don't know your own limits and are getting inflated just for making some money. This human heart is your little self; as long as it is alive, it will disrupt your critical decisions, making you ignore the rules and trade based on feelings. The market is a slaughterhouse for this human heart. Only by completely letting go of it and sincerely acknowledging that you are just an ordinary person who knows nothing in front of the market, and only believing in the rules, can you truly enter the field. So starting today, please begin a small exercise: clearly write down the plan for your next trade, and regardless of whether you make or lose money, review whether you honestly followed the plan, and at which moment you were led astray by your human heart. Acknowledge its presence; this is the start of killing the human heart. Of course, to achieve this, you must have a set of rules that you can wholeheartedly follow—your trading system. Many people misunderstand the term 'system,' thinking it is just a few indicators. Only after the human heart is dead can the heart of the way live. Remember the second rule: the so-called heart of the way is your unwavering belief in your validated trading system. This heart of the way is your higher self; it is calm and objective, believing only in probability and rules. Let me give you an analogy: your human heart is like a novice driver who just got their license and wants to speed, while your heart of the way is like the emotionless voice of a navigation assistant. The novice driver, led by their emotions, often wants to take shortcuts and drive fast, resulting in violations and even disasters. In contrast, the voice of the navigation assistant remains calm, regardless of how congested the roads are or how anxious you are. It will repeatedly remind you to please follow the planned route. When your trading can completely ignore the various distractions in your mind and only follow the signals from the navigation, opening a position when the signal appears and exiting at the stop-loss, that's when your personal chaotic thoughts can be entirely suppressed, and your stable and reliable higher self can truly take control of your account. So for your next trade, please try a role-playing exercise. Tell yourself, 'I am not the driver; I am just a robot responsible for signaling turns.' Your only task is not to think about where to go but to execute the navigation instructions 100%. When you shift your focus from where you can end up to what you need to do now, your heart of the way begins to awaken. Therefore, you see, from an emotional novice driver to a robot with an unperturbed inner self, the path of killing the human heart and letting the heart of the way live is the ultimate cultivation in trading.
I believe that only by looking at cold data and rules can one truly understand, in the process of completely shattering and reshaping the human heart, what they are suited for for the first time. Their heart of the way, that simple set of rules belonging to them, comes to life. Therefore, in the end, trading is not about technology but about the heart. The inner cultivation path of killing the human heart and letting the heart live is destined to be lonely and difficult. If you want to walk this path more steadily and further, find a coach or team that deeply understands this journey and can provide you with systematic training methods. It will undoubtedly save you a lot of detours. However, you can also choose to face the market alone, honing your character through repeated trial and error. This path may be tougher, but it can also lead to the destination. Regardless of which path you choose, remember that only when that self-serving little self disappears can the rule-abiding higher self be born. This path is difficult but worth pursuing for a lifetime. Keep going!
