$If you don’t consider studying your emotional patterns, you’re underestimating the market, and the trader who underestimates the market won’t reach the phase of consistency. Take the market seriously and you’ll get consistent returns, but don’t make the mistake of putting all your time into it. Think with me: when you place all your trust in a single person, and that person does something against you, how do you react? The same is true with the market—it’s neutral. The market won’t reward your effort. The market rewards the discipline created from your effort. It has no obligations. You can have twenty years in the market, but if you still want to trade your way—being undisciplined—