Why have so many people been asking me lately how to become a full-time trader? Do you think being a full-time trader sounds glamorous and seems like a dream?
Wake up every morning, check the market, sip some coffee, click the mouse a couple of times and make money, then head off to work out, listen to music, and play games?
If you come from an ordinary family and don't have much in savings, then the road to becoming a full-time trader will involve an experience more tedious, difficult, and lonely than most jobs out there.
You have to endure times when you've clearly put in the effort but get no positive feedback at all. You have to endure watching the markets and reviewing your trades day after day, with no social life and your days and nights turned upside down. You have to endure people asking whether you're making money, while you can only lower your head and say nothing. You have to endure calculating how many more meals you can afford with the money you have left. You have to stay disciplined and keep your cool at all times. One impulsive decision to hold a losing position can wipe out months of income. You have to learn from losing trades, while also emotionally letting go of those losses so they don't affect your next decision. You have to learn when to cut your losses, and when to spot the right opportunity and hold on. You have to guard against dry eyes, scoliosis, lower back strain, and even type 2 diabetes.
When it comes to becoming a full-time trader, technical skill is actually the least significant hurdle.
To be frank, 99% of ordinary people aren't suited to being full-time traders. Neither am I. The hard part is not getting carried away by fantasies.
It’s been four days since voting for Binance’s Top 100 began. I’ve been tweeting for three months now, and it all feels like a dream. I used to scroll through Twitter and follow the bloggers I liked and the traders I admired. Now I’m on the same leaderboard as them, competing alongside them— something I never imagined would happen.
In these three months of tweeting, I’ve made new friends, learned about things I didn’t understand, and overcome challenges. It’s been more than the sum of everything I experienced in the previous two years.
Now, the Binance Top 100 vote feels like a review of what I’ve accomplished over these three months. When it comes to trading, I can’t compare to big names like tonyx, 熬鹰, and 静静. When it comes to videos and writing, I’m still a long way behind teachers like 林克 and wise.
Being able to hang on in the top ten for so many days has already far exceeded my expectations. The fierce competition for this year’s Top 100 has also surpassed anything I imagined.
After these past few days, I’ve come to terms with where I stand. I’m no longer chasing great honors or a high ranking.
I just want to say thank you, everyone. Clue C gave it everything, and you’ve all worked so hard.
There are only 4 days left. The result doesn’t matter that much anymore. I’m already incredibly, incredibly, incredibly happy with how things have gone.
When the campaign ends, I’ll be more than happy if I can hold onto this ranking. Let’s keep asking for votes—voting runs through the 28th. As a newcomer, I’ve already done my best. You’ve all worked hard, guys (ง•̀_•́)ง
You’ve all worked so hard, guys. As a newcomer who’s only been doing this for three months, staying in the top ten for this long has already far exceeded my expectations. I’ll be more than happy if I can keep it up 🤯
I honestly didn’t expect you guys to come through this hard! You can vote once a day until the 29th. Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go! Just wait till I give away a ton of merch 😡😡😡 Vote: https://binance.com/zh-CN/square/blockchain-100-2026?username=478
“Build Your Own Trading System from Scratch” — Lesson 9 A Deep Dive into Trading Ranges
Recent BTC Market: Two Wins and One Loss in Live Trading, Net +75% — Full Breakdown
The market spends 80% of its time ranging, while true trends account for only 20%. Learning how to handle ranging markets is an essential part of every trader’s training.
Using recent live BTC range-bound price action, this lesson explains the standard approach to trading ranges. It also reviews why the final trade was a loss and how it could have been handled better.
“Build Your Own Trading System from Scratch” — Lesson 8, Part 2
Gold +112%: A Reversal Long Trade Case Study
A complete breakdown of one trade, from opening the chart to doubling the position and exiting
In this episode, we use a replay of a live trade to show how to use gaps to identify buying and selling pressure right away and catch the market’s subtlest movements
We’ll also show how to use gaps to set MM take-profit targets
《Building Your Own Trading System from Scratch》 Lesson 8, Part 1
Gaps: The dividing line between ordinary traders and advanced traders
This lesson brings you more challenging, in-depth material that’s harder to understand. I’ve put off posting this episode for so long because I spent a lot of time refining it. I just couldn’t find a way to explain gaps that everyone could learn from and understand.
In the end, I decided to cover gaps over 2–3 episodes. In this first part, you’ll get an introduction to what gaps are, how to find them, and what they’re used for. I hope you’ll get something out of it (this episode was so hard to explain... 😭