Fu Haitang’s “Doctrine of the Way of Heaven”: the market is the manifestation of the universe’s laws. Man cannot defeat Heaven; one can only go with the trend.

🌌 The Core of the Doctrine of the Way of Heaven

Fu Haitang believes that the universe develops forever in the form of relative balance, from the Milky Way to a single cell—all governed by the same set of laws. Humans are part of the universe, so human behavior, including the market, cannot escape these laws. The futures market is the one that most strictly follows the laws of the universe.

💡 Three Core Inferences

1. Man cannot defeat Heaven

“‘Man can overcome Heaven’ is just a slogan. No matter how strong the main funds are, they can only go against the trend for a moment; they can’t do it for the long term. The power of the overall trend comes from Heaven. Those who align with Heaven prosper, while those who defy Heaven perish. For example, in 2009 garlic and in 2010 cotton—government reserve releases and the main forces shorting could not suppress the situation. That’s an example.”

2. Acting in Accordance with the Trend

What you follow is the “heaven-ordained trend,” not the small fluctuations on the K-line chart. The real “trend” is the direction that must unfold after the accumulation of supply-demand imbalance reaches a certain point. Recognizing that direction relies on insight into fundamentals and the laws of the universe.

3. Heaven Does Not Often Act

The market is in a range 70%–80% of the time, and in a trend only 20%–30% of the time. In a range, it is the main force at work; in a trend, it is “heaven” at work. Fighting the main force in a range is a guaranteed loss; only when “heaven” is at work can you follow along and make huge profits. So his approach is to practice and preserve capital in ordinary times, then go all out when the big opportunity comes.

✨ Core Belief

This theory led him to form a two-sentence creed:

Survival of the fittest: when talking about the market’s cruelty, you must adapt to the market better than others.

See the will of heaven and act in accordance with the trend: when talking about the laws of the market, you must stand on God’s side.

🧠 Advantages Brought by Philosophy

This worldview makes one immune to short-term fluctuations. When you believe that price will eventually return to the direction “ordained by heaven,” short-term shakeouts and false breakouts by the big players are just part of the process, not the end result. The pain of ordinary people trading futures lies in searching for causality within small-cycle fluctuations, whereas Fu Haitang’s “way of heaven” lets him rise above that mire. Prices should rise when they should rise, and fall when they should fall; the short-term “why” is not important—what matters long term is “what is.”