In the first few years, I was really fond of chasing the market. If I saw a coin suddenly pump, my first reaction was fear of missing out—I couldn’t wait to jump in. When I made money, I thought I was pretty capable. But when I lost, I would tell myself that I could make it back on the next trade. Looking back now, what caused me to lose money back then was often not the market at all—it was my own impatience.

One of the times I remember most clearly was when several orders in a row didn’t go well. I kept thinking, I can’t keep losing like this, so I started adding to my position again and again. In the end, things just got more and more chaotic. That day the market was sweeping back and forth, and I didn’t just fail to recover my losses—I ended up giving back the money I’d earned over the previous few days too. After that, I slowly understood: trading doesn’t have to produce results every day. Sometimes the best move is to do nothing.

Over these years, the biggest change in me isn’t that the technical side has become more impressive—it’s that I’ve gotten better and better at waiting. In the past, when I saw an opportunity, I wanted to grab it. Now, I first ask myself: Is this entry really worth making? What if I’m wrong? After thinking these things through, many market moves that look tempting at first glance—I end up not rushing to touch them.

I still lose sometimes, and I still make wrong calls sometimes. The only difference is that I no longer get flustered the way I used to when I’m wrong. When I’m winning, I don’t get carried away. And when I’m losing, I don’t rush to break even immediately. For me, what people call an “old player” may not be someone who can catch big moves every day. It’s someone who, after experiencing enough ups and downs, knows what money should be made and what opportunities can be let go.

Ever since I’ve walked this far, I’ve increasingly felt that there really isn’t much mythology at the end of the road in trading. It’s simply about making fewer mistakes, being less impulsive, doing the things you’re supposed to do, and then walking forward step by step. The market has always been there. What truly needs to be controlled has always been yourself.$STG $LSK $MAGMA