Nowadays, the real underlying reason most people miss out isn’t that they were “left behind.” When prices rise, they don’t dare to buy; when the market goes sideways, they start to doubt; when it drops, they still don’t dare to buy—and they watch it climb right in front of them. That’s the real bull market behavior! Why did so many people lose money in past bull markets? Because they got the direction wrong. But what is he doing in the market then? He doesn’t quit the scene either. If we put it bluntly, people like that are the ones chasing highs. Because in the market, you either buy or sell—you will 100% make trades. These are the people who are easiest to be repeatedly harvested in the market.
Because as long as they’re still in the market, they will always have to make decisions. Either buy or sell, either chase the rise or cut losses. If you don’t buy today, and it goes up tomorrow, you’ll buy. If you buy tomorrow and it falls, you’ll sell again. The ones who are truly “harvested” by the market are never just those who picked the wrong entry—they’re the people who misjudge the direction, and then keep using their own emotions to trade after that.
So what’s really important isn’t guessing whether it will rise or fall every day. It’s first to understand the big direction clearly. When the direction is right, sideways movement gives you time, pullbacks give you shares, and volatility is just the process. When the direction is wrong, every trade you make may look clever on the surface, but in the end it can gradually—step by step—send you into a pit.
Because as long as they’re still in the market, they will always have to make decisions. Either buy or sell, either chase the rise or cut losses. If you don’t buy today, and it goes up tomorrow, you’ll buy. If you buy tomorrow and it falls, you’ll sell again. The ones who are truly “harvested” by the market are never just those who picked the wrong entry—they’re the people who misjudge the direction, and then keep using their own emotions to trade after that.
So what’s really important isn’t guessing whether it will rise or fall every day. It’s first to understand the big direction clearly. When the direction is right, sideways movement gives you time, pullbacks give you shares, and volatility is just the process. When the direction is wrong, every trade you make may look clever on the surface, but in the end it can gradually—step by step—send you into a pit.