Can you hold your conviction through the pain?

The market doesn't care about your feelings. Your thesis gets tested when you're down 40% and everyone's calling you an idiot.

This is where real money gets made or lost. Not in the green candles—anyone can hold those. It's the red ones that separate conviction from cope.

If you can't stomach short-term humiliation, you don't deserve long-term gains. That's just how this game works.