I'm Guzi, and I've already entered the factory this year. Thinking about it carefully, it's actually not a bad thing. I haven't worked for almost two years, and this time in the factory has allowed me to settle down and restore my trading psychology to normal.

These seven years of ups and downs passed in the blink of an eye, as if I just entered the industry yesterday. The early days when I first got into trading are still vivid in my memory, and now thinking back on them still hurts a bit.

There's a quote from a big player in the industry. This person is now financially free and has done many meaningful things, donating hundreds of millions. He was born in '92, one year younger than me. Back around 2012 or so, he was working while trading. When he was close to blowing up his account, he knelt down in front of his computer begging it not to liquidate—because that was literally all his capital at the time. Even his ticket money to go home was in that market move. Later, a coworker who had left and come back saw him do this and didn't understand—how could such an absurd industry exist? Reading his account of it, my emotions couldn't settle for a long time. I've watched his videos many times to motivate myself.

He said: if you plan to trade, you must learn to endure and navigate through an extremely difficult and impoverished period. I deeply agree because I've learned this lesson the hard way. Success and failure in trading are two sides of the same coin.

It probably relates to personality type—some people can avoid this stage well. Brothers, pay attention: I mean *extremely* impoverished. How poor? Poor to the point where your entire net worth doesn't exceed 100 RMB in cash. Poor to the point of being deeply in debt. Poor to the point where everyone abandons you, because this trading industry simply cannot be truly understood by mainstream public awareness. Those who get it understand; those who don't won't gain much even if you explain endlessly. I don't recommend newcomers entering (I'm actively discouraging it). The successful veterans have already succeeded; those who haven't are basically struggling in the mud. How much have you lost these past few years? Everyone knows clearly in their heart. And it's not just money—it's your friends, your time, your energy, maybe even several years of your youth.

If you still want to survive in this industry with faith in it and dreams for it, I think you need to do the following, or at least try to:

1. Maintain normal psychological state: Only when your psychology is sound can you view the market coldly, understand the logic behind every market movement and trend. Only by grasping this logic and movement can you get a sip from this market.

2. Emotion management: I don't think I need to elaborate—90% of losses come from emotionally-driven trading, including holding underwater positions, FOMO buying after missing moves, and revenge trading. Emotional trading stems from your desperate desire to break even, to recover your last loss. If you've already lost control emotionally and aren't calm, how can you break even? How can you maintain a normal psychological state? One impulsive move and everything's gone, then you're worrying about your principal again. I've been caught in this cycle many times.

3. Don't hold losing positions. Don't hold. Don't hold. Everyone who's experienced it understands the damage from holding. I won't elaborate. Just remember: floating losses you can't solve will always be floating losses. Especially don't add margin or average down when the situation is unclear. You might scrape through the first, second, or third time, but eventually you'll die here. Respect the market. I've seen too many people who made 1000x returns only to lose it all to zero. I've even come close to 1000x myself.

Sometimes we need to shift perspective: we're here to make money, not to recover losses. A position that traps you for ten days or half a month severely impacts your subsequent trades. Once you're holding and averaging down, your subsequent operations become muddled. If you were clear-headed, you wouldn't hold—you'd reverse and recover by profiting in the opposite direction. Because when you're holding, your mind and heart are hoping the market moves your way to give you an exit. That's the problem.

4. Build your own trading system and strategy, and stick with it. This system includes entry signals, stop-loss signals, exit signals, position-adding and position-reducing signals, and the logic and strategies behind all aspects. I don't know how many people truly understand what a trading system and strategy are versus just understanding the literal meaning of words. Have you truly dissected this? Have you genuinely understood trading risks and developed proper defensive mechanisms?

It's kind of funny—after seven years of trading, it wasn't until a very close brother confronted me this year that I was left speechless. That's when I truly began to take this seriously and improve it, genuinely improve it, both psychologically and behaviorally. Don't constantly think about doubling your account or conquering the market. Conquer yourself. Overcome your own desires, your fears, your luck mentality.

Currently, I sometimes can't do this either, often making reckless trades, entering hastily, sometimes being driven by emotion without good results. But I'm working to overcome it because I still want to survive in this market. I love this market. I still have dreams.

Trading has no holy grail, no 100% win rate or strategy. So trading is learning for a lifetime. Respect the market.

During the hardest times, some advised me to quit and find a real job, others told me to let go and not be obsessed. I didn't know what to say, but I knew I couldn't exit like that. I had to leave something behind, if not for others then for my own persistence over all these years—to give an account.

I don't know when I'll turn things around, when I'll achieve financial freedom. The answer is on the journey. When I reach my goal (currently need 3 million), I'll repay those who've helped me. Then I'll temporarily exit this market to make up for all the ups and downs of these years.

A long road ahead—who travels with me?

Finally, some additional thoughts:

1. Daily and regular technical analysis and summary mean recognizing the market and understanding yourself.

2. Trading is actually a process from chaos to clarity.

3. If you can't hold positions, there's no possibility of profit. Profits only come from big moves.

From someone recording their growth process, and you can tell they're very clear-headed with deep market understanding:

In the market, many people only stare at prices, forgetting themselves.

They think price action determines everything.

Actually, price action is just the exam, and the answers are already written in your human nature.

Greed makes you add positions when profiting, until everything's gone.

Fear makes you cut losses at the bottom, then watch it rebound.

Impatience makes you want to trade at any moment...

But patience is the market's most expensive ticket.

Livermore said: big money isn't in buying and selling, but in waiting.

I didn't understand until countless times sitting in front of screens watching the market churn like waves.

Finally I got it: masters aren't people who predict tomorrow.

They're people who can resist today.

It reminds me of a scene from *Heaven and Earth*:

In heavy rain, Rui Xiaodandan almost gets shot. She calls Ding Yuanying.

Ding says: This life, having you as a kindred spirit, is enough...

That moment, the camera freezes on their embrace, rain hitting their shoulders,

Yet their hearts are already unafraid, because they've grasped the most precious thing.

I see the market the same way.

Most people spend their whole lives chasing prices,

Never grasping what belongs to them: that soulmate.

That resolute and wise heart.

No matter how turbulent the moves,

They can't shake you,

Because you know: if this life comes with companionship of mind and wisdom, it's enough.

Left for you in wind and rain,

And for myself, still searching for that kindred spirit.