Actually, what destroys traders isn’t the market—it’s three kinds of inner demons:

1. **Expectation addiction:** You always want to catch every move. If you miss out, you get anxious. But the market isn’t a lover; it won’t give you opportunities just because you try hard.

2. **Emotional revenge:** After losing once, you rush to win it back. The orders placed in times like this—90% of them are nightmares.

3. **Illusory confidence:** You’ve just made a little profit and think you’ve seen through the market. In reality, that’s just the trend giving you face—not true strength. Those who can get past it save themselves. Those who can’t keep falling over and over in the same place.

I used to think trading depended on “courage.” Later I realized that true courage is: when you can stay out of the market, you stay out; when you need to admit you’re wrong, you admit it. When you can wait, you wait; amid all the noise, you remain silent.

The first lesson the market taught me is to lose money. The second lesson is to be calm. The third lesson is to train myself into someone who can’t be controlled by the market.

Now I’m increasingly convinced of one saying: the market never rewards the clever—it only shows favor to patience. A trader’s real growth isn’t about making the account bigger; it’s about making the heart steadier—able to read the situation but not rush; able to hold your ground but not get carried away; able to take losses without panic. Able to wait for a long time without fear.

It turns out that the biggest enemy on the road to trading has always been—us.