After more than a decade in the market, I've learned a few really important trading lessons

I've been in the stock market for more than a decade, and I've seen tapering scares, interest rate hike cycles, epidemic crashes, meme stocks taking off, AI speculation, and that magical week when “the whole internet thinks it's Warren Buffett reincarnated” ...... Until one Thursday when the CPI data came out. The first time the CPI data came out, all the accounts turned green within an hour.

Seriously, the things that most people care about every day don't really matter that much. And the ones that really matter? Often boring, easy to ignore, until you are the market hard lesson.

Here are just a few lessons I wish everyone new to the market had known earlier:

1. Market conditions are more important than predictions

No one really knows where the market will go. Not CNBC, not Twitter, not the 400k karma guy who draws charts every day.Instead of guessing “what's going to happen”, learn to deal with “what's happening right now”. The market doesn't care if you think it's fair or not.

2. Holding money is also a position, don't look down on cash

Just because you have a short position doesn't mean you're wimpy, sometimes it's the best strategy.

Half of my best months were spent waiting for opportunities. Don't force an order just because you have an itch, that's the fastest way to shrink your account.

3. The market story is just noise, the real flow of funds is the focus!

Don't rush to believe in “macro logic”, first look at what the market is really buying and selling.

Options volume, turnover, sector rotation - these are the facts. The news is often just an afterthought.

4. Mindset is worth more than position

Have you ever stared at a losing order until you started to doubt your life?

This is the loss of “mental funds”. Even if it is only a small loss, if it is because of the impulse to order, it will be a little bit consumed you.

Remember: stop-loss in time not only saves money, but also saves lives.

5. Having a plan is more important than having faith.

What if you enter the market with full faith and end up going in the opposite direction?

And if you have a clear entry and exit, stop loss and take profit and time schedule, then even if the direction is wrong, will not blow up the account.

Discipline, more profitable than judgment.

Speculation and options, not to be a prophet, but to manage your own behavior in the market.

I've also experienced burst positions, blood, repeated retracements, chasing up and down, and emotional outbursts ...... only to finally realize: the only way to make money consistently is to build a system that you can execute over time.

You don't need to be perfect. You just need to live long enough to really become strong

I wish you all the best of luck in your business. If you are also a market investor, feel free to share the potholes you've stepped in and the things you've learned in the comments section. Let's make progress together!