The highest form of cultivation in trading is learning to think deeply.

Actually, the vast majority of people spend their entire lives in the market, but they avoid one thing—deep thinking.
They would rather stare at the screen for over ten hours a day, emotionally torn by candlestick patterns, exhausting themselves into a tired shell; they prefer to enter and exit frequently, using constant orders to fill their inner panic; they scavenge fragmented news from all over, handing their accounts over to others’ judgments; they try every indicator, test every method, as if possessed, searching for that fundamentally nonexistent “universal answer.”
But they refuse to slow down, even for a few days, to seriously ask themselves the most important questions: Why did I fail? Is it the strategy itself, or my inability to stick to the rules?
Why was I able to succeed once? Was it just luck, or do I really have the ability to stand firm?
What kind of market conditions can I truly see clearly, hold steady, and feel confident about? What trading approach truly fits my personality, my rhythm, and what I can do?
How many times have I fallen in the same place, broken the lines I shouldn’t have crossed, only to be repeatedly taught by the market?
Many people seem to work harder than anyone else, but they are just using busyness to comfort themselves. They dare not face the truth, dare not dig deep into their own problems. All their fussing ultimately only results in silence in their accounts.
The real practice in the market is never about flipping back and forth on the chart, but about stopping, sitting face-to-face with yourself. Review each gain and loss, accept the costs that shouldn’t have been there, and gradually clarify every blurry area.
Stop ineffective busywork, let go of unrealistic obsessions. When you truly start to think, you are finally walking your own path. This step is painful, but it is the only unavoidable step in growth.