Actually, once you reach a certain stage, trading becomes meaningless.

Beginners in the market think trading is exciting. What is the real reason behind this? Essentially, it’s like opening blind boxes. Can I soar to the sky today? Can I just happen to buy at the bottom? Can I turn things around with one move? This uncertainty causes the brain to crazy release adrenaline, feeling great when winning, blaming everything and everyone when losing. To put it plainly, this isn’t rational trading; it’s adrenaline rush.

But once you truly establish a sustainable trading system, the entire experience reverses.

No more illusory expectations. Trading becomes a pure process of operation—no signals, just continuous observation; when a signal appears, enter according to the rules; set stop-loss points when needed, and exit at the predetermined profit target. You won’t suddenly add positions to gamble on luck, won’t change your trading rules on the fly, and certainly won’t compete with the market over who has more guts.

Most of the time, your job is simply to mechanically watch those fixed chart patterns and pre-set conditions. If they match, execute; if not, keep waiting. There are no moments of sudden inspiration, no intuitive judgments like "this time feels especially different," and no hot-blooded moves driven by emotions.

At first, it may seem that such days are particularly boring. You might ask yourself: Is all this effort to pursue so-called trading freedom just repeating the same actions every day? Is it so monotonous and dull?

It’s only later that you truly realize a fact—markets are not a casino for seeking thrills, but a testing ground for discipline. Whether it’s exciting or not is a false question; whether it’s boring or not isn’t worth discussing. The only thing that matters is whether the system can generate long-term profits for you. As for emotional fluctuations and mood swings, once the system itself can operate stably, they become truly insignificant.

Observe traders who can consistently profit over the long term, and you’ll find an interesting pattern: they are not the most excited or enthusiastic people in trading. Quite the opposite, they often appear the most boring, rigid, and rule-abiding, looking like they’re just performing an ordinary daily task. They are not at all like “gambling,” because they are not gambling—they are working.