Today’s futures trading results were neither profit nor loss, but this day means a lot to me.

In the morning, I was particularly impulsive, making continuous mistakes in short-term trading. Watching the chart movements, I got anxious and wanted to quickly turn things around with a 10-minute candlestick chart, but one mistake after another wiped out all the previous profits. The key was that after losing, I still wanted to keep betting, luckily I didn’t dare to press that button—otherwise, today would have been a big loss.

Only after calming down did I realize that this behavior is no different from that of a gambler. We enter the market to invest and grow wealth, not to rely on luck. Gamblers rarely end well; this is a harsh reality.

So I set a rule for myself: stick to a 30-minute trading cycle and no longer be swayed by short-term fluctuations. Today’s lesson should serve as a wake-up call for my future self.