During today’s review, I realized another thing—the two most common mistakes retail investors make are actually quite simple.

The market is still the same market, so why can some people consistently get results while others ride a roller coaster every day?

I’ve been through the losing phase myself, and looking back now, I was really just going in circles:

Only daring to chase after something has gone up,
Panicking and selling off when it drops.

Then staring at the screen every day, asking myself: Why can others do it and I can’t?

But the market never lacks opportunities. What’s lacking are people who are prepared in advance and ready when opportunity knocks.

Now, my trades basically revolve around one core idea:

Strong assets + key support levels + following the trend.

You don’t have to master candlesticks, and you can ignore indicators, but you must remember one thing—

When a strong coin pulls back to a key level, it’s most likely a good buying opportunity;
When a weak coin rebounds, it’s usually just a bull trap.

This pattern works in both bull and bear markets.

Yesterday, a friend of mine was messing around with a $200 principal and lost it down to $130 by noon. I told him to stop acting impulsively and just watch for a pullback to a certain level—after a precise rebound, he flipped his position and by the close, he was back to $280.

It wasn’t because I’m so skilled, but because it was the first time he actually followed the rules.

The people who can consistently make money in the market aren’t the reckless ones charging in every day.

They’re the ones who can be patient, wait, and set up in advance.

A lot of people think experts are trading frantically every day,
But in reality, they do just one thing:

Identify key zones in advance, then wait for the market to deliver opportunities.

To be honest, most people don’t lack technical skills.

What they lack is someone to tell them: which levels are worth trading, and which ones you should never touch.

I’m currently watching a level with some real potential—it might turn out just like a previous case, leading to a nice, smooth run for profits.