Want to achieve long-term stable returns with $ZEC or other cryptocurrencies? It sounds simple, but the hard part is passing the final hurdle—and this has nothing to do with what trading system you use or how advanced your technology is. The core is four words: let go of attachments.

True contentment and happiness are not about lying flat and wasting time. It’s a state of being highly disciplined and sufficiently clear-headed. What does it look like? I’ve summarized five characteristics:

**First**, be content with your returns. Pursue stability, and don’t always chase after huge profits. Be particularly satisfied with the system that allows you to consistently make money, and stop constantly looking at other mountains as higher. Cryptocurrency news is everywhere—this coin doubles, that coin takes off—your job is to hold onto your own reliable method that can generate steady profits.

**Second**, be content with the market. Once you choose, stick with it. Don’t switch between trading futures here and playing forex there, or focus on this stock and then on that coin. Just like raising children—what parent doesn’t think their own child is the best? Once you’ve selected a market, don’t get itchy because other markets have short-term gains.

**Third**, be content with your chosen assets. Once you lock in your assets, don’t make random moves. This is crucial: the profits you’ve actually earned are yours; others’ trades, no matter how beautiful, are just illusions—use them as references only.

**Fourth**, be content with your technology. New things emerge every day in the market—algorithmic models, AI trading strategies, big data predictions. But whether the technology is impressive or not isn’t really important; what matters is whether it can make you money. Spend your time refining your own system.

**Finally**, be content with trading itself. Follow your plan, and don’t constantly compare yourself to others. If they have a higher win rate or more profits, that’s their business. I only trust my own system—cut losses when the judgment is wrong, take profits when it’s right. Keep it simple.

When these five characteristics are combined, they form the true path to long-term profitability. It’s not difficult, but don’t underestimate it either.