The more it drops, the greater the opportunity to make money — you've heard this many times, but the question is, when the market hits rock bottom and turns red all over, do you dare to buy?

You shout "I'll buy when it gets cheaper," but when the real low comes, and the market is bleak everywhere, you start to hesitate. Your fingers hover over the keyboard, and you keep asking yourself: Should I keep selling?

This is not cowardice; it's human nature.

The true bottom-fishing is never just about picking up cheap assets. It requires three things: first, to judge whether the asset itself has value; second, to wait until the market sentiment is extremely cold — not just close, but at the extreme; and finally, to have discipline, lock in your positions and rhythm, and stick to your plan.

The easiest to get trapped are precisely those who wait for others to shout "This is the bottom" before they dare to act.

Once consensus forms, the cheap assets have already been divided among precise investors. What remains for latecomers is not soup, but traps.

Those who can truly profit in bull and bear cycles are always the ones — while most people are still struggling, watching, or even doubting life — who have already quietly held their chips. They don't need to shout or prove anything; they only need to wait for market sentiment to turn and capital to flow back. When that moment arrives, they are already firmly seated in the car, and the rest is just a test of patience for their judgment.

This is the gap between cognition and discipline.