The essence of advanced trading, to put it simply, is evolving from "knowing how to use strategies" to "knowing how to let go."

Technical indicators are everywhere, trading rules are written in countless pages, but how far you can go is never determined by how many systems you master, but by whether you can tame your own desires. The so-called "enlightenment" is not about seeing through more market fluctuations, but about completely letting go of those unrealistic thoughts.

**Human nature is always the final barrier in trading**

Ultimately, trading is a probabilistic event. There is only one way to make money — repeatedly executing a set of positive expectancy rules mechanically over a sufficiently long cycle.

But human instincts tend to go against this: when greedy, looking at floating profits makes it hard to let go; the moment to take profit is often turned into a drawdown; when afraid, even with losses in front of you, you still hope for a miracle, turning small stop-losses into catastrophic liquidations; and that stubbornness, repeatedly breaking your own rules, always thinking "maybe this time will be different."

Honestly, what determines winners and losers is not who has more fancy techniques, but who can stay steady during market turbulence and emotional upheavals, and follow the plan step by step.

**Enlightenment is about letting go of the desire to control the market**

Here, "letting go" does not mean abandoning trading, but giving up those unrealistic fantasies — like perfect bottom-fishing, fully understanding the market, or winning in one battle. It also requires accepting a truth: uncertainty is the norm of the market, not a bug, but a feature.

Novices are curious and always want to find the legendary "secret"; some advanced traders are still dreaming, hoping to predict the market; but truly enlightened traders only do one thing — manage themselves well.

They treat stop-losses as costs, calmly accepting losses as part of the game; avoid forcing opportunities that don’t fit their system, understanding that passing on is also a profit; use rules to lock their judgments, trusting systems more than feelings.

When you stop obsessing over how to "beat the market," and instead learn to dance with the rhythm, follow the trend, and unify knowledge and action, that moment truly arrives — stop-losses are no longer a torment, holding positions no longer cause frustration, and even when out of the market, you won’t itch to trade.

This is not some mystical revelation, but a trader finally making peace with the market’s laws.