[Red Envelope] The cruelest coming-of-age ceremony in the stock market: The Black Lifeform

There are always traders who come to seek help after experiencing continuous losses. Based on this situation, today Chang Yi specifically wrote an article for these traders, hoping to help them. [Taoguba]
Actually, in the world of traders, there is a special term called “Black Lifeform.” It describes an extreme state — when consecutive losses break through all defenses, when market logic completely fails, and when your faith in your own ability begins to collapse.
This state can lead to two outcomes:
Most people choose to wither away: leave the market forever, or start looking for “sure-win” shortcuts;
A very few people achieve rebirth: allowing themselves to break apart, then rebuilding a stronger trading personality from the ruins.
Chang Yi is also a professional trader who has come out of various hardships! Despair has taught Chang Yi three lessons:
1. Correcting arrogance, not ambition
Chang Yi early on let go of the illusion of “beating the market.” The market has its own cycles and rhythm. Our task is not to control it but to learn to dance with it. Correcting arrogance about the cycle, but never extinguishing the ambition to achieve steady profits.
2. The strongest armor is forged from losses
Every loss that nearly broke Chang Yi in the past became a warning point on his trading cognition map. They instinctively light up red flags in similar future situations. Those that don’t kill you will indeed make you stronger — provided you are willing to stand up from the ruins and review.
3. A true system is alive
After experiencing extreme pain, Chang Yi understands that a trading system cannot be a set of rigid rules carved in stone. It must be a breathing, fault-tolerant survival law that can operate under pressure. Chang Yi no longer pursues perfect predictions but builds imperfect response mechanisms.

If you are in darkness, here is Chang Yi’s advice:
Allow yourself to hurt, but don’t allow yourself to give up.
When the time comes, detach from emotions and start a calm review.
Find the first point of collapse.
Don’t ask “Why is the market like this?” ask “Which decision of mine went wrong first?” Was it fuzzy entry conditions? Was the stop-loss not firm enough? Or was greed blinding you? Find that most critical flaw.
Verify corrections with minimal cost.
Don’t rush to recover losses with large capital. Use demo accounts or minimal positions to test your new rules. The only goal at this stage: rebuild the muscle memory of knowledge and action.
Turn scars into beliefs.
Refine this lesson into a phrase, and engrave it where you can see: “Never hold a single position,” “Don’t trade when emotions are bad,” “Respect every stop-loss signal.”
When you truly walk out of this dark forest, you will gain a strange ability — to be indifferent to market noise. Because you know which temptations are traps and which fluctuations have nothing to do with you.
Your perspective has been expanded inch by inch by those heavy losses and tears in the middle of the night.
Growth is about constantly saying goodbye to your weaker self. And the most extreme growth in the stock market is called the Black Lifeform. Passing through it, you will shift from “wanting to win” to “being able not to lose,” from “pursuing huge profits” to “steady compound growth.”
At that moment, you will realize: the market indeed tempts you in countless ways. But all you need to do is stick to your own moves, unmoved like a mountain. You may be knocked down, but you will never be defeated — this is the true appearance of a trader.

By the way, regarding today’s situation, those who are accompanying the rise should definitely close their positions in the morning session today, no need to elaborate. The market is still rotating; the big A-shares still reflect the US market. Last night, external factors like computing power performed well, and today we are also rotating to recover. So when Huasheng showed a positive three-dimensional structure, it was reabsorbed. Some of our team members are quite sharp, following the rhythm well, which is good. Some are holding steady without selling, but considering the upcoming Two Sessions next week and tomorrow being Friday, personally, I will likely exit again.

Finally, a notice: there will be a team supplementary class on Sunday afternoon. Please reserve your time in advance. If needed, make a free appointment via private message.