"If you use luck, you won't do trading. Trading requires discipline more than luck." This is a sentence Shavyang mentioned repeatedly in the interview.

In a market full of uncertainty, this statement seems extremely restrained and almost completely outlines his basic attitude towards trading - this is not a game won by luck, but a long-term project that must rely on rules, execution and self-management.

What is even more surprising is that the time it took for him to actually start real trading was actually not that long.

He had been preparing for a long time before actually entering the market

Shavyang officially engaged in foreign exchange trading on November 2025 month. Before this, he was not a complete outsider. Over the years, he continued to observe and pay attention to the trading process of his friends, and at the same time continued to learn relevant knowledge, but he was never in a hurry to end.

Until he confirmed one thing: he was no longer just attracted by the "profit results", but truly began to understand the transaction itself.

“From the unique charm of foreign exchange trading, and my own desire to improve one’s ability to survive in society.”

For him, trading is not an attempt, but a choice of ability - an ability that requires full responsibility for the results.

Trading is not based on feelings, but a set of structures that can be executed

After passing the EagleTrader proprietary trading exam, Shavyang made a clear plan for his next stage of trading: full-time investment in a profit-sharing account.

This choice is not radical, but more like a natural extension after having a clear understanding of its own transaction structure.

In actual decision-making, his positioning of different analysis tools is very clear: technical analysis accounts for 40%, fundamental analysis accounts for 50%, and intuition and experience only account for 10%. Fundamentals are responsible for direction judgment, technology is used for execution, and intuition is deliberately limited to a small proportion. This structure itself reduces the impact of emotions on trading.

When it comes to the key to long-term stable profitability, he does not give any "technical" answers. In his understanding, stability comes from a set of continuous execution processes: maintaining attention to trading information, news hot spots and industry clues, being good at observing trading trends, maintaining a stable mentality, establishing your own trading system, especially setting reasonable take-profits and stop-losses, and always ensuring rational thinking and execution.

In this system, execution is alwaystakes precedence over the judgment itself.

What really widens the gap is his reaction when facing losses and retracements

As for "luck", Shavyang doesn't care at all. During the trading process, he will not consider the existence of luck, because once he needs to rely on luck, the transaction itself loses its replicability. In his opinion, discipline is far more important than luck.

When a heavy position occurs with unexpected losses, his processing sequence is very clear: control the stop loss immediately, because the stop loss is always the first; then re-evaluate the current market situation and adjust the trading plan; complete the psychological construction while planning the subsequent steps; pause and review the transaction immediately after the transaction is completed.

Even when he made a large profit as planned, but suddenly encountered an obvious profit retracement, his handling method was still restrained. He will first change his perception of profit "ownership", make psychological adjustments, and then implement established mechanisms, including risk-free processing and profit protection. After completing the rational analysis and path decision-making, the transaction is completed, the review begins immediately, and the rules continue to be optimized.

In many trading experiences, he gradually formed an important consensus: Compared with "how long it will take to return to a new high of net worth", what is more important is how to control the retracement itself. “We should forget about ‘recovery time’ and need to focus on ‘controlling retracements.’” In his view, the only thing traders can actively control is through extremely strict single-trade risk control (usually 1%–2%) and position exposure management, making it extremely difficult for the account’s maximum drawdown to touch the red line required by the exam.

Risk, volatility, and the trading logic of “living long”

Shavyan has no obvious preference for market fluctuations. He is more accustomed to asking himself before every transaction: Is the current market environment suitable for his trading system? Under such volatile conditions, does risk management need to be adjusted?

He regards volatility as a "weather forecast". By checking the financial calendar, identifying risk events, using fluctuations to determine the position size, and actively avoiding "stormy weather".

In terms of risk allocation, his understanding is equally clear and restrained. He is used to risking 1 point to win 3, 5 or even 10 points. divided profits. In his view, long-term success does not come from the victory or defeat of every transaction, but from countless small and controllable losses and a small number of firmly grasped profits. The method of risk allocation directly determines how far traders can go on this road.

Review this time participating in EagleTrader From the experience of self-operated trading examination, he believes that his gains are not only reflected in the trading level. He established a repeatable and personalized combat system, acquired "anti-instinct" decision-making capabilities, and gradually developed a trading mentality that is absolutely responsible for himself. The biggest change, in his view, is the transformation of his entire person—a more sober, humble, and resilient decision-maker.

At the end of the interview, he left his experience to those who came after him: the first goal is not to make a profit, but to "not die"; the biggest enemy is not the market, but oneself; the market cannot be predicted, only dealt with; simple, continuous, repeatable, and strict implementation of stop-profit and stop-loss; protecting the principal is to protect the future; record everything and learn from your own transactions.

Trading is a game of probability and a marathon. In the world of trading, living a long time is itself a kind of success, and what is truly worth relying on is discipline, not luck.