What traders fear most is not losing money, but "making money by luck."

That scorching profit.

Your account is sitting on 50% returns, yet you can't sleep.

This isn't the euphoria after joy—it's a nameless panic.

You know exactly how this money came about—you followed the herd and bought a "shitcoin," or made an unexpected futures order based on the logic that "everyone else is trading it up"; you called a "black swan" right once, based on "insider tips"; you even just closed your eyes and randomly bought a spot coin, and somehow it inexplicably rallied hard.

You're like a thief who stumbled into a vault, clutching a fistful of cash in your hands, but you don't know where the exit is, and you have no idea when the alarm will sound.

This is the most ironic scene in trading: the money you made by luck is quietly destroying your reverence for the market, eroding your drive to build a system, and even laying the groundwork for your future liquidation.

**Part One: Luck is a "cognitive poison" wrapped in sugar coating.**

Many people blame their trading failures on "bad luck," yet never reflect that "good luck" is the root of all evil.

Luck's role in trading is not as a savior, but as an anesthetic.

It creates an illusion of "omnipotence" in you. When you make quick money by guessing the direction right, your brain automatically filters out "randomness" and reinforces the self-suggestion of "I'm amazing."

You start believing you possess intuition beyond the ordinary, even believing you're the "chosen one."

This delusion is more fatal than losses.

Because losses hurt you, and pain makes you reflect; but luck thrills you, and thrills make you addicted.

It makes you despise "slow money" and "hard work."

Once you've tasted the sweetness of doubling in a day, asking you to wait for a solid system that takes three months to validate feels tedious, painful, like a waste of life. You think those who trade methodically are "fools" and "cowards."

You start resenting the slowness of compounding and chase the next "get-rich-quick" opportunity instead.

You forget that quick money made by luck usually disappears just as quickly.

It makes you confuse "good trades" with "trades that make money." This might be the biggest misconception.

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