Feed ExplorerAI summarized and shared the situation of 1600 posts from "Stock God Xiao Gu" over the past 1.5 years. Let's take this as a lesson. The evolution of the mental journey (by stages)
Stage 1: Blind Confidence → First Taste of Bitter Fruit (Late 2024 – 2025.01)
Philosophy: Believed in "U.S. stocks always rise" and "NVIDIA is invincible," heavily long, but also shorted Chinese concept stocks.
Emotion: High-spirited, self-proclaimed "Stock God Xiao Gu," posted long analyses of logic.
Turning point: Chinese concept stocks continued to surge, short positions suffered huge losses; began to suspect "value investing is a scam."
Stage 2: All-in Gamble → Continuous Margin Calls (2025.02 – 2025.03)
Behavior: All-in on options, leveraged financing, betting on a single direction (shorting U.S. stocks, longing crypto stocks).
Psychology: From "I don't believe in fate" to "The heavens are playing with me," daily losses of tens of thousands, frequently swearing oaths like "never touch options again," but continuing the next day.
Signature phrases: "Lost 70k in two days," "Lost 200k in a week," "Account went from 500k to 20k."
Stage 3: Numbness & Self-Denial → Brief "Enlightenment" (2025.04 – 2025.05)
Philosophy shift: Began emphasizing "only buy common shares," "only do grid trading for rent," "never add leverage."
Actual behavior: Still frequently bottom-fishing small caps, buying expiration-day warrants, repeatedly breaking vows.
Emotion: From crying, hitting walls, wanting to die, to "bitter smile," "numbness," occasionally writing literary long posts for self-comfort.
Stage 4: Low Capital + High-Frequency Reflection → Repetitive Cycle (2025.06 – 2026.06)
Asset status: Long-term in the 20k–50k HKD range, saving money by hunting for deals and staying in hostels.
Behavioral traits: Still would "go all-in for one bet," but frequency decreased; briefly adhered to vows after multiple oaths, soon broke them again.
Philosophy crystallization: Began admitting "ordinary people shouldn't play options," "don't copy homework," but still couldn't align knowledge with action.
Final state: Extremely little capital, relatively calm emotions, but still hasn't completely left the market.
Three pieces of advice to myself
I've pinned this article. Before making any trades in the future, take a look. These are mistakes learned through real money. Always keep them in mind: 1. Don't copy others' work. I'm diligent with my hands but lazy with my thoughts. I like copying others' work and blindly following authority, wishing experts would just write out the wealth code for me to copy. The saying 'follow closely without thinking' perfectly describes me. Over 90% of my losses in recent years came from copying others. Looking back now, it's laughable. Confucius was brilliant, right? With 3,000 disciples and 72 outstanding students, even he used subtle wording. What more these so-called experts! They tell you when to buy but not when to sell. You rush in excitedly, and then...
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