This article is dedicated to all the students who have not yet been able to move on.

Has anyone noticed something strange? No matter how much you learn from all the techniques I’ve shared before, you still can’t break out. If you learn from other experts, hot money traders, or champions of real trading competitions, @TAOGUBA@, you still can’t break out. You study stocks for eight hours every day, more diligently than others, yet still can’t break out. You’ve put in so much effort, even gone bankrupt several times, but still can’t break out.
No matter which expert you admire or follow, you still can’t break out. I think this is not only my question but also the biggest question in the hearts of millions of stock enthusiasts: why?
Let’s look at the path most people take. In the first stage, they buy some miscellaneous stocks and get heavily trapped, suffering huge losses. They move to the second stage, where they study hot topics, sentiment cycles, candlestick patterns, and stock selection. By this point, they are already in the second stage. The more they study, the more they lose, and they simply can’t break out.

Then, people start studying top-tier hot money traders and competition champions, reaching stage 2.5. This stage 2.5 is part of a strong market culture—only doing the strongest leading stocks, only focusing on core stocks in mainstream hot sectors, aiming for the strongest moves, expectation gaps, and turning weakness into strength. I dare say, those who reach this stage are already among the elite, one in a hundred. But even then, they still can’t avoid big gains and big losses, or large drawdowns. It’s said that “a journey of a hundred miles is half completed at ninety,” and by this point, over 90% of people have already given up. Why can’t they succeed?

I believe everything in the world is predestined. One day, I overheard a trader from an institution casually say: “The most crucial key to stock success is trading volume!”
This statement was like a revelation, instantly opening all the meridians. All of us studying stocks focus on candlesticks, intraday charts, themes, and sentiment, but without trading volume, it’s like trying to play basketball with one hand. I know of a young guy who’s very good at playing basketball with one hand, but that’s just one person. How much effort has he put in? How many grievances has he endured? Most people play basketball with one hand, and you simply can’t beat others. Stocks are the same. No matter how much you study, if you only have one eye on trading, can you succeed? Can you see the complex trends and changes in stocks clearly? For example, during the previous two regulatory actions and one external shock, the first regulation wiped out aerospace and AI stocks; the second regulation wiped out space solar photovoltaic stocks; and an external decline wiped out silver and gold. You might think these failures were due to external factors, but what if you look at trading volume? You could have avoided all three declines. Even in today’s rotating and volatile market, you can understand everything.

I dare say most friends on @TAOGUBA@ are super smart. When I mention this, many students suddenly open up their meridians and channels, quickly opening their stock software to analyze the trading volume patterns of all stocks. The New Year is coming soon—consider this my New Year gift to everyone. If you still don’t understand, check out my new volume analysis (including my secret weapon: one-minute volume). I’ve learned a lot on @TAOGUBA@, and the four people who have helped shape my system the most are: Quit Stock Trading, Stock Captain Sheng, G Realm Sun Wukong, and Ye Wuchen. I also hope many students can stand on my shoulders and walk toward success!