Interview with EagleTrader | Jia Zihao: Accidental profits are an inevitable trap in trading

Trading is a practice about “unity of knowledge and action”. When only oneself and the screen are left in the market, how to restrain greed and overcome fear has become the core issue for all traders.

Jia Zihao understands this deeply. In his six-year trading career, from futures to foreign exchange, he has experienced the ecstasy of accidentally making huge profits, and also endured the self-blame of multiple liquidated positions. It was these lessons gained with real money that made him realize: the so-called practice is to use discipline to defeat human nature.

Recently, with this gradually formed trading rhythm, he successfully passed EagleTrader’s self-operated assessment, and is about to enter a new stage of profit sharing in trading, testing his practice results with actual combat.

An accidental touch, six years of persistence

When talking about why he chose the path of trading, Jia Zihao admitted that it was an accidental opportunity. “When I first came into contact with futures, I made tens of thousands of dollars.” This profit, which seemed considerable at the time, was like a beam of light, illuminating his expectations for the future. “At that moment, I was convinced that I could change my life and achieve financial freedom through trading.” This belief supported him in the uncertain market for six years.

Technology is the bone and discipline is the soul

In Jia Zihao’s trading system, technical analysis occupies a core position. He clearly divided his decision-making weights: technical analysis accounts for 70%, intuition and experience account for 25%, and fundamental analysis accounts for only 5%.
For him, long-term stable profitability does not rely on a certain magical skill, but a systematic project, which is a combination of “technical analysis + position management + mentality management + execution”.

His strategy is not static. Since the substantial revision in 2023, he is still polishing details, such as “the effectiveness of the trend turning point at the resistance level near the 60-day moving average, and the confirmation of resonance with the top and bottom patterns.” This pursuit of accuracy aims to filter out the “noise” of the market and only wait for the trading model that you are familiar with to appear. “Don’t do anything if you don’t understand the market, and set a good stop loss level” is his only way to eliminate the “luck” element in trading.

The lesson from the liquidation is the deepest mark of growth

In the interview, Jia Zihao did not avoid his most painful past. “I have blown up my positions many times.” Behind this sentence are countless late-night self-blame and reflections. He recalled the scene at that time: “I was very angry and asked myself why I didn’t set a stop loss and why I traded casually.” These lessons learned with real money were finally condensed into a warning to himself: he must avoid making the same mistakes.

It is these experiences that have shaped his current attitude toward risk.Almost harsh awe. He compared the risk in trading to a 100-point system. Whether it is a steady operation when the stop loss is too large (taking up 1-3 points of risk), or a precise attack with a small stop loss at a key point (taking up 3-5 points of risk), they all reflect his core principle of “always putting risk first, then profit.” Even in the face of profit retracement after a heavy position made a profit, his handling method was full of discipline: he closed half of the position and settled for safety, set a moving take-profit on the remaining position, and waited to see what happened.

The constraints of rules are the bridge to stability

Looking back on this EagleTrader assessment, Jia Zihao believes that the biggest gains are two points. First, the financial support provided by the platform provides a broader stage for him to display his trading capabilities. But he pays more attention to the second point – “The customs clearance examination rules set by the platform constrain me to go further on the road of trading and make more stable profits.”

He analyzed himself frankly: “When I make continuous profits for a certain period of time, I cannot strictly implement the trading plan due to my greedy mentality.” This insight into human nature makes him particularly value the binding force brought by external rules. After getting the profit-sharing account, he determined to “strictly formulate a trading plan and strictly implement it.” This transformation from “following the rules” to “following the rules” is a key step for him to become a stable and profitable trader.

For new traders who have just signed up and are exploring this road, Jia Zihao sent his own message: “Your choice is correct. Before making a transaction, always put risk first, then profit.”

From From a novice who accidentally made a profit, to a rethinker who has been liquidated many times, to a quasi-professional trader who has passed the assessment and is about to start a profit-sharing journey, Jia Zihao’s growth trajectory is not a smooth road, but an inevitable path of learning from mistakes and sublimating through discipline.

His story confirms a truth: in the world of trading, true freedom comes from strict discipline. Only by mastering the fierce horse of risk can we finally reach the distant future of stable profits.