Exclusive interview with a 15-year trader: Why the more I do it, the more convinced I am that trading must be systematic

Among EagleTrader traders, being able to pass the assessment and officially enter the profit sharing stage means that trading ability, risk control level and execution ability have all undergone systematic verification. Liu Donghong is one of the traders who completed the challenge under such an assessment system. For him, passing the exam is not only a result, but also a reaffirmation of the trading system and self-management – achieving sustained and reliable profits under the premise of strictly controlling risks is the real core of trading.

From technical trader to systematic executor

Liu Donghong entered the trading industry in 2011 and has about 15 years of trading experience, including foreign exchange trading throughout these 15 years. Unlike many people who enter trading due to market opportunities, his choice of trading stems more from his personality and career preferences – he is introverted and prefers technical work, and trading happens to be a career path that can be completed by relying on systems and abilities and does not rely on external relationships.

Currently, he trades full-time and through EagleTrader
After the assessment, continue to operate the profit-sharing account full-time. His positioning for the future is very clear: to achieve stable and reliable profits on the basis of controlling risks, rather than pursuing gains from short-term fluctuations.

Technology-centered decision-making structure

In trading decisions, Liu Donghong always maintains a clear weight division: technical analysis accounts for 80%, fundamentals account for 10%, and intuition and experience account for 10%. All judgments must operate under institutional processes – technology provides structure and signals, fundamentals serve as an auxiliary background, and intuition and experience only supplement rather than dominate.

In his view, long-term stable profitability does not rely on emotions or willpower, because both are unstable and limited. What really determines the trading results is the systematic structure: strong organization, strict discipline, consolidated processes and reasonable mechanisms. Only when the system is stable can the output be stable.

Risk and System: From Liquidation to Ruled Execution

The strategy system currently used by Liu Donghong was established in 2020. Since then, it has only been fine-tuned and optimized, but has not been significantly modified. He does not pursue frequent changes in strategies, but pays more attention to the improvement of system engineering. By strengthening the construction of external systems, the trading system can operate stably and produce stable output.

Among his trading rules, there is a very clear principle – no order is placed without a written trading plan. written planIt is a rational filtering process that can eliminate impulsive and emotionally driven transactions, thereby reducing the interference of luck factors.

When a risk event occurs, his priority is always to “preserve capital”: if the position is overweight and a loss occurs, immediately reduce the position or close all positions, protect the capital and mentality, and wait for the next standard opportunity; if a profit retracement occurs after making a profit, he will directly close the position if necessary by setting a capital loss or profit protection to preserve the results.

This risk awareness was not present at the beginning. On a non-agricultural night in 2016, Liu Donghong lost 120,000 yuan in two hours, which made him deeply understand the cost of out-of-control risks. That experience became an important turning point for its trading system – risk control was placed at the core of the system.

Position structure, fluctuation understanding and consistency

Liu Donghong prefers to trade the gold market. He believes that gold has relatively stronger regularity and greater volatility. In his view, volatility does not conflict with rules – volatility provides greater profit potential, while risks can be controlled through position management.

In terms of risk structure, he adopts a layered position increase mechanism: first conduct test transactions with 20% risk, increase the position by 40% after the market verifies that the logic is correct, add 30% after continued verification, and finally increase the position by 10%; if the initial judgment is wrong, he will no longer increase the position and accept the loss. The essence of this method is to let the market prove the trading logic rather than placing bets in advance.

As for transaction consistency, his definition is very clear: entry rules, position rules, and closing rules must be consistent, and position management is relatively constant. Once the strategy deviates, close the position immediately and wait for opportunities that comply with the rules.

As for the recovery after a retracement, he does not set a fixed time, but depends on whether the market provides opportunities that comply with the rules – if the opportunity occurs, it is possible to recover and break through the previous high; if the opportunity does not arrive, you must wait.

Reapions after passing the assessment and suggestions for latecomers

Talking about the biggest gain from taking the EagleTrader exam, Liu Donghong summarized it in two points: first, strict risk control can ensure long-term survival; second, you must set clear goals and stop as soon as you achieve them to avoid greed.

For newly registered traders, his advice is that the exam itself is an important exercise – system construction and risk control are core abilities that traders must possess, and choosing to exit after achieving the goal is also a manifestation of maturity and rationality.

From 2011 to the present, fifteen years of trading have allowed Liu Donghong to gradually transform from an experienced trader to a systematic executor. By EagleTrader
Assessment and entering the profit sharing stage is not the end, but the beginning of its stable trading system entering into long-term operation.

His path does not rely on luck or emotions, but is based on rules, systems and risk awareness. Maybe not public, but closer to long-term survival in the marketThe true appearance of the person – first live, then you can be stable; only after you are stable, can you grow.