While others focus on the market, he focuses on discipline: the truth behind the stable profits of trader Lan Jianfeng in 2017

In EagleTrader’s trader system, passing the assessment and entering the profit sharing stage means that a trader has completed the key leap from “being able to trade” to “being able to sustain stable trading”.

Lan Jianfeng has just passed the assessment and officially entered a new stage. For him, this is not only a confirmation of achievement, but also the result of years of trading.

Mature through trial and error

Lan Jianfeng has been in the trading industry for 16-17 years. During this period, he almost never really left the market – even though he experienced multiple liquidations, he always stayed in the trade. In the early days, his strategies were not yet stable, his methods were relatively messy, and his emotions were easily affected by fluctuations. But it was these repeated setbacks that allowed him to gradually form a clearer understanding: trading is not a simple market judgment, but a professional ability that requires skills, experience and continuous polishing.

In his view, the reason why trading can persist for a long time is because it can be “patterned”. When strategies mature, methods can be replicated, and execution is consistent, profitability no longer relies on chance but becomes a structured result.

The stable mentality of part-time traders

Lan Jianfeng currently trades part-time, and chose to maintain this status after passing the assessment and entering the profit-sharing stage. In his opinion, a stable basic income can effectively buffer the trading pressure and keep the mentality stable. If you rely entirely on trading income, it is easy to produce impatience and anxiety, and emotional fluctuations are often more destructive than market fluctuations.

Therefore, he pays more attention to the psychological stability during the trading process – executing strategies in a calm state can often bring more long-term stable results than high-intensity concentration.

Technology is the main focus, and experience is the supplement.

In trading decisions, Lan Jianfeng focuses on technical analysis and pays less attention to fundamentals. He even chooses to actively avoid trading when important data is released. He believes that the role of intuition is more to “avoid trading” than to drive orders; what really determines position management is long-term accumulated experience – when to reduce positions, when to leave the market, and when to continue to hold, all come from the understanding of the market rhythm.

His strategy has been running stably for more than one to two years. During this period, he only adjusted positions according to market volatility and did not easily change the core structure. In his view, long-term stable profitability relies on three points: mature strategies, stable emotions and absolute self-discipline. Every aspect of the transaction is important and nothing can be ignoredSee.

Use time and samples to eliminate “luck”

Lan Jianfeng does not deny the existence of luck in short-term trading, but he believes that as time and the number of samples increase, this component will gradually disappear. Reduce the position, increase the number of transactions, and lengthen the cycle. What will ultimately appear is the true ability of the strategy itself, not an accidental result.

When there is an unexpected big loss, he will immediately stop trading, clear his positions, stay away from the market, and let his emotions and environment cool down at the same time; when there is a large retracement in profits, he will choose to reduce his positions and trading frequency, filter out emotions and short-term fluctuations, and avoid excessive operations during the unstable stage.

Risk control is the real core of stability

In terms of risk management, Lan Jianfeng’s principles are very clear: the risk of a single transaction is usually controlled at 1%-2%, and in extreme cases no more than 3%-4%. He believes that the real risk comes from out-of-control behavior rather than market fluctuations themselves.

He prefers markets with greater volatility, but always responds with a stable strategy, because volatility does not equal risk, and losing discipline is the biggest risk.

As for the retracement, his statistics show that in most cases, it can return to historical highs in about a month. This resilience does not come from radical operations, but from long-term consistent execution and strict risk control.

Consistency is the foundation of trading

In Lan Jianfeng’s view, the essence of consistency in trading is the absolute execution of rules. Once you allow yourself to violate a rule once, you are likely to repeat it countless times in the future. Therefore, he basically maintains 100% execution according to the strategy and minimizes the interference of subjective judgment on the system.

The biggest change for him after passing the assessment this time is to further reduce the risk of retracement and position, making the overall structure more stable. In the current high-volatility environment, he still plans to continue to optimize risk control and keep the system in a safer operating state.

Refining methods from experience

Looking back at the many liquidations in his early years, Lan Jianfeng did not regard them as failures, but as necessary stages of growth. The gradual stabilization of strategy, mentality and execution is based on these experiences. As he said, most traders will go through similar stages, but some people sum up from it, and some people stay where they are.

For new traders, his advice is very straightforward: find a trading strategy that truly suits your personality and implement it 100%. As long as this is done, the road to trading will have the most important foundation.

From trial and error in the early days to now entering the stage of profit sharing, Lan Jianfeng’s path does not depend on a certain market trend, but is based on long-term consistency. Strategy, discipline, risk control and emotional management gradually integrate over time to form a stable trading structure.

For other traders, his experience mayXu sent a clear signal – stability is never a short-term skill, but an ability that can be honed over the long term.