I’ve been using Gemini these past couple of days to review my trades, and I brought up an important topic: cutting costs and increasing efficiency. One piece of advice really inspired me—redefining 'cost control.' Simply put, if you want to achieve extraordinary things, you have to abandon mediocrity. For people at this stage of asset accumulation, saving on coffee money is meaningless. Your 'cost control' should focus on 'cutting off the flow of losses.' Eliminate mediocre trades that are 'sometimes profitable, sometimes not': - Your current investment mindset might just be an amplified version of the 'retail investor mentality.' Frequent trading wears down your capital. - Solution: Cut out all mediocre investments. Either go for highly certain 4% returns in fixed income, or aim for high-potential equity/trend plays. Don’t mess with those 'looks like an opportunity but is actually a trap' short-term gambles in the middle. For example, yesterday I tried to bottom-fish SAHARA on a short-term trade and almost took a loss. I realized that after the short positions got ADL’d, there would be a wave of panic selling. I still went for it, betting that the project team would step in with an announcement to save face. At best, this trade might rebound to 0.5, but the downside risk was huge. In a bear market, opportunities like this—putting in $50K to make 10% but risking a 50% loss—just aren’t worth it. Before every trade, you need to think carefully about the risk-reward ratio, which requires a high level of rationality. After talking with Gemini, my biggest takeaway is to avoid overtrading. I understand this concept deeply, but when it comes to execution, I often can’t control myself. What AI really helps with is systematizing the thought process behind the causes and effects of these decisions.