After blowing up your account, do you still have the courage to keep trading? This is a soul-searching question every trader might face. In this market where profits and losses can vanish in an instant, stories of going from full-time all-in to a blown account are common, but those who can withstand the crash and start over are few and far between.

Today's EagleTrader interview subject, Liu Ze, is one such traveler who has navigated the darkest moments of trading. He is a senior database administrator at a state-owned listed company, with over a decade of hands-on forex trading experience. He has spent six years deeply immersed in full-time high-frequency trading, and also experienced the crushing low of locking himself away for a week after blowing up an account. Now, he is preparing for the EagleTrader proprietary trading assessment part-time, officially restarting his path to professional trading. How did he emerge from the shadow of a blown account? And what made him choose to start again?

Trading Growth Begins with a Complete Closure of Losses

Liu Ze, who entered the trading industry in 2013, once spent six years in a full-time career glued to the screens daily, and also suffered the harshest setback on his trading journey: a heavy position trade that led to a $20,000 account blow-up. He shut himself in for a whole week; the negative emotions even took a toll on his physical health, leading him to temporarily step away from full-time trading. This experience, seen as a "failure" by others, became the most critical turning point in his trading career.

In truth, growth in trading is never about avoiding losses, but about not being completely crushed by them, and certainly not about repeatedly falling into the same pit. Although he once considered giving up entirely, his passion for trading kept him trading on and off until he encountered the proprietary trading assessment. He chose to prepare for the assessment part-time and clearly stated that after passing the exam and achieving stable trading performance, he would consider returning to full-time trading to continue deepening the trading career he loves.

Without Firm Trading Logic, You Can't Withstand Market Volatility

After over a decade of market ups and downs, Liu Ze has built a highly closed-loop trading decision-making system: in core entry and exit decisions, technical analysis accounts for 50%, practical experience for 40%, with fundamentals and intuition each making up only 5%. He firmly holds to a core principle: all problems in trading, including mindset issues, can be solved with technique.

Simultaneously, he refuses to stick rigidly to inflexible trading strategies, maintaining dynamic adjustments and continuous refinement of his technical system. He avoids letting a fixed trading plan constrain real-time market judgment, preventing unnecessary mental drain.

He states that rather than wavering among numerous analytical methods, it's better to settle down and hone one's own trading core, which is the foundation for long-term survival in the markets.

The First Commandment of Trading is to Always Stay at the Table

The profound lesson from blowing up an account has ingrained risk management into every detail of Liu Ze's trading. He has clear boundaries for risk per trade, with a single trade occupying only 15% of his acceptable risk. He maintains balanced position management that balances offense and defense, fundamentally rejecting reckless, heavy-position gambles.

Facing extreme market conditions, he also strictly adheres to execution discipline: when unexpected large losses occur, the first choice is always to close the position and exit, refusing to hold on or rely on luck. Facing significant profit drawdowns, he always uses "no large losses" as the bottom line, strictly judging whether to stay or exit based on the strategic logic used at entry, never allowing risk to spiral out of control.

This is his core advice to all traders: the essence of trading is risk management; survival is always more important than making quick money. Countless traders chase high returns their entire lives but ignore the bottom line of risk control, ultimately being cleared out by repeated extreme market moves. When you don't even have the right to stay at the table, how can you talk about profits?

The Allure of the Proprietary Trading Assessment

The current Liu Ze still maintains his main job at the state-owned enterprise, preparing for the ET proprietary assessment part-time. He hopes to first validate his trading system by passing the assessment, then gradually plan for full-time trading, never blindly going all-in.

Speaking about the gains from participating in the ET assessment, Liu Ze admitted that this experience not only let him feel the allure of proprietary trading but also brought him a wealth of practical trading experience and connections with top trading masters in the industry, giving his trading perspective and system a whole new level of elevation.

He believes EagleTrader is a platform suitable for traders at all stages of growth, worthy of every passionate trader coming here to validate their trading system and embark on a broader trading path.

After over a decade of market fluctuations, Liu Ze has shed the impatience of his early market days and cultivated a trading philosophy focused on steady progress for long-term success. His story tells us that trading is never a get-rich-quick game for a few, but a path of cultivation that ordinary people can walk through by relying on systems, discipline, and clear awareness. The EagleTrader proprietary assessment is precisely the reliable gateway it provides for countless traders like Liu Ze to verify their strength, achieve growth, and step onto the professional trading track.

If you also want to bid farewell to disorderly gambling and embark on a path of stable trading profits, follow us now to learn more about the assessment details, and let's walk the trading path steadily and far together.