The market tells you everything. Listen to it, don't fight against it.

That's the core rule every trader needs to internalize. When the tape—the real price action, the volume, the trend—is pushing in one direction, your job isn't to convince it otherwise. It's to move with it.

Forcing trades against market momentum is how accounts blow up. You might catch it right once or twice, but eventually the market will punish you for it. The smart play? Read the signals. Feel the rhythm. And ride the wave instead of standing in front of it.

Respect the tape. It's the only thing that matters.