That phrase "99% of profitable traders emphasize specialization and mastering one skill to perfection" sounds very true, but there's a common prerequisite that is often overlooked—most of these people don't rely on trading to pay their bills.

Think carefully, they either have a fixed salary, accumulated capital, or have already earned enough from trading to cover their living expenses. Because of this, they can afford to have 8 months of no profit in a year, just waiting for those 4 months when the market fully aligns with their trading system. This kind of luxury is simply unaffordable for full-time traders.

If you have to face fixed expenses every month like rent, food, insurance, and family costs, your game rules are completely different. Trading isn't just a skill competition to optimize returns; it's a real-world issue of surviving every month.

The market doesn't rotate according to your expertise. Bull markets come, bear markets come, and volatile markets come—one after another. If you only know how to go long, you'll have to watch your account shrink during a bear market. Those who specialize in trends can only sit and wait during choppy markets. And your landlord, your bills—they don't care what the market is doing.

That's why truly surviving traders must master at least three complete strategies.

First: Bullish logic (Long Bias). When the trend is clear and the market is smooth, you must dare to enter and hold positions, and fully capture profits.

Second: Downtrend response logic (Short Bias). During market crashes, you need to know how to profit from them, or at least understand how to hedge risks to prevent your account from blowing up.

Third: Risk management logic (Risk Off). When the market is chaotic and directionless, you need clear exit mechanisms and position controls, waiting for opportunities rather than passively enduring.

This isn't about making you do everything, but about avoiding only one dead end. Surviving is the primary goal of trading.