Read This Before You Mentally Check Out for the Holidays

I know how it feels right now.

You’re thinking about year-end holidays.
Time off.
Family.
Switching your brain off for a bit.

And then you look at the charts.

Red.
Slow.
Heavy.
Draining.

It doesn’t feel good.

That’s exactly the point.

Because what most people never understand is this:

Bear phases are not mistakes in the system.
They are the system.

Bear Phases Are Where Wealth Is Built

Let me say this clearly, without sugarcoating it.

No one builds real wealth during euphoric bull runs alone.

Bull markets make people feel smart.
Bear phases are where people actually get rich.

Why?

Because bear phases do three things at once:

• They crush optimism

• They force weak hands out

• They create prices you’ll never see again once the next cycle starts

Every major fortune in markets has one thing in common:

Accumulation happened when it felt uncomfortable.

Not when headlines were bullish.
Not when your friends were bragging.
Not when Twitter was celebrating.

But when everyone was tired, bored, and emotionally exhausted.

Like now.

Why Leaving the Market Now Is the Worst Timing

Here’s the trap most people fall into.

They survive the drop.
They endure the chop.
They sit through weeks of pain.

And then… they leave.

Right before it matters.

Right before the reversal phase begins.

Markets don’t reward participation.
They reward timing + patience.

And the irony is brutal:

Most people leave the market after the hard part is already done.

We already have two months of downside in the books.

That matters.

Downside doesn’t last forever.
Compression doesn’t last forever.
Sentiment doesn’t stay crushed forever.

But people quit right before the turn because they’re mentally done.

That’s not strategy.
That’s fatigue.

The Reversal Never Feels Obvious

This is another lesson experience teaches you the hard way.

The reversal does not arrive with fireworks.

It arrives quietly.

• Funding is ugly

• Sentiment is dead

• Volume is thin

• Everyone says “this market is trash”

And then price starts to base.

Not pump.
Not moon.

Base.

That’s where positioning matters.

You don’t “catch” the reversal by chasing green candles.
You catch it by still being present when everyone else has left.

The market doesn’t announce opportunity.
It hides it inside boredom and fear.

This Is the Phase That Sets Up Next Year

People keep asking:

“Is next year bullish?”
“Is this cycle over?”
“Should I just wait until things look better?”

Wrong questions.

The real question is:

What are you doing before things look better?

Because once things look better, prices will already be higher.

The next year doesn’t become a path to riches because of luck.
It becomes a path to riches because of what you do now.

• Are you tracking structure?

• Are you identifying accumulation zones?

• Are you managing risk instead of emotions?

• Are you staying engaged instead of disengaging?

Reversals reward preparation, not optimism.

Capitulation Is a Signal, Not a Warning

Every cycle ends the same way emotionally.

People say:

• “I’m tired of this.”

• “Nothing works.”

• “I’ll come back later.”

That’s capitulation.

And capitulation is not bearish.

It’s fertile ground.

It’s where sellers run out.
It’s where liquidity dries up.
It’s where strong hands absorb supply.

You don’t need everyone to be bullish for price to rise.

You need no one left to sell.

That’s what these phases create.

You Don’t Need to Be Aggressive, You Need to Be Present

This isn’t a call to ape.

This isn’t a call to go all-in.

This is a call to not disappear.

You don’t build wealth by constantly switching between:

• “I’m all-in”

• “I’m out forever”

You build wealth by staying rational when emotions are loud.

Tracking levels.
Waiting for confirmation.
Scaling responsibly.
Staying curious instead of fearful.

That’s how professionals survive long enough to win.

Final Thought

Right now feels slow.
Painful.
Uninspiring.

Good.

That’s the soil where opportunity grows.

If you leave now, you won’t miss the pain.

You’ll miss the setup.

And by the time you feel confident again, the market will already have moved without you.

Two months of downside are already done.

The hard part isn’t surviving the drop.

The hard part is staying focused after the drop, when nothing exciting is happening.

That’s where fortunes quietly begin.

You are already behind.

Inside my Discord, we:

• track these levels in real time

• identify invalidations clearly

• spot LTF reversals as they form

• manage risk instead of guessing direction

This is not a signals group.
This is a decision-making framework.

If you want to trade this next phase with clarity instead of fear:

👉 Join the 9-5 Traders Discord now
www.whop.com/digitalvault1

The next move will be fast.

And once it starts,
there won’t be time to “think about joining.”

Stay in the game.

Victor