Want to know how brutal this cycle is? One example is enough.

A certain big shot in the industry has simultaneously achieved three nearly impossible things: ranking in the top ten for trading skills, making it into the top five for investment insight, and personally entering the field as a builder to break into the top ten. With all three lines maxed out, what was the result? Not even touching a 10-digit dollar amount.

Think about that for a second. When a person excels in the three dimensions of trading, investing, and building, yet still cannot break through that numerical barrier—this is not an individual problem, it is a reflection of the market itself.