"A column is being held on Toyo Keizai ONLINE" A truly simple task that brings you profit

Good morning, this is Matsushita.

Around this time every year, you could call it a tradition,

I write the annual outlook report for the coming year.

Also, this year, the first live school after the new year will be

the "Cycle Theory Special Course" after a two-and-a-half-year break,

so I’m counting cycles of each market, stock, currency, and so on

almost every day.

Last night, while counting the cycles of Toyota, Canon,

and Fast Retailing,

I suddenly thought something.

Since I first encountered cycles in 2002,

I realize I’ve been counting cycles for 14 years straight.

But cycles have always existed in the market,

and even now, just like 14 years ago, I’m amazed by their reproducibility

and excited by the possibilities of trading.

From the moment I first encountered them, cycles have

brought me profits.

The source of those profits lies simply in

the accumulated work of counting cycles like this.

Many investors have large misunderstandings about making a profit

in investments or trading.

It’s not about using special knowledge, techniques, theories, or intuition

to obtain it, but about the daily profits accumulated

on top of such steady work.

For me, this “counting cycles”

work is one of those important tasks as well.

Indeed, for 14 years, I’ve continued counting cycles.

And even now,

I’m still impressed by how amazing the cycles are. (lol)

The simple tasks that lead to profit include

keeping an investment diary,

writing down trading rules in a notebook,

checking trading ideas against past charts,

performing past verifications—these take many forms.

Consistently performing tasks that move toward profit

is what creates investment and trading profits.

I want you to encounter such tasks quickly and take the first step.

So that I can convey these concrete tasks to investors,

from today I will again start counting cycles.

Next is 5947: Rinai.

And then I’ll count all day long. (lol)