For one, it's really important to keep position sizes and portfolio risk in check diligently.
If you're an option seller, it can also help to execute your option sales when volatility is high and close early (at 50% profit for example) when it contracts.
We want to work with the dynamics of the market and not against it.
Warren Buffet famously said the stock market is a device for transferring money from impatient to the patient. It does this job extremely well.
What is working for you in this market? How are you exercising patience and avoiding emotional decisions you'll likely regret later?