#数字货币市场洞察 $ZEC When she came to me that day, she looked completely deflated—her account balance had shrunk from 20,000U to 1,100U.



$FHE "It's always like this," her voice trembled a bit, "when the position is up 9%, I always think it can go higher, and then a single pullback turns it into a loss. What's worse, after losing, I stubbornly hold on, waiting to break even, but end up sinking deeper and deeper."

$XNY After hearing her story, I suddenly thought of many similar faces.

The cruelest part of this market is never how fierce the candlesticks are, but those two words in human nature: greed.

When it rises, you want more; when it falls, you can’t bear to leave. No take-profit when in floating profit, refusing to stop-loss when in floating loss. The principal just evaporates bit by bit, like being cut by a slow knife.

I gave her a few hard rules:
Set take-profit and stop-loss levels before opening a position—never change your mind on the spot;
Don’t hesitate when it's time to cash out—take your profits while you can;
Keep position size within 10% of your total funds per trade—never let one order destroy your whole account.

Three months later, when I saw her again, she was a completely different person.

She first stabilized 1,100U to 5,000U, then slowly ground it up to 10,000U. She said now every trade feels like playing chess, no longer impulsively betting on gut feelings.

"I used to think I could catch every opportunity, but now I realize that surviving is more important than getting rich quick," she told me.

When it comes to contract trading, it’s not about luck—it’s about discipline. Those who laugh last are the ones who know to hit the brakes in the face of greed.

Is your account steadily growing now, or are you repeating the mistakes she once made?
ZEC2.23%
FHE-4.53%
XNY-9.1%
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ImaginaryWhalevip
· 12-10 05:08
Really, 9% floating profit is jealous and wants to double, I understand this psychology too well... The most painful thing about cutting meat is never the loss itself, but the sentence "wait a little longer and you will get back your money"
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DuskSurfervip
· 12-08 08:51
To be honest, watching her go from 1,100U to 10,000U wasn’t because of any secret trick—it was simply because she finally admitted to herself that she was greedy. I used to be the same way; when I had floating profits, I’d want to gamble for more, and then a single pullback would send me right back to square one. Now my rules are super simple—once I set my take-profit and stop-loss, they’re set in stone, and I don’t even look at the charts. The most dangerous thought is always “let’s wait a bit longer”—that’s basically the prelude to disaster. But to be brutally honest, most people will forget this story after hearing it, and will make the same mistake next time. I’ve already seen several people around me go through this. From 20,000U down to just over 1,000U… man, the psychological pressure must be enormous. No wonder people break down. But honestly, if she had set a stop-loss back then, she wouldn’t have lost so much. Discipline sounds simple, but actually doing it is really tough. Now, I never put more than 10% of my account into a single trade—I’d rather make less than go through that kind of loss again. Her saying, “Surviving is more important than getting rich quick”—that’s true enlightenment. Most people only understand what that means after their account gets wiped out.
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fren_with_benefitsvip
· 12-08 08:44
Oh, I'm very familiar with this story—it's just missing that one brake at the crucial moment.
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SandwichVictimvip
· 12-08 08:43
Listening to this reminds me of myself. The moment my 20,000 yuan dream was shattered, my mindset really collapsed. Not taking profit and not cutting losses—these two phrases can really ruin a person's account. She managed to grind it down to 10,000 USDT, which shows that discipline is more important than anything else. I'm still repeating those mistakes now. Looks like I really need to learn these rules properly. Getting greedy with a 9% unrealized gain—that's exactly me. Time to wake up.
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CoinBasedThinkingvip
· 12-08 08:41
To be honest, I've seen too many plunges like this, from 20,000 to 1,100. Greed really is the original sin; every time, I just want a little more. When I'm up 9% in unrealized gains, I want to double it. When I'm down, I stubbornly hold on and refuse to admit defeat. This way of operating is basically digging my own hole. The most ridiculous part is that even though I know this approach doesn't work, I keep repeating it over and over. Take profit and stop loss sound simple, but actually executing them is real torture. What you need isn't a strategy—it's discipline.
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