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I recently went back over a line of “human-speak” I came up with: don’t treat “directional judgment” as “permission to size up.”
Holding spot positions you can’t stomach is mostly because your position is too heavy—once it ticks up a little, you’re already afraid you’ll give back the gains when it pulls back.
With futures, getting liquidated is even simpler: leverage turns volatility into emotion.
My approach is pretty crude: first, split your total position into a few smaller parts—the first one only needs to be something you can sleep with.
The rest can wait until the price action gives you signals to add; if it doesn’t go your way, admit you’re wrong and leave—don’t stubbornly hold on until “it should come back.”
Recently, cross-chain bridges have been stolen from again, and oracles have also posted abnormal quotes—everyone in the group keeps saying “wait for confirmation.”
To put it plainly: don’t rush to throw your money into something uncertain.
A friend saw me watching the charts and asked whether I get tired. I don’t really know…
Anyway, staying alive longer matters more than winning one big time.