The worst time I lost money the most actually led me to the way to make profits later.


In 2021, I lost 50k USDT in a single night.
It wasn’t because of liquidation, and it wasn’t because I went all-in.
It was one small loss at a time—gradually accumulating—until I finally crippled my account.
What hurt the most was that during that period I kept thinking I had no problem.
Every trade had a stop-loss, I followed discipline strictly, didn’t hold through, and didn’t chase after pumps or sell into dumps.
So what happened anyway?
My account still kept shrinking bit by bit.
Later, I went through every trade record again, and only then did I truly find the cause.
It wasn’t the stop-loss.
It was—entering too early.
My old self always thought about positioning in advance, believing I could discover opportunities earlier than the market.
But the market never rewards “people who guess the direction right.”
It only rewards “people who wait until the opportunity appears.”
Back then trading ETH was exactly like that.
Seeing an opportunity around 2,200, I entered early and expected a rebound.
But the price kept falling, reaching around 2,150, which triggered my stop-loss.
Not long after, the market then surged all the way to 2,400.
The direction was right, but in the end I still didn’t make money.
Why?
Because I got the rhythm wrong.
After that, I changed my trading approach.
I no longer obsess over trying to catch the lowest point every day, and I no longer fantasize about grabbing every chance before a move starts.
I only wait for the market to give confirmation.
What does “confirmation” mean?
Key levels holding steady.
Trading volume keeping up.
Technical signals forming resonance.
If those conditions aren’t all met at the same time, even if it looks tempting, I won’t rush in.
I used to think doing it this way would mean missing the move.
Later I realized your real trade would never fall short by that tiny bit of space.
Trading isn’t about who can run faster.
It’s about who can survive longer in the market.
Many people lose money not because they got the direction wrong, but because they’re too impatient.
Wanting to buy at the absolute low and sell at the absolute high usually ends with both sides missed.
Go slower. Be steadier.
Let the market play out, then follow the trend.
You might not be able to catch the whole fish, but you can reliably take the part that belongs to you.
If you’re still chasing pumps and panicking into dumps, and you don’t know when to enter or when to exit, you can come chat with Yuan Jie and avoid some detours.

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