"Small stop-loss, big take-profit"—this phrase sounds very professional, but in reality, it is a slow bomb buried in countless traders' accounts.

Let's first break down the underlying logical trap. What does a small stop-loss imply? Being frequently knocked out by market noise. What does a large take-profit imply? The probability of actually hitting it is ridiculously low. The result is: losing small amounts every day, and not being able to wait for a big market move even in a month. You think you're "controlling risk and maximizing profit," but in fact, you're playing the most frequent losing game with the worst odds.

Why is small stop-loss particularly deadly in the crypto world? It all starts with the market's nature. Daily volatility in crypto is just 1%-2% swings—nothing special. Setting your stop-loss in your comfort zone essentially hands your money directly to market noise. Even more painfully, large funds don't need to predict the direction—they only need one thing: to find the areas where stop-loss orders are most densely clustered. Small stop-loss orders? Exactly the fat liquidity pools.

Now, looking at the high take-profit side. High take-profit doesn't mean big gains; it means low win rate. Every trade is a gamble that "this time, the trend will reach its end," but reality often hits hard: most of the time, the market simply doesn't reach your imagined target. A common scenario is this—stop-loss triggered at 2%-3% (several times a day), take-profit triggered at 10%-20% (possibly once a month). If you add heavy position sizes, your account curve isn't blown up in one go but is slowly worn down over time.

The truth is actually quite brutal. Traders who survive long-term do the opposite: they set their stop-losses not too small, but each stop-loss level is supported by logic; they don't greedily chase big profits but allow multiple triggers. The competition is never about a miracle in a single trade but about the overall odds structure.

Repeatedly hit by small stop-losses, always fantasizing "big move will come and recover losses," emotions become more explosive, positions more chaotic, and finally, they end up with a parameter combination doomed to lose money. This is why, in the same market, some people thrive while others are self-destructing.