2026-01-17 21:41:08

Remember: when the market's treating you right, it's time to secure some gains. We saw plenty of optimistic traders yesterday—folks who rode positions all the way up, only to watch unrealized profits vanish just as quickly. The crypto market rewards those who take profits strategically. Don't get caught holding bags when sentiment flips. Lock in wins while you can.

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StableNomad

· 6h ago

nah tbh this "take profits" sermon hits different when you remember UST imploding... risk-adjusted returns mean jack when correlation coefficient spikes to 1.0 overnight. statistically speaking, smart money moved already.

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ExpectationFarmer

· 6h ago

That's so true, taking profits is really an art.

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Deconstructionist

· 6h ago

Watching those who were partying yesterday get trapped today, haha, this is crypto.

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CryptoNomics

· 6h ago

lol the irony here—they're preaching profit-taking like it's some groundbreaking insight, completely ignoring the empirical evidence on market microstructure. if you actually ran a regression analysis on exit timing vs. subsequent returns, you'd find the correlation matrix suggests most retail traders are just pattern-matching, not strategizing. tbh.

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YieldHunter

· 6h ago

lmao yeah sure, "take profits strategically"—meanwhile these degens literally held through 60% swings because they couldn't calculate their risk-adjusted exit metrics. if you actually looked at the data on yesterday's liquidations, most of these bags weren't even optimized positions to begin with. impermanent loss hits different when you're not tracking correlation coefficients properly, ngl

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