2026-01-18 12:25:15

I once had access to a $500k trading account. Most people assume big losses come from one catastrophic trade—wrong. Mine didn't work that way. I watched the account bleed out slowly, losing over 80% without any single dramatic blowup.

It happened gradually. Small mistakes compounded. Emotional decisions. Position sizing that seemed fine until it wasn't. Revenge trading after minor losses. No clear stop-losses. The account died from a thousand cuts, not one deep wound.

That's actually worse than a flash crash wipeout. A single bad trade teaches you immediately. But slow deterioration? You rationalize it every step of the way.

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MysteryBoxOpener

· 5h ago

That's why I would never touch revenge trading now; it really can grind a person to death.

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ForkMaster

· 5h ago

Being cut to pieces is even worse than liquidation; this is the consequence of poor risk management.

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MemeCurator

· 6h ago

Being torn apart a thousand times is even worse than liquidation—that's the principle behind it.

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DiamondHands

· 6h ago

A thousand cuts is more hopeless than a single fatal blow—I totally get it.

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BlockchainFoodie

· 6h ago

ngl this is basically what happens when you treat your portfolio like a slow-cooked risotto that needs constant stirring... except nobody told you when to stop adding butter. the death-by-a-thousand-cuts narrative hits different fr, reminds me of how bad tokenomics compounds—one small parameter tweak seems harmless until your entire governance system tastes rotten.

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