#密码资产动态追踪 Those who can survive in the trading market for a long time almost always have an invisible habit—they are rarely busy.
They don't watch the charts every day, nor do they have to have an opinion on every wave. If you look at their trading records, you'll find that periods of inactivity far outnumber active trading periods.
What are they doing? Waiting. Waiting for the price to move to a position that benefits them. Waiting for the market to cool down from madness, to recover from panic. Waiting for a risk point that, even if their judgment is wrong, they can still afford to take.
In contrast, traders who are consistently losing often die in the same place: before reaching their planned price level, they are pushed to enter early by anxiety or greed. The direction might be correct, but the timing is wrong. The result? Small losses accumulate into big losses.
The most testing part of trading has never been the ability to watch the charts, but rather holding back your fingers.
My principles are simple:
▪ If the plan is unclear, do not act ▪ If the risk boundary is not well calculated, do not act ▪ The more you want to enter, the more you should stop and think for three seconds
But I am curious—what is the most difficult part of trading for you?
Is it the long "waiting" period? Is it the "self-control" to suppress trading desires? Or is it honestly facing the moment of "I was wrong this time"?
Everyone's answer might be different. But your answer has actually been written on your account's curve all along.
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AirdropCollector
· 5h ago
Ah, you're right... My account curve has already told me my weakest point is that I can't sit still.
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ImpermanentSage
· 17h ago
You're so right, the hardest part is holding down that finger.
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MetaMisfit
· 01-09 09:40
That's so true, finger management is really the first lesson.
Hmm, wait, why have I never been able to do it...
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LiquidityHunter
· 01-09 09:38
Watching trading records at 3 a.m... Indeed, the liquidity gap during the quiet period is more profitable than during active trading.
This article is correct but not precise enough; the key is not to wait, but to wait until the **spread is large enough and slippage is controllable** before acting. All my losses stem from entering early and getting caught in the worst liquidity positions.
The hardest part is actually the second—holding down your finger. Because misjudging can lead to quick acknowledgment of the mistake, but **the moments when you want to enter the market most are actually when liquidity depth is the shallowest**, and that is the real trap. Data does not lie.
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MetaMisery
· 01-09 09:33
I seem to be the opposite example of the "the more you want to enter, the more you should pause for three seconds" failure.
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MetaverseLandlord
· 01-09 09:29
That's so true, the finger part is really the hardest to get through.
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SnapshotDayLaborer
· 01-09 09:21
To be honest, what I fear the most are those moments when "the more you want to enter, the more you should stop." Really... it's so uncomfortable to forcibly hold back my finger.
#密码资产动态追踪 Those who can survive in the trading market for a long time almost always have an invisible habit—they are rarely busy.
They don't watch the charts every day, nor do they have to have an opinion on every wave. If you look at their trading records, you'll find that periods of inactivity far outnumber active trading periods.
What are they doing? Waiting. Waiting for the price to move to a position that benefits them. Waiting for the market to cool down from madness, to recover from panic. Waiting for a risk point that, even if their judgment is wrong, they can still afford to take.
In contrast, traders who are consistently losing often die in the same place: before reaching their planned price level, they are pushed to enter early by anxiety or greed. The direction might be correct, but the timing is wrong. The result? Small losses accumulate into big losses.
The most testing part of trading has never been the ability to watch the charts, but rather holding back your fingers.
My principles are simple:
▪ If the plan is unclear, do not act
▪ If the risk boundary is not well calculated, do not act
▪ The more you want to enter, the more you should stop and think for three seconds
But I am curious—what is the most difficult part of trading for you?
Is it the long "waiting" period?
Is it the "self-control" to suppress trading desires?
Or is it honestly facing the moment of "I was wrong this time"?
Everyone's answer might be different. But your answer has actually been written on your account's curve all along.