Honestly, my biggest enemy in contract trading is not the market, but myself.
The plan before entering a position looks perfect—stop-loss is set, and profit targets are clear. But when it comes to execution, everything collapses. I can stick to the stop-loss and prevent losses from expanding, but profit-taking? Every time the candlestick wavers near my target price, my heart starts pounding: Can this price reach it? Will it pull back? Is closing early to lock in profits the safest choice now?
Then self-doubt takes over my entire mind, and the pre-set profit target is abandoned, resulting in an "early exit" that seems "safe." And what happens? The next day, I check the chart, and my target price has already been hit. The money I could have made is lost simply because I lacked the courage to execute.
This is a weakness of human nature—fear. It causes you to choose to escape when patience is most needed. Overcoming this psychological barrier is a necessary hurdle to truly profit in trading.
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SignatureAnxiety
· 23h ago
That's incredible. Isn't this exactly how my contracts always turn out... taking profits is always the hardest step.
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ser_we_are_ngmi
· 23h ago
Isn't this just my daily routine? Plans always win, execution always loses. Truly amazing.
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GasFeeCrying
· 23h ago
Isn't this just my daily routine? The plan is so perfect it's ridiculous, but when it comes to execution, there's only one word—cowardly. When taking profit, my mind really stops thinking, and I just know to run.
It happens every time, watching profits slip away through my fingers, and my mentality crashes quickly. Honestly, it's just a lack of that toughness, knowing what to do but just can't do it.
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MetaverseLandlord
· 23h ago
It's so damn real, every time it's the same... Looking at the chart and doubting myself, ending up losing only the fees.
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AirdropHarvester
· 01-04 04:42
Oh no, isn't this my bloody lesson? The feeling of watching the target price slip away is truly intense, caught between greed and fear, painfully tortured.
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RektButSmiling
· 01-04 04:30
This guy's words hit too close to home. I am the one who keeps getting beaten up by myself repeatedly.
Honestly, taking profits is a hundred times harder than cutting losses. When I see the market moving upward, my mindset starts to loosen.
Every time I think, "Maybe I should just take the profit now to be safe," and as a result, I miss out on several times the gains. It's really heartbreaking.
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quietly_staking
· 01-04 04:27
It's so damn real, every time it's the same—clearly planned take-profit just like nothing, and as soon as the K-line jitters, I get scared.
Honestly, my biggest enemy in contract trading is not the market, but myself.
The plan before entering a position looks perfect—stop-loss is set, and profit targets are clear. But when it comes to execution, everything collapses. I can stick to the stop-loss and prevent losses from expanding, but profit-taking? Every time the candlestick wavers near my target price, my heart starts pounding: Can this price reach it? Will it pull back? Is closing early to lock in profits the safest choice now?
Then self-doubt takes over my entire mind, and the pre-set profit target is abandoned, resulting in an "early exit" that seems "safe." And what happens? The next day, I check the chart, and my target price has already been hit. The money I could have made is lost simply because I lacked the courage to execute.
This is a weakness of human nature—fear. It causes you to choose to escape when patience is most needed. Overcoming this psychological barrier is a necessary hurdle to truly profit in trading.