#美联储回购协议计划 To be honest, I have been navigating this market for many years and want to share my insights with you all—why small funds don't grow big. Simply put, it's not a technical trading issue, but rather a psychological barrier.



I am a lesson learned the hard way. When I saved up 200,000 RMB, I started to change. At first, my goal was clear; I wanted to use trading to buy a nice car. But upon reaching that amount, it became a mental barrier—on one hand, I felt that this money was hard-earned and it was time to stop; on the other hand, I couldn't help but want to double it, so I could secure both the principal and the profit.

During the process of going from 200,000 to 400,000, I experienced countless moments of self-doubt. Whenever my account dipped, I would start to panic, treating my trading capital as "a deposit that must not be lost." The more I feared losses, the more distorted my actions became, completely disrupting my original trading logic. Later, I even borrowed money to continue playing, completely falling into a gambler's mentality, deeply trapped in it.

The real turning point came suddenly. I decided to let go of my obsession with "money" itself, no longer labeling my accounts, and no longer viewing trading funds as something essential. All I saw were the trends, and all I had in mind was logic. With this slight shift in thought, the ceiling of the entire trading experience was shattered.

In the early years, I tried everything—small coins, hot projects, meme coins. The most impressive was the $DOGE trade, where my largest position reached 10 million U. But look at me now, my main holdings are basically just circling around $BTC and $ETH.

Why? To put it bluntly, the amount of capital has changed, so the strategy must change. The day trading tactics suitable for small capital are completely ineffective for large capital; it is necessary to switch to the hourly, 4-hour, and 12-hour time frames to make swings for stability.

The most common mistake I have seen is - when the funds grow, the mind still stays in the small capital era, still wanting to take risks and gamble in small coins. Isn't this just waiting to be taught a lesson by the market?

Final piece of advice: When your capital scale changes, your cycle choices, trading strategies, and risk management must also adjust accordingly. If you can't get past the psychological barrier, no matter how strong your technical analysis is, it won't save you. This is the real rule of the game.
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HodlAndChillvip
· 11h ago
Really, the 200,000 mark is the hardest to endure, I have also given up once. I have also experienced borrowing money to continue playing, it's completely a gambler's mindset. Now I just look at the trends and not the amounts, and my account runs more steadily than before.
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MeaninglessGweivip
· 11h ago
To be honest, this hurdle of mentality is indeed the place with the most pitfalls. I understand very well the part about borrowing money to keep playing; that is just the beginning of self-destruction.
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TestnetScholarvip
· 11h ago
To be honest, I picked up the part about borrowing money to keep playing, this is a gambler's growth story. --- The psychological barrier is indeed a big pit; how many people have fallen here. --- From DOGE to BTC, I understand this transformation as growing up. --- I deeply feel the hurdle of 200,000; as soon as I have money in hand, my mind starts to cloud. --- When the funds change, the strategy must change; this hits the mark, but very few actually do it. --- Only by breaking through one's own obsession can one break the ceiling; this is said quite accurately.
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ETHmaxi_NoFiltervip
· 11h ago
To be honest, borrowing money to continue playing that hit many people; this is how a lot of people ended up losing. --- From a single position of 10 million u in doge to now only playing btc and eth, this change is quite harsh but indeed reasonable. --- It's a bit heart-wrenching to say that I can't get over this psychological barrier; I'm the one whose brain hasn't kept up. --- With a large capital volume still gambling in small coins, it's basically looking for trouble. --- I've also experienced that hurdle of 200,000; it felt like my whole body was stiff. --- Not treating trading funds as lifelines is easier said than done, brother. --- Swing trading is indeed more stable than day trading, but when actually executed, it's still easy to be bound by emotions.
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retroactive_airdropvip
· 11h ago
You're absolutely right, mindset is really a powerful weapon. I've been trapped by this countless times before. When I borrowed money to keep playing, I saw my own reflection... almost went down that path as well. The core is to recognize which level you're at, and not always think about getting rich quick.
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NervousFingersvip
· 11h ago
The range of 200,000 to 400,000 is really a mental demon. I've also experienced that kind of feeling, it was really tough. I decided to stop borrowing money to continue playing, otherwise I would definitely crash. Now I understand that large funds and small funds operate completely differently; it's not an upgraded version, but rather something that needs to be learned anew.
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down_only_larryvip
· 11h ago
You are absolutely right, the psychological barrier is truly the nemesis of most people, and I also became fully aware only after borrowing money. Continuing to play this game after borrowing money, I've heard too many people end up losing everything, and it’s the most terrifying when one doesn’t feel the pain of losing money. With a large amount of capital, one should actually slow down, this logic is hard for many to understand, and they are still there messing around repeatedly day by day. The psychological torment from 200,000 to 400,000 is something I can relate to, every time there’s a pullback it feels like life or death, actually the problem lies not in the market but within oneself. BTC and ETH are the correct approach, the strategies for small coins should have been eliminated long ago.
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