Many people fall into a vicious cycle: account floating losses → mental breakdown → start trading frequently → heavy losses and go home. On the surface, it's a problem of losses, but the root cause lies elsewhere.
Have you noticed? The times when you burn the most money are often not because you misread the market, but because you get angry from losses. Seeing your account shrink makes you anxious, eager to turn things around quickly, but in the end, you end up paying fees over and over again, and the coins don't hold. The market never sympathizes with impatient people. The more you want to quickly recover, the easier it is to get caught deeper.
Frequent trading is actually self-punishment. Every trade involves transferring funds to the exchange and market makers, while your own principal is being eroded bit by bit. This isn't trading; it's throwing a tantrum.
What should you do? The method is actually quite simple. Either set proper stop-losses and stick to them without mercy, or hold steady and wait for a rebound. But never change your plan when you're in a loss. Most importantly, when you start to become anxious and restless, stop. Wait until your mindset stabilizes and your mind clears, then decide whether to continue. Sometimes doing nothing is the best move.
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NFTBlackHole
· 6h ago
Really, frequent trading is like a suicide mission. I used to do the same before. The fees eat up more profit than the market losses.
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Layer3Dreamer
· 6h ago
theoretically speaking, the entire liquidation cascade you're describing maps onto a recursive state verification problem — each panic trade is essentially a failed bridge transaction that hemorrhages liquidity. the math checks out: emotional trading = O(n²) fee accumulation against your principal. it's not about market prediction, it's about eliminating the human variable from the equation, fr.
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GigaBrainAnon
· 6h ago
Can't hold it anymore, transaction fees are really the hidden killer, every operation feels like repeatedly taking a cut.
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SingleForYears
· 6h ago
Oh no, that really hits me. The transaction fees are indeed hard to bear.
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MetaverseHermit
· 6h ago
It's so damn true. I'm the idiot who starts to panic and make crazy moves when seeing floating losses. I paid a lot in fees and didn't hold onto the coins.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
· 7h ago
That's right, frequent trading is just giving money to the exchange, and the transaction fees are bleeding us dry.
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digital_archaeologist
· 7h ago
Really, it's when you're losing that you're most likely to lose your mind, and the trading fees are just wasted away for nothing.
Many people fall into a vicious cycle: account floating losses → mental breakdown → start trading frequently → heavy losses and go home. On the surface, it's a problem of losses, but the root cause lies elsewhere.
Have you noticed? The times when you burn the most money are often not because you misread the market, but because you get angry from losses. Seeing your account shrink makes you anxious, eager to turn things around quickly, but in the end, you end up paying fees over and over again, and the coins don't hold. The market never sympathizes with impatient people. The more you want to quickly recover, the easier it is to get caught deeper.
Frequent trading is actually self-punishment. Every trade involves transferring funds to the exchange and market makers, while your own principal is being eroded bit by bit. This isn't trading; it's throwing a tantrum.
What should you do? The method is actually quite simple. Either set proper stop-losses and stick to them without mercy, or hold steady and wait for a rebound. But never change your plan when you're in a loss. Most importantly, when you start to become anxious and restless, stop. Wait until your mindset stabilizes and your mind clears, then decide whether to continue. Sometimes doing nothing is the best move.