Regarding crypto trading, there is a phenomenon worth pondering.

Most retail investors get emotionally hijacked once they enter the market. They initially just want to make a few points, but when the market moves against them, they immediately start finding reasons—"The bottom is valuable, the logic still holds, I can endure this." In other words, you're not genuinely optimistic about the asset; you just can't accept losing.

Professional traders think completely differently. They consider the worst-case scenario before entering. Once the market deviates from expectations, they exit immediately—decisively and without emotional attachment.

Some may object: "Aren't you professionals often proven wrong? Isn't constantly stopping out quite costly?"

Yes, we often get beaten. But what's the difference? Our wounds are usually minor injuries; retail traders, on the other hand, if they pick the wrong direction, often get their psychological defenses shattered in one blow.

There's an even more painful point: retail traders want to run after making some profit, afraid that the gains will fly away. Professional traders, on the contrary, only truly start when they are in profit—they get excited, greedy, but this greed is disciplined; they plan to amplify profits systematically.

Their logic is: they can afford many mistakes, but as long as they get one correct, they hold on tightly, letting that profit swallow all previous trial-and-error costs.

The reality is cruel: people who haven't traded seriously are usually destined for small wins and big losses; truly long-term traders, without exception, follow a pattern of big wins and small losses.

Why is that?

Because ordinary people's thinking fundamentally doesn't conform to market laws. Normal logic tells you "take more when right, wait when wrong." But the market rewards the opposite—admit mistakes immediately, let profits run when right.

Many people lose money because, on the surface, the market moves against them, but in reality, it's their ego acting up. They lose a dozen points and still brainwash themselves: "This is long-term investment, this is a big picture, this is market understanding."

At the core, it all boils down to one sentence: unwilling to admit they were wrong.

You need to think more clearly: the market doesn't need you to prove anything. It doesn't care how hard you try, nor does it sympathize with your emotional efforts.

Right is right, wrong is wrong—there's no middle ground in the market.

True trading isn't about fighting the market to the death; it's about fighting your instincts.

The more you try to prove yourself to the market, the more likely it is to teach you a lesson; the more you accept that you can make mistakes, the more space the market will give you.

The last point might hit you: the hardest places to face are often the correct direction.