Trading Pitfalls: Practical Advice for Both New and Experienced Traders
After last night's live stream, many friends came to discuss their trading confusions—whether they are beginners just starting out or seasoned players who have been in the game for a long time, everyone is saying "I haven't made any money" and "it's hard to break even." The core issue boils down to one thing: trading without a strategy, relying solely on gut feelings.
Many people see others making money from trades, but when they try to operate themselves, they end up losing more than they earn. The root of the problem lies in two points: inconsistent position sizes and fluctuating leverage.
Opening positions that are too large leads to panic when losses appear, causing traders to cut losses and exit the market without enough funds to average down, and without understanding how to set stop losses to protect their capital, resulting in deeper and deeper losses. On the other hand, opening positions that are too small means that after finally making a bit of profit, they rush to increase their positions; a pullback can wipe out all their gains, leaving them regretting their decisions.
Trading is not about "guessing price movements based on luck," but rather about following rules and controlling risks. Here are three core suggestions to help everyone avoid these pitfalls:
1. Fixed Position Size Ratio: No matter how good the market conditions are, never exceed 5%-10% of your preset capital for a single position to avoid heavy losses in one trade;
2. Set a Leverage Limit: Determine your leverage based on your risk tolerance and never increase leverage impulsively to chase the market, which reduces the impact of volatility;
3. Strictly Execute Stop Losses and Take Profits: Set your stop loss level in advance, take profits in batches after making gains, and avoid being greedy or blindly holding onto losses.
I hope everyone can break free from the misconception of "trading based on feelings," replacing impulse with rules and gradually accumulating stable profits~
Doctor Sheep's Early Market Analysis on December 5, 2025
Yesterday, it was mentioned that $BTC was moving downwards, and it would crash to between 90500 and 91000, so the doctor has already taken some positions in this area. From the current perspective, the support level for the big pie has been broken, and according to common understanding, it might continue to go down. However, at the moment, the bulls have made a favorable counterattack around 90000 to 90800. This is not good news for the bears; pessimistically speaking, the big pie might try to reach 935000 to 945000 again. Although our bears have captured a strong resistance level between 93500 and 94000, caution is still needed!
$ETH , although it crashed to between 3050 and 3100 last night, was even more fierce than I expected (as expected from a knockoff investment, crashing down more fiercely than anyone else, E guards are useless), but from the current perspective, E guards have built a small support level around 3090. Pessimistically speaking, ETH might go up a bit as if it's charging for a strike, kicking through the ridiculous support line of E guards and heading straight for below 3000!
The most foolish of all is $ZEC . When BTC is rising, you play on your own; when it crashes, and BTC and ETH are falling, you secretly rise. Yesterday, I said ZEC might reach between 375 and 385, but this jerk went straight to 399. From the current momentum, it's a bit hard to handle, and I'm very worried it will surge to between 400 and 410. No worries, if it goes up, it gives me a bit more chips to crash down.
Every time I mention that you will never see the big pie at a 9xxx figure, ETH at a 3xxx figure, or ZEC at a 4xxx figure, some people get hot-headed and gamble heavily, not realizing that this behavior is just giving away money. Even if the big pie crashes down to 20,000, it is very likely to first bounce back to around 100,000 before going down again. So, this brings us back to the old issue: build positions in batches and use a tiered stop loss!
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Doctor Sheep's Early Market Analysis on December 5, 2025
Yesterday, it was mentioned that $BTC was moving downwards, and it would crash to between 90500 and 91000, so the doctor has already taken some positions in this area. From the current perspective, the support level for the big pie has been broken, and according to common understanding, it might continue to go down. However, at the moment, the bulls have made a favorable counterattack around 90000 to 90800. This is not good news for the bears; pessimistically speaking, the big pie might try to reach 935000 to 945000 again. Although our bears have captured a strong resistance level between 93500 and 94000, caution is still needed!
$ETH , although it crashed to between 3050 and 3100 last night, was even more fierce than I expected (as expected from a knockoff investment, crashing down more fiercely than anyone else, E guards are useless), but from the current perspective, E guards have built a small support level around 3090. Pessimistically speaking, ETH might go up a bit as if it's charging for a strike, kicking through the ridiculous support line of E guards and heading straight for below 3000!
The most foolish of all is $ZEC . When BTC is rising, you play on your own; when it crashes, and BTC and ETH are falling, you secretly rise. Yesterday, I said ZEC might reach between 375 and 385, but this jerk went straight to 399. From the current momentum, it's a bit hard to handle, and I'm very worried it will surge to between 400 and 410. No worries, if it goes up, it gives me a bit more chips to crash down.
Every time I mention that you will never see the big pie at a 9xxx figure, ETH at a 3xxx figure, or ZEC at a 4xxx figure, some people get hot-headed and gamble heavily, not realizing that this behavior is just giving away money. Even if the big pie crashes down to 20,000, it is very likely to first bounce back to around 100,000 before going down again. So, this brings us back to the old issue: build positions in batches and use a tiered stop loss!
Join Doctor Sheep's big family, and you can enjoy a 20% discount on trading fees (trading fees can be viewed in "Contract" - "Today's Profit and Loss" - "Total Trading Fees"; if it's too high, it is very necessary to come here and fill in the invitation code; old users can still change their binding!). If you are still fighting alone, join us. We have the latest token monitoring and analysis robots integrated with large models to help you reduce information asymmetry in trading.
The above does not constitute any investment advice!
Seeing this event in the square, the topic of this debate is also very interesting, with many pitfalls, so I will share my own views and stance: First of all, I support Bitcoin, the reason is very simple: Please pay attention to the topic, this is a debate, and the topic mentions tokenized gold. I see many friends directly referring to physical gold, so this article will explain what tokenized gold is. What is tokenized gold? Tokenized Gold, simply put, is a token that anchors the "ownership of gold" onto the blockchain, allowing you to hold, transfer, and trade "gold" on the chain, but you actually do not possess real gold bars. (Have you noticed the similarities with RWA? It’s all about anchoring everywhere and issuing tokens on-chain; from another perspective, what about the operational logic of stablecoins like USDT? Got it?)
Seeing this event in the square, the topic of this debate is also very interesting, with many pitfalls, so I will share my own views and stance: First of all, I support Bitcoin, the reason is very simple: Please pay attention to the topic, this is a debate, and the topic mentions tokenized gold. I see many friends directly referring to physical gold, so this article will explain what tokenized gold is. What is tokenized gold? Tokenized Gold, simply put, is a token that anchors the "ownership of gold" onto the blockchain, allowing you to hold, transfer, and trade "gold" on the chain, but you actually do not possess real gold bars. (Have you noticed the similarities with RWA? It’s all about anchoring everywhere and issuing tokens on-chain; from another perspective, what about the operational logic of stablecoins like USDT? Got it?)
$BTC BTC has been basically moving in a channel today, hovering between 92000 and 94185. Currently, it is at a decision-making stage, whether to first move north to eliminate some short positions or to move downward. Personally, I feel it should go up first and then probe downwards.
The resistance level for BTC moving north is between 9.41 and 9.52, with support levels below at around 9.14 to 9.20. You can set up corresponding positions at these resistance and support levels. For example, if you think it will drop, then short on the highs. If you want to bet on a pullback, you can buy a small amount of long positions near 91000.
The upper resistance level for ETH is between 3150 and 3250, while the support level is between 3100 and 3160. Currently, it is in a downward probing trend.
I personally entered a small short position at the current price. If it goes up, I will consider adding more. If it drops, the first take profit level for BTC will likely be set between 90500 and 91000.
$ETH ETH's take profit level is between 3100 and 3150. Currently, there is a serious divergence between long and short positions, with many believing it should first move north before going south.
However, personally, I think if I were the big player, why would I easily let those who are already trapped above 100000 and those holding ETH above 4000 escape so easily?
Additionally, my biggest feeling these days is that the current BTC and ETH are too easily influenced by individual celebrities, causing them to fluctuate like a meme coin.
I think it is like this: individuals will have a certain influence on the market trend in the short term, but in the face of the general trend, they will appear powerless.
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The above is my personal opinion; the market carries risks, and investment requires caution.
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$BTC The resistance level above BTC is between 93,900 and 94,700, while the support level below is between 90,000 and 91,000. If BTC goes crazy, it might surge to 95,500 to 97,000. Although this scenario may not have a high probability, it must be considered.
$ETH ETH has already broken the previous resistance level. I don't know what it wants to do? Is it a trap? Maybe it's due to a recent upgrade? Now, its first support level is around 3,120, and the previous resistance level has become the current support level. The second support level is around 3,000 to 3,020.
$ZEC ZEC is the same as yesterday's analysis result; it's very unpredictable, and I don't know which way it will go. 355 is a small resistance level for it; if the situation worsens, it might drop to between 370 and 380, so it's quite dangerous.
The current market situation is that BTC has not changed significantly, but ETH is continuously rising, moving like those miscellaneous altcoins, like a Pi Xiu. In this case, I dare not chase the rise. I am currently trapped with over 100 points. 2% position.
Everyone must be cautious, build positions in batches, use low leverage, and do not go all in. The current situation is that you are neither long nor short. For example, I am short, but I am trapped and can only wait. The market is like this; most people are the same. If you are heavily invested, and the big coin rises to around 100,000, pretending to be bullish, but you fall before a crash, what should you do?
The current situation is that many institutions believe that Ethereum around 3,000 is a bottom-buying opportunity, and there is a significant divergence at this position, so everyone must be cautious.
My liquidation price for BTC is above 110,000, ETH's liquidation is around 4,500, and ZEC is around 580.