$ETH retail investors are deeply trapped in unwillingness $RIVER The most crucial issue for retail investors is holding on stubbornly after buying and being unwilling to cut losses, while professional traders decisively cut their losses. $AIA

From the moment retail investors enter the market, they are led by emotions. Initially, they just want to make a few points, but as the market changes, they quickly console themselves: the position has potential, the logic hasn't changed, I can hold on.

Ultimately, it’s not that you are optimistic, it’s just that you are unwilling to accept reality.

Professional traders consider the worst-case scenario before entering the market. As soon as the trend doesn’t meet expectations, they exit immediately without hesitation.

Some people are not convinced: why do you professionals always run away? Don’t you get slapped in the face?

That's right, we get slapped frequently, but we get hurt less; when retail investors stubbornly hold on, their confidence often collapses directly.

There’s another harsh reality: retail investors want to escape as soon as they make a little profit, fearing their profits will shrink.

Professional traders truly exert themselves when they are making profits — they will get excited, they will be greedy, but they can discipline themselves to amplify their gains.

Allow yourself to be wrong many times; as long as you are right once, hold on tightly to that, letting that profit cover all the costs of trial and error.

The reality is harsh: those without trading experience mostly make small wins but large losses; those who can survive long-term in the market are those who make large wins and small losses.

Why?

Ordinary people’s thinking is inherently misaligned with the market. Normal people always think about taking more when they are right and waiting when they are wrong.

But the market tends to reward the opposite: recognize your mistakes immediately when you are wrong, let profits run wild when you are right.

Many people lose money, not because the market is bad, but because they cannot let go of their pride.

After losing several points, they still brainwash themselves: this is long-term investment, this is a big picture, this is high cognition.

In reality, they simply do not want to admit their judgment was wrong.

You should know, the market doesn’t need you to prove yourself.

It doesn’t care how hard you work or how complicated your emotions are.

Right is right, wrong is wrong, there is no gray area.

Real trading is not about stubbornly fighting the market, but about battling your own instincts.

The more you want to prove yourself, the more the market will humiliate you;

The more you can accept that you will be wrong, the more the market will give you opportunities.

Here’s a heart-wrenching piece of advice: the places that make you uncomfortable are often the right directions.