You watch the account balance to trade—if you don’t lose, who’s supposed to?
First, let me ask you a question:
When you place a trade, what are you looking at?
Is it the price on the candlestick chart, or the floating profit/loss number in your account?
Most people’s answer is: the number.
When you lose, it turns red, your heartbeat races, and you rush to get out.
When you win, it turns green, you’re afraid it’ll turn red, and you rush to lock in profits.
All your decisions are being driven by that number.
But that number is really not important.
It’s only a temporary state after you enter. If you watch it, it won’t increase. If you don’t watch it, it won’t decrease.
What truly determines the outcome of your trade is whether the price has reached the position you planned—not the bouncing number on your account.
People who trade by watching their balance will always end up making emotional decisions.
Lose 5%, panic, cut at the lowest point—then the price turns back up.
Win 3%, get scared, run from halfway up—then the price keeps surging.
All your “sell too early” and “cut the wrong way” happen because you’re watching the balance instead of watching the price position.
So what should you do?
First, after entering, turn off the floating profit/loss number.
Many trading platforms allow you to hide the account balance and floating P&L. If you can’t find that feature, then just cover the corner of your screen with a piece of paper.
Keep only the candlestick chart—focus only on the position.
Second, ask just one question: has it reached my exit conditions yet?
Not “how much have I made,” not “how much have I lost,” but “has the price reached the position where I should exit?”
If it’s there, exit. If not, wait.
Third, check the balance during review, not while trading.
During review, you need to see how much you made and how much you lost. But during the few minutes you’re trading, you have nothing to do with the balance.
If you realize that every time you make decisions, you’re watching your floating profit/loss, then come in tonight.
I’ll take the current mainstream fake-meme market setup and demonstrate it live: how to place trades by watching only the position, not the balance.
Tonight at Bafangge—mainstream fake-meme trading guidance plus one-on-one teaching.