BTC has been rising so much—my biggest position right now is called: regret 😂
All the way up, and the group chat has already started discussing where the next stop is.
But when I look at the candlestick chart, all I can think is: Great, the analysis was right—I just didn’t make any money.
This is probably the most awkward moment for an old bull trader.
When it’s falling, I research support levels every day, terrified that the final drop will bury me. But when it rallies, I start thinking I’ll wait for a pullback and then jump in.
In the end, BTC is being extremely polite: no pullback at all, and the tail lights are almost disappearing from view.
Now you want me to chase?
Honestly, I just can’t bring myself to do it.
Missing the trade is already painful enough. If I chase again and go heavy at the top just to “fix” missing the trade—and then that last needle sticks down—that wouldn’t be missing the trade anymore. That would be precisely completing a trading loop of: “didn’t profit, then lost a bit too.”
So my strategy now is pretty simple: if I miss the larger trend position, then I accept it.
No fighting with the market. No forcing myself to prove I’m brave by hard-chasing.
Every day, I quietly do some short-term trades I’m confident about, make some meal-money profits; the rest of the funds I do some financial management—earn a bit of returns—and also watch other people post their profit screenshots.
Others: “+18%.”
Me: “Financial management returns credited +58U.”
Don’t ask.
It’s just steady—ask too much, and it’s just heartbreaking.😂
But after going through bull and bear markets many times, I can actually accept this kind of state now.
The biggest loss from missing the trade is simply: “I didn’t make money.” The biggest risk from FOMO is: “I’ll actually lose money.”
If BTC keeps rising, I’ll admit I sold too early and missed the move.
If later it gives a comfortable pullback, I’ll still have at least some bullets in my hand.
The market won’t stop going up just because I didn’t get in.
And I don’t need to throw off my own rhythm just because the market is rising.
The biggest lesson in this cycle might not be catching BTC—it might be watching it run higher while still resisting the urge to chase.
After all, the reason an old bull trader survives until today isn’t that they get in every time.
It’s that—when they miss the trade and their mouth is tough, their hands still manage to hold back.😂
All the way up, and the group chat has already started discussing where the next stop is.
But when I look at the candlestick chart, all I can think is: Great, the analysis was right—I just didn’t make any money.
This is probably the most awkward moment for an old bull trader.
When it’s falling, I research support levels every day, terrified that the final drop will bury me. But when it rallies, I start thinking I’ll wait for a pullback and then jump in.
In the end, BTC is being extremely polite: no pullback at all, and the tail lights are almost disappearing from view.
Now you want me to chase?
Honestly, I just can’t bring myself to do it.
Missing the trade is already painful enough. If I chase again and go heavy at the top just to “fix” missing the trade—and then that last needle sticks down—that wouldn’t be missing the trade anymore. That would be precisely completing a trading loop of: “didn’t profit, then lost a bit too.”
So my strategy now is pretty simple: if I miss the larger trend position, then I accept it.
No fighting with the market. No forcing myself to prove I’m brave by hard-chasing.
Every day, I quietly do some short-term trades I’m confident about, make some meal-money profits; the rest of the funds I do some financial management—earn a bit of returns—and also watch other people post their profit screenshots.
Others: “+18%.”
Me: “Financial management returns credited +58U.”
Don’t ask.
It’s just steady—ask too much, and it’s just heartbreaking.😂
But after going through bull and bear markets many times, I can actually accept this kind of state now.
The biggest loss from missing the trade is simply: “I didn’t make money.” The biggest risk from FOMO is: “I’ll actually lose money.”
If BTC keeps rising, I’ll admit I sold too early and missed the move.
If later it gives a comfortable pullback, I’ll still have at least some bullets in my hand.
The market won’t stop going up just because I didn’t get in.
And I don’t need to throw off my own rhythm just because the market is rising.
The biggest lesson in this cycle might not be catching BTC—it might be watching it run higher while still resisting the urge to chase.
After all, the reason an old bull trader survives until today isn’t that they get in every time.
It’s that—when they miss the trade and their mouth is tough, their hands still manage to hold back.😂