There’s a trading habit that used to puzzle one of my followers. $JCT
As soon as my account makes some money, the first thing I do isn’t add to my position—it’s withdraw some of it.
He asked me, “The market’s doing so well right now. Why not keep compounding your gains?”
I smiled. Because as long as the money is still sitting in my account, it doesn’t feel like it’s really mine yet.
It took me five years of crypto trading to truly understand what that means. $AIN
On my journey from 10,000 U to 100,000 U, I went through winning streaks, oversized positions, holding losing trades, and giving back huge chunks of my profits. The worst feeling wasn’t losing right from the start. It was having already made a decent profit, only to hand a big chunk of it back to the market after increasing my position several times in a row.
Eventually, I figured it out: what really matters in trading isn’t how much you can make each time, but how to hold on to what you’ve earned.
Before opening a position, I don’t ask myself, “How much can I make on this trade?” I ask, “If I’m wrong, how much am I willing to lose at most?” If the market hasn’t reached the level I’m waiting for, I don’t jump in just because I’m itching to trade. And if I get it wrong several times in a row, I simply stop instead of trying to win back my pride by betting against the market.
There’s another rule that’s especially important: once I’ve made a certain amount, I withdraw some of the profit. That way, when I enter the next trade, at least some money is safely in my pocket, and I don’t have to ride the market’s ups and downs like a roller coaster.
Now, when I see a coin suddenly take off, my first thought isn’t, “Can I still catch it?” Instead, I ask myself: “If I get in now and I’m wrong, what’s my plan?”
In my early trading days, I was always trying to seize every opportunity. Now, I care more about deliberately walking away from the ones that aren’t worth taking.
My biggest takeaway from going from 10,000 U to 100,000 U is this: trading isn’t just about growing your account—you also need to know how to hold on to the money you make. Because what really makes people give their profits back isn’t always how brutal the market is. More often, it’s that as soon as they make money, they think they can handle anything.
As soon as my account makes some money, the first thing I do isn’t add to my position—it’s withdraw some of it.
He asked me, “The market’s doing so well right now. Why not keep compounding your gains?”
I smiled. Because as long as the money is still sitting in my account, it doesn’t feel like it’s really mine yet.
It took me five years of crypto trading to truly understand what that means. $AIN
On my journey from 10,000 U to 100,000 U, I went through winning streaks, oversized positions, holding losing trades, and giving back huge chunks of my profits. The worst feeling wasn’t losing right from the start. It was having already made a decent profit, only to hand a big chunk of it back to the market after increasing my position several times in a row.
Eventually, I figured it out: what really matters in trading isn’t how much you can make each time, but how to hold on to what you’ve earned.
Before opening a position, I don’t ask myself, “How much can I make on this trade?” I ask, “If I’m wrong, how much am I willing to lose at most?” If the market hasn’t reached the level I’m waiting for, I don’t jump in just because I’m itching to trade. And if I get it wrong several times in a row, I simply stop instead of trying to win back my pride by betting against the market.
There’s another rule that’s especially important: once I’ve made a certain amount, I withdraw some of the profit. That way, when I enter the next trade, at least some money is safely in my pocket, and I don’t have to ride the market’s ups and downs like a roller coaster.
Now, when I see a coin suddenly take off, my first thought isn’t, “Can I still catch it?” Instead, I ask myself: “If I get in now and I’m wrong, what’s my plan?”
In my early trading days, I was always trying to seize every opportunity. Now, I care more about deliberately walking away from the ones that aren’t worth taking.
My biggest takeaway from going from 10,000 U to 100,000 U is this: trading isn’t just about growing your account—you also need to know how to hold on to the money you make. Because what really makes people give their profits back isn’t always how brutal the market is. More often, it’s that as soon as they make money, they think they can handle anything.
