One evening, Minh sent me a photo. It was an old sheet of paper with the following note written on it: “If the price drops to this level, no matter how optimistic you are, you must sell.”
I asked: “How long have you kept it?”
“Five years.”
Five years later, he himself had to use that rule again. At that moment, he had a large profit. The market started to shake, but he still said, “In the long run, I still believe.” I asked: “So why did you write this rule five years ago?” He went silent, then smiled: “Because back then I didn’t have any money in the market. Without a position, I was very rational.”
That’s right. Before entering a trade, everyone finds it easy to set rules. But once real money is on the table, greed and fear often make us change our decisions.
In the end, Minh sold exactly according to the rule. A few days later, the market dropped sharply. He only said: “I don’t know whether the price will go up or down. I just know that I must follow the principles I set for myself.”
In trading, sometimes what protects you isn’t the ability to predict the market, but the rules written down before emotions show up. #45NgayTuDoTaiChinh $BTC #baisha
“Mr. Bai, what does it take to be considered a good trader? Is it all about making a lot of money?”
I smiled: “Maybe not for sure.”
At the beginning, Lý Dương only had a few tens of thousands of dollars. He traded very carefully—if he made a profit, he felt happy; if he lost, he would look for the reasons. But when his account grew to a few hundred thousand dollars, everything gradually changed.
He traded more, with larger volumes. The profit of 5k—something that once made him happy—now felt too small. Losing 10k no longer led him to analyze; he only wanted to quickly make it back.
One day, he said: “Earlier, I traded to make money. Now I trade like I’m trying to prove that I’m right.”
I fell silent.
After that, Lý Dương started reducing the frequency and volume of his trades, pulling back some profits and spending more time on his life.
A few months later, he said: “I’m not making money as fast as before, but I sleep better.”
I thought, that’s the real maturity of a trader. Making money is a skill. Not letting money and emotions control you—that’s real class.
#btc $BTC Momentum pushing over 80k 81k is a critical resistance zone to keep an eye on; breaking above 81k will shoot straight up towards the 83k range.