To be honest, a single trade isn't that important. Think about it, professional traders will make hundreds of thousands of orders in their lifetime, and whether one order makes a profit or a loss is just a drop in the bucket.
Get carried away after making a profit? Can't sleep after a loss? That's really hard to bear. Those who can truly survive in the market rely on a steady heart.
Once you start to feel anxious, scared, or flustered—regardless of whether your account is in the green or red—you have already lost. The market is best at amplifying your emotions infinitely, first exhausting you, and then, when you let your guard down, delivering a heavy blow.
So, managing your emotions is more important than watching the market.
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zkProofGremlin
· 9h ago
That's right, mindset really is everything. I used to lose sleep over a single loss, and then everything fell apart afterward.
Emotions are even more ruthless than candlestick charts.
Now I understand, trades come and go, but in the end, it's all about who can keep their composure.
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GasFeeLady
· 11-30 21:52
ngl this hits different when you're watching gwei spike at 3am... single trades mean nothing but somehow i still check my gas oracle like it's a divination tool, no cap
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ChainChef
· 11-30 21:39
honestly? one trade hitting or flopping is just seasoning on the whole dish, not the whole meal. pros are out here doing hundreds of thousands of these things and still sleeping fine—that's the real recipe right there.
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SelfSovereignSteve
· 11-30 21:37
You're right, but knowing and doing are two different things. That day, a single Get Liquidated order completely trapped me.
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Mindset is indeed king, but execution is really difficult. I keep telling myself to stay steady, but every time there’s a pullback, it all falls apart.
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Hearing about hundreds of thousands of orders sounds great, but right now I can hardly keep my account safe, let alone have a big-picture perspective.
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The most heartbreaking thing is that no matter how well you understand this theory, it’s useless when emotions take over. The market thrives on harvesting these people who think they’ve figured it all out.
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So the focus shouldn’t be on emotion management, but rather to survive long enough to accumulate experience.
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This is all true, but the key is, who has really achieved it?
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Right now, I’m just watching the market out of frustration, and I can’t stop at all. Any talk about mindset management is nonsense.
To be honest, a single trade isn't that important. Think about it, professional traders will make hundreds of thousands of orders in their lifetime, and whether one order makes a profit or a loss is just a drop in the bucket.
Get carried away after making a profit? Can't sleep after a loss? That's really hard to bear. Those who can truly survive in the market rely on a steady heart.
Once you start to feel anxious, scared, or flustered—regardless of whether your account is in the green or red—you have already lost. The market is best at amplifying your emotions infinitely, first exhausting you, and then, when you let your guard down, delivering a heavy blow.
So, managing your emotions is more important than watching the market.