Have you ever experienced this moment? The money in your account is getting less and less, but your trading activity is becoming more frequent—rushing to buy when bullish, panicking when bearish.

Clearly, you've learned about candlestick charts, support levels, and resistance levels, but as soon as the market turns, it slaps you in the face, and your account shrinks directly.
Eventually, you start to doubt yourself: "Am I really suited to survive in this market?" A friend of mine mentioned this to me some time ago, and he seemed a bit hopeless.
His account was battered by the scam coin market, leaving him with just over two thousand U.
$BEAT perpetual contracts once dropped as much as 42.41% in a single day, but that wasn't even the most outrageous—Labubu coin skyrocketed and then plummeted 91.66%, and ErJiu coin doubled and nearly went to zero in just a few days.
This is the routine with these kinds of coins: they rise quickly and fall just as fast. A single emotional wave can wipe out your entire bottom line.
He’s not lacking technical knowledge, nor has he not learned trading methods; the key issue is that he can't control his own heart.
When the market slightly moves upward, he's afraid of missing out on a big trend.
When it drops, he's afraid it will fall even further. Throughout the day, he loses not only money but also energy and sanity.
At that time, he told me something,
and I still remember: "I feel like I can't hold on anymore."
I didn't hype him up or talk about profound trading theories.
I just told him one honest thing: Your current balance isn't for doubling your money; it's to keep your hands steady.
Many people always think that a bold move can turn the situation around, but those who truly last in the market usually start by "slowing down."
Before understanding the market clearly, don’t act first. Not every trading day requires a position—being able to hold a no-position stance when necessary shows your progress.
Reduce your position size so that each mistake is just a small setback, not a total account wipeout.
Gradually shift from the rhythm of "losing a chunk in a day" to a steady mode of "earning a little over several days."
Once the pace stabilizes, your mindset will naturally change.
A few months later, what this friend felt most deeply wasn't how much money he made on a particular trade, but that he developed a habit—before placing a real order, he would ask himself: