2026-01-08 08:24:57

If you are a full-time trader, then there's no room for discussion—you must monitor the market. If you're just playing around in your spare time, then it's a different story. The key is to understand the underlying logic of trading. The stock market essentially involves three things interacting—chips, cash, and intraday charts. Retail investors are essentially in the business of flipping chips; the entire profit process involves off-market funds using intraday chart fluctuations to cash out through on-market chips. But retail investors have a dead end: they can't produce chips, nor can they control chip prices. What to do? Rely on monitoring the market and watching the intraday charts, gradually lowering the cost of chips, and profiting from price fluctuations. In other words, your profit margin is hidden in those daily fluctuations.

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IfIWereOnChain

· 01-11 08:24

That's right, retail investors live off the fluctuations in the intraday chart. Patience is required to profit from scalp trading; not everyone can endure this hardship. Watching the market is a skill; you need to understand how the chips move. Amateur players are greedy, and that's the beginning of losing money. Staring at the intraday chart constantly doesn't guarantee profits; understanding capital flow is essential. If you can't lower the chip cost, watching endlessly is pointless. Price fluctuations do present opportunities, but you need sharp eyes. Full-time market watchers and amateurs have vastly different returns. Trading chips requires patience and execution ability. The tragedy of retail investors is that they can never control the price. Intraday charts can be deceptive, but experts rely on them to make a living.

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token_therapist

· 01-09 00:32

Watching the market is essentially about gambling on probabilities. Amateur players should not deceive themselves. Retail investors are fundamentally bagholders, still trying to scalp profits from volatility. First, ask yourself if you have the reaction speed for that. Chips, cash, and intraday charts—these three things, we can only observe but not control. The gap is naturally there. Instead of obsessively watching the market every day and exhausting yourself, it's better to learn what a stop-loss really means. Making money from intraday chart fluctuations? Sounds easy, but in reality, it's a game of life and death. I have no fault in saying that.

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LayerZeroHero

· 01-08 08:50

That's right, but the problem is that most people simply can't sit still. --- Full-time monitoring indeed yields bigger profits, but part-time players don't have that much time. --- Chips, cash, and intraday charts—these three tools keep retail investors trapped. --- The core is to exploit volatility for quick gains; in other words, you need to be quick and sharp. --- The ceiling for retail investors is really here; without producing chips, you'll always be the little brother. --- Watching intraday charts to lower costs sounds simple, but in practice, it can be mentally exhausting. --- Can anyone really make steady profits from daily fluctuations, or am I just too inexperienced? --- Misunderstanding the monitoring process actually increases costs; it's better to stick with dollar-cost averaging for peace of mind.

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OnlyOnMainnet

· 01-08 08:48

Bro, this is the fate of retail investors—staring at the screen until their eyes blur and still getting cut. There's nothing wrong with that; you just need to understand the game rules. Amateur players don't have the energy to watch every day; making some pocket money is already good. The core is a battle of chips and cash; those who understand intraday trading really make more stable profits. There are indeed opportunities in volatility; the key is whether you can seize that fleeting moment. It sounds simple, but in practice, it's easy to fall into traps. I need to study this trick of lowering chip costs carefully. Hunting for profits requires patience; otherwise, you might end up becoming a sheep. The logic is clear, but how many retail investors can stick to it?

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DaoGovernanceOfficer

· 01-08 08:45

ngl the whole "staring at charts all day" thing only works if you actually understand order flow mechanics, which most retail traders empirically don't. data suggests most lose money anyway lol

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ChainPoet

· 01-08 08:31

That's right, amateur players shouldn't watch too closely; it's not worth getting yourself sick over. The triangle formed by chips, cash, and intraday charts is really just about these things. Retail investors' fate is always to find that little gap within the volatility. If you can't lower your costs, you can only rely on watching the market closely and resisting hard, which is too exhausting. Opportunities do exist within the volatility; it all depends on whether your reaction speed can keep up. Basically, it's still about information gaps—institutions play the game, and retail investors are always behind. You need to keep a steady mindset when watching the market; otherwise, you'll suffer both financial losses and emotional setbacks.

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