Short-term trading pitfalls are easiest to fall into, essentially equating trial and error with losing money. But honestly, what really prevents traders from making money is not trial and error itself, but blindly copying trading logic that doesn't suit them.

Look at how many beginners trade: they enter the market wanting to double their investment quickly, watch live streams of trading influencers every day, see them heavily investing in a hot coin, setting precise take-profit points, and consistently making huge profits. Over time, they develop an illusion — thinking that going all-in on a heavy position is the correct way to get rich quickly. So they start to follow the trend, putting all their limited capital into high-volatility assets, chasing rallies and panic-selling at the bottom. The result? They either buy at the top and get trapped, or they panic and cut losses at the floor price. After several rounds of such operations, their capital is wiped out, and their confidence is gone.

Where's the problem? Influencers dare to heavily invest because they do have substantial trading experience, but more importantly — they have ample capital reserves, a professional analysis team, and a complete risk management system. These are exactly what ordinary retail investors lack the most. From another perspective, when your "trading strength" (capital size, technical skills, risk control level, information speed) hasn't yet reached their level, but you insist on using their heavy-investment strategies, it's inherently an unbalanced situation.

The influencer's heavy-investment plan works because of their solid backing of funds, team, and experience, but it doesn't work for retail investors. The simplest truth is — the effectiveness of a strategy depends on your specific conditions. Retail investors' losses are not primarily due to trial and error, but because they are using the wrong game rules.