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First, you must clearly see the big picture trend. The bullish structure on the daily chart hasn’t been broken. A pullback is just a shakeout along the way up, not a trend reversal. Randomly cutting losses will only sell you at the bottom. Nobody wants to feel the market rip higher right after you’ve sold.
For positions trapped at high levels, don’t chop your position all at once. Use the rebound’s high points to reduce your position in batches. First, pull out your principal; with what remains, run a light position and follow the trend. Your pressure can be cut in half instantly. And don’t add to your position recklessly—only act at key defense/support areas, and reduce in stages. Don’t fire all your “bullets” at once; if the market fluctuates again, you’ll only get trapped even deeper.
For orders stuck in a sideways range, don’t just lie flat waiting to get unstuck. Take the initiative to do active sell high and buy low, grinding down your cost in round trips. Turn passive entrapment into active cost reduction. The initiative is in your own hands, not something you wait for the market to hand you.
Finally, be real: if a key defense level is truly broken downward effectively, don’t hold on with wishful thinking. Admit the loss when you need to. Keep your principal—there will always be another chance for a comeback. Getting unstuck is only step one; learning to move with the rhythm is the real way to avoid getting trapped in the future.