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I’m increasingly feeling that things like grid trading/DCA aren’t about “whether you believe in it,” but about whether you can sleep at night. Going all-in is exciting, and your emotions are at their fullest—but when you actually hit those few retracement spikes, your stomach tightens, and your hand wants to start changing the plan… and the more you change it, the more it all turns into chaos.
I do the same thing when I watch big addresses, too. A whale moving doesn’t mean you’ve reached a conclusion—the key is where the money goes next, and whether the turnover is fast. Grid trading is like giving yourself a buffer cushion: it’s another question whether you make a profit, but at least you don’t have to stare at the candlestick chart every minute until your eyes feel sore.
Recently, the testnet incentives and the points program have been heating up again, and everyone is guessing whether the mainnet will issue tokens. I also get an itch to jump in, but let’s be real—this kind of expectation is the easiest way to drag people into an “all-in” mindset… Anyway, I still lean toward doing it in batches. Small losses are acceptable. I’ll go with that for now.