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My biggest takeaway from these past couple of days of review: I can't hold onto spot positions, and I keep thinking about "breaking even" with contracts. Honestly, it's not that the market is so bad, it's that my positions are too irrational. Here's a straightforward way to put it: the positions you can sleep peacefully with are your real positions. If you can't sleep, it means you've over-leveraged. Cut half first, and don't stubbornly hold on for face.
This is even more obvious with contracts. When losing, I want to add more, but the more I add, the more it feels like throwing a tantrum... I'm just practicing now: every time I want to add, I pause for 30 seconds first, and ask myself, "How much am I willing to accept losing if this trade is wrong?" If I can't answer, I don't place the order. Recently, I've been tired of the community arguing about privacy coins/mixing coins compliance. Anyway, the more blurry the risk boundaries, the more you shouldn't get carried away and leverage up. Just slowly accumulate shells. That's all for now.