I’m increasingly convinced that this “grinding” approach—grid trading/DCA—is for people who can sleep through it; going all-in at once is for people who can handle waking up in the middle of the night, reaching for their phone to check. Plainly put, it’s not about which strategy is better—it’s about whether you can withstand volatility and regret.

Lately, some places have been adding taxes and enforcing compliance, then tightening for a while and loosening again. Expectations for deposits and withdrawals keep shifting, and instead of that pushing me to act, it makes me even less willing to lock myself into the emotion of “must win a trade right now.” In the past, I always wanted to set a big goal, but the more I tried to think it through, the more impatient I became; the more impatient I got, the more chaotic things turned. Now I’ve scaled my goals down: buy in batches, sell in batches. I’d rather make a little less, in exchange for being able to live according to my plan… and, in turn, persist for longer.