Grid/DCA and “all-in at once”—it’s really not about who’s more advanced. It mostly comes down to whether you can sleep at night. If you’re the type who’s staring at the chart and your heartbeat won’t settle down every five minutes, yet you still insist on “all-in at once,” then to put it plainly, you’re paying taxes on your emotions with your sleep. With Grid/DCA at least you’re acknowledging that you don’t know how the trend will go, then you follow discipline and take it slow—so even if you lose, you lose in a way that makes sense. Don’t tell me “I just believe”—belief can’t survive a one-two combo of a sharp drop and then a rebound, with you missing the entry.

Recently, the community arguing about privacy coins and whether mixing is compliant has a similar vibe: some people want absolute freedom, while others are afraid of stepping over the line with one foot. Trading is the same. If you want to feel good, don’t pretend to be prudent. If you want to be prudent, don’t fantasize about turning things around overnight.

I treat “simplicity” as a trap: the more a scheme that says “you can make money with just one sentence,” the more likely it is to send you off as Exit Liquidity.