I’ve found my biggest flaw is this: when spot goes up, I want to sell; when futures are down, I want to hold on; in the end, either I can’t keep holding, or I just get liquidated. Later, I gave myself a line of plain human language: don’t let any single position get so big that it affects your sleep.

For spot, I split it into several parts—once it reaches my target, I take profits in batches, not relying on “wait a little longer because it feels right.” For futures, it’s even simpler: don’t try to be tough with leverage. Write down in advance the loss you can accept—when the trigger is hit, accept the outcome and don’t keep thinking about clawing back to break even, let alone doubling it.

Recently, I’ve also been seeing people criticize the whole re-staking and shared security setup as “matryoshka dolls” (stacked, nested layers). I kind of get it too. To put it plainly: when you stack rewards, it sounds even more tempting—but risk stacks just the same. If you don’t write down the rules, it’s easy for your emotions to carry you away.

That’s it for now. Tonight, I’m going to re-update—i.e., re-enter again—the maximum loss for every position in my account and the stop-loss prices.