Just now I almost got itchy to chase a rally again, as soon as that candlestick shadow swung, my mind immediately started filling in the plot: is there news, is it about to take off… I paused for two seconds and asked myself: what information have I actually received? Or am I just being driven by that feeling of “fear of missing out” to add to my position. Honestly, most of the time I don’t even clearly see the news source, yet I want to push my position in.

Recently, the group has been arguing quite fiercely over privacy coins, coin mixing, and compliance boundaries, one side saying it’s about freedom, the other saying it’s a risk zone. I found that this kind of tearing discussion easily ignites people’s emotions, and then trading turns into “taking sides,” which is even more exciting than the market itself. Anyway, now I just make sure that whenever I find myself wanting to open a position out of anger/excitement, I first review the past trades, and if I can’t write down the stop-loss level, I won’t place the order. That’s how I’m doing it for now.