These past two days, I’ve been going back through my backtesting records again. I found that stop-loss really is like a breakup… dragging it out without admitting it, and that little bit in the books that says “maybe it will come back” gets harder and harder to resist the more I look—then the trading fees, the time cost, and even the “emotional interest” all start compounding together. The longer I delay, the more it hurts. On the other hand, admitting the loss sooner and taking more time to split and handle the position does a lot to clear my head, and afterward I’m even more willing to execute the next trade according to plan.

Sometimes the market just needs half a beat of lag—you don’t have to chase every single candlestick and explain yourself. Like that whole melee over NFT royalties: creators want revenue, while the secondary market resents it because it affects liquidity. Everyone’s rushing to pick a side, but I’d rather slow down and see how the data actually moves: has trading changed, has the depth at the order book changed…? I’ll file it away first, and don’t jump to conclusions yet. For now, that’s it.