June 16, 2026, in the early morning—so messed up, I got up and wrote a couple of lines.

Today is another day when Ethereum teaches me to behave.

This morning I checked the charts. ETH was still hovering around 1800. I thought, it’s been sideways at this level for three days—pick a direction already. The daily MACD had a golden cross, and the RSI wasn’t high either. It looked like it was about to move up. I couldn’t help myself—I entered a long at 1812. I set the stop loss at 1788, thinking 24 points would be enough.

So what happened? At 3 p.m., a 15-minute candle stabbed straight down to 1785, precisely knocking out my stop loss, and then it immediately bounced back above 1800. When I’m writing this, it’s already at 1825.

Damn. It was on purpose. That scumbag market maker was watching my stop-loss level and blasting it.

Three lessons:

1. Don’t set stop losses at round-number levels. If you have to, put them farther away, or use a stop based on the closing price—don’t use limit stop orders. Market makers love to sweep those psychological price points.
2. Don’t place breakout trades on weekends or holidays. Liquidity is too bad—everything is just fake.
3. The most important one—before entering a trade, ask yourself: if this one goes against me, am I going to admit I’m wrong and leave, or am I going to try to hold it? If I want to hold, then don’t take the trade. Today I rushed in without thinking it through.

I’ll see tomorrow. I don’t dare chase longs from here anymore—I’ll wait for a pullback to 1800. Missing out feels better than losing money.

That’s it. Go to sleep. Tomorrow I still have to grind and top up my position.