Why can you never break even? The gap lies in cognition.

I've summarized the three fatal common flaws in retail investors' failure to break even. See if you hit all of them:

1. No-standard HODLing: Trapped positions? Just play dead, do nothing, purely rely on luck for a big rally. The market ranges or slowly declines, losses compound infinitely.

2. Reckless averaging down: Blindly adding to positions in a downtrend — the more you add, the heavier the weight. One breakout wipes you out with a fully loaded deep trap, leaving zero room to maneuver.

3. Greedy refusal to exit: A slight bounce and you fantasize about getting back to cost. No understanding of partial profit-taking, no reduction near resistance. You ride the rollercoaster over and over, getting trapped repeatedly.

Retail break-even: relies on gambling, endurance, luck.
Professional break-even: relies on a system, rhythm, controlled arbitrage.

That is the core gap between ordinary people and professional traders. The market is fair to everyone — it’s the operation system alone that separates profit from loss. @$ETH @ ‌@@ ‌