This short position finally paid off. $INJ was pushed down from the high, and the move is decisive. The entry was at 5.542, and the current price is 4.901; the unrealized profit is already +557.87%. This isn’t luck—after key levels kept failing to break upward, the answer was revealed by the market.

Back then, what I was paying attention to wasn’t just a single bearish candle. It was that the rebound was getting weaker and weaker: the buy side couldn’t hold it up, and many people were still waiting for it to continue pushing higher. What really made me take notice was that price stayed stuck in a high-range but couldn’t push out volume—something wasn’t right.

For this short trade, I handled it with an 80/20 approach. After releasing the initial profit, I took some money off the table first, and then kept the rest with a protective level while continuing to watch for further extension. Once the market’s downside room has been released, the worst case I fear isn’t earning less—it’s a too-harsh retracement of profits.

If you have positions, don’t get carried away. Protecting your profits matters more than fantasy. If you didn’t catch it, don’t rush—don’t chase the trade, and don’t recklessly keep shorting at low prices. Wait until the next time there’s a more comfortable position to act.

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