While watching $SOL in the morning, the most difficult part wasn’t the direction—it was that it kept refusing to give a clear move. Around 74.15, it kept bouncing back and forth; many people probably wanted to get off, since holding longs without any real rise makes you start to doubt yourself.

I’m not a stubborn “hold no matter what” type either. I had a few moments during the day when I thought about exiting first, but only after seeing that the move below could still hold did I decide to wait a bit longer. In the end, it pulled up to 74.55, and this position’s unrealized PnL came to +50.18%—so the timing basically paid off.

But the biggest fear with a profitable trade is going from happy to overconfident. I’ve suffered from this before: I’d already been up, but I kept “showing patience” to the end, and then the profit ended up being given back.

So this time my idea is simple: first protect the gains in my hands, and don’t try to eat the entire move. For short-term futures, being able to take the money out on your own schedule is more reliable than guessing the exact key level.

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