I never believe in “just holding on can get you back to break-even.”



When my account went from 6,000 to 1.5 million, it wasn’t due to some miraculous operation. It was four words: own up when you’re wrong.

When I first entered the market, I was the same as many people.

After making several wrong trades in a row, I quickly lost my 10k principal down to only 6,000.

Back then, every day I stared at the charts until midnight, always thinking about how to make the next trade back. Later I realized the real thing that was making me lose wasn’t the market—it was myself.

I wouldn’t cut losses when I was down, and I wouldn’t take profit when I was up. Once the trend had already changed, I was still betting it would come back.

Later, I set a few iron rules for myself:

If my logic is wrong, I leave immediately—never hold a losing position. When my profit reaches the target, I lock it in decisively—I don’t chase the very last move. If I’m not confident, I stay in cash, not trading just for the sake of trading.

Slowly, I also learned to read many order-book details.

Fast rallies and slow pullbacks are often just a shakeout. The truly dangerous part is when volume spikes upward and then it quickly falls back.

After a sharp drop, rebounds don’t necessarily mean a reversal—many times they’re only the market catching its breath during the downtrend.

When price rises at high levels with shrinking volume, be wary of insufficient “buyer/relief” capital stepping in. At the bottom, even if volume expands, you should also check whether it’s continuously building and absorbing—not just look at one day.

Take $SKHYNIX as an example: what I focus on has never been how much it’s gone up. I care whether the pullback has support, whether the rise has volume, and whether funds are still continuously flowing in.

In these six months, I didn’t flip things around with a single magical trade.

What truly built my account wasn’t luck—it was stop-losses, reviewing, and waiting.

The market doesn’t reward people who are stubborn with words. It only rewards those who, when they’re wrong, dare to admit it; when they understand, dare to act; and when there’s no opportunity, dare to wait.

If you’re still losing right now, holding positions through losses, and can’t find a trading rhythm, I’ll help you find the problems together.
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