Back when it just started to drop, $ACT didn’t really offer a particularly comfortable spot to chase a short. Later, it fell from 0.01151 to 0.00861, and the return shows +622.1%—the reason I could catch this trade wasn’t excitement, but that I’d held back from chasing the pump earlier.

In the past, I was most likely to make mistakes in this kind of market: after any rebound, I’d feel like it would rally, and when it started dropping, I’d be afraid of missing out—so I’d get pulled back and forth by whatever the chart was doing. After stepping into traps too many times, I finally understood: the higher up it’s under pressure, the less you can just react to the mood of one or two candles.

For this trade, I only waited for weakness to play out and become solid before deciding whether to keep holding. The market gave me feedback, and the profit is already there—there’s no need to force yourself into being passive.

Making money on a short isn’t the finish line—don’t let the meat you already got in hand get pushed back out. Trade comfortably when it’s comfortable; touch the unpleasant spots less.

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