Just finished my lunch and was watching the chart when the green on my screen suddenly deepened. This time it wasn’t just a minor wobble—it's the bears methodically smashing through key levels, one layer after another. During the back-and-forth whipsaw in the session, $MAV couldn’t keep pushing into the crucial zone, and the result came out far more decisive than I’d imagined.

What I saw was rebounds that couldn’t get traction—once the price pushed up, nobody stepped in to take it from there. I tried to pull it higher a few times, but it just fell short of momentum, by a breath. While others were still watching from the sidelines, I kept my eyes on MAV’s order-book reception changes to confirm that the buy side wasn’t following through. So I opened a long position around 0.01362.

Now the price has dropped to 0.00896. Looking back, the performance lines up with +1647.69%. It looked like it would be a grind at first, but once it actually dropped, it was extremely clean. This kind of short actually getting realized and locked in only matters if you can hold it.

I pocketed the bulk first: I closed 80%, and then put the remaining 20% back at the cost price as a protective level. If it keeps probing lower, I’ll follow along. If a bounce triggers the protection, I won’t let the floating profit turn back into a key level again.

Don’t grind your patience away during chop, and don’t try to regain your dignity by betting on a one-way move. If profits don’t blow up, don’t fall into despair from drawdowns. This isn’t the time to chase shorts—wait for the next wave of signals to act.

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