Just finished lunch and was checking the chart when the green on the screen suddenly deepened. This time it wasn’t a minor flicker—shorts crushed the key levels one layer at a time. During the repeated intraday whipsaws, $OPN kept failing to push up to the critical position; the answer came out more decisive than I expected.

What I saw was weak rebounds, no one stepping in when price went up. Each time I tried to lift it higher, it just ran out of breath. While others were still watching, I focused on OPN’s acceptance changes to confirm whether the buy-side was no longer following through. So I went long around 0.1710.

Now the price is at 0.0632. The post-trade review corresponds to +3033.1%. It felt grindy before, but when it truly dropped, it came down extremely cleanly. With this kind of short execution, only holding through matters.

Take the big part first and put it into the pocket: close 80% first, and return the remaining 20%—as the protection—back to the cost basis. If it keeps probing lower, we follow accordingly. If a rebound triggers the protection, I won’t let the floating profit turn back into a critical level again.

Don’t grind away your patience in chop, and then still try to regain dignity by betting in a one-way move. Profits won’t blow up, but drawdowns won’t be hopeless. This isn’t the time to chase shorts—wait for the next wave of signals before moving.

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