Just finished watching the bearish news, and when many people saw it, their first instinct was to rush in and smash the sell-off. I, on the other hand, held my hands back first and waited for the order book to prove the direction on its own. $POL At the time, it looked like it was dropping very fast, but there were already signs of heavy resistance at the high point: the rebound kept getting weaker, and the sell orders kept getting pushed back. The real key isn’t how much it dropped—it’s that it never manages to stand firm once it starts moving up.

So around 0.08969, I chose to execute a long. I observed first using the logic that there wasn’t enough buy support, and didn’t treat temporary fluctuations as the whole answer. Now POL has moved to 0.07662, and the short position has realized +1033.99%. This big profit came so cleanly—I didn’t wait for nothing.

After the price gives feedback, the position size also has to be adjusted: close 80% first, and move the remaining 20% to a protection level near the cost basis. If it keeps dumping further, let the profit extend. If it suddenly bounces back, at least you won’t hand back the results you already secured.

Risk control done upfront is called rationality. Cutting losses only after you’re already down is called a soldier’s wrist—purely decisive and painful. If you don’t have a position, don’t rush to add or chase; the market isn’t short of opportunities—what it lacks is patience. Wait until a new structure forms, then reassess.

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