To be honest, this trade didn’t start out easy. That stretch at the high end kept getting tugged back and forth. The chart looked like it might continue pushing up, but in reality, every time it made an upward thrust, it had the feel of spiking high and then pulling back. I started setting up my short at around 0.2144. I didn’t chase it just because of one strong bullish candle—I waited for the market’s follow-through and order book support to become clear.

After I opened the position, the price suddenly jabbed upward. It pushed up for a while, and my mindset really did get a bit panicky—I even almost wanted to get out early. A lot of people in the crypto market get shaken out exactly in moments like this. Later, they realize the original judgment was actually correct. This time, I held on and didn’t treat short-term noise as a reversal.

Then the selling pressure gradually intensified. The price pulled back to 0.2047. My short went from torture to finally being realized, and I recorded the end result as +217.87%. What I’m most grateful for in this part is that I didn’t see a brief pump and then chase the order in the opposite direction, and I also didn’t let that momentary discomfort throw off my entire rhythm.

This drop made me even more certain: in high-level trading, it’s not about being bold—it’s about whether you can tell real strength from bluffing and posturing. Genuine upside with real support won’t end every time with a spike high and then a fade. Since the chart has repeatedly given signals, don’t so easily get led astray by the surface-level excitement.

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