Buying in is luck; selling out is the real skill: why do you always end up “riding the roller coaster”?

Many people have experienced this: after you buy, your account’s unrealized profit doubles. You fantasize about financial freedom, but when there’s a pullback, all those gains get given back—sometimes even sliding into a loss of your original principal. The psychological trap behind this is called “position bias.” When the price rises, our subconscious tends to treat “paper wealth” as “fundamental improvement,” causing us to ignore risk signals.

The solution is to build muscle memory for “laddered take-profits” and “trailing stop-losses.” When profits reach your target, first sell a portion to recoup the principal and let the profits run. At the same time, set a trailing stop line: as the price rises by each step, the stop line follows upward. Remember, unrealized gains that haven’t been realized are just numbers. Only when you turn “paper wealth” into real returns do you truly beat the market.

️ Risk warning: This article is only a personal trading experience sharing and does not constitute any investment advice. The cryptocurrency market is extremely risky—please strictly control your position size and stop-loss levels, trade rationally, and never blindly follow others. $ETH ‌