The most worth revisiting in this trade isn’t how much I ultimately ended up with, but the fact that I almost got ground down like under a millstone and lost patience. The price hovered around 345.75 for a long time, repeatedly pumped higher then dropped back, as if it were deliberately trying to wear down the shorts’ confidence. I wanted to get out a few times before, but in the end I held on—without changing direction impulsively just because of short-term fluctuations.

What really kept me holding was that the rebound never managed to break through the previous key level. There seemed to be support at a glance, but the moment it reached the critical area, sell pressure blocked it. Later, the market hit with a sell-off; the price moved to around 213.77. All those seemingly messy moves suddenly connected into one coherent line, and the short thesis was finally confirmed.

This outcome corresponds to +2708.93%. Honestly, after you become profitable, it’s easiest to get carried away. But this trade made me understand again: waiting isn’t passive stubbornly holding—it’s confirming that the judgment I made at the start hasn’t been overturned by the chart. When you’re bearish, it’s not the slow pace that scares you; what you fear is getting washed out by your own emotions before you’ve finished the move.

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