The most frustrating part of the market action in the earlier segment is that the price keeps looking strong, yet it never truly breaks through. A lot of people got tricked by a series of pump moves, started chasing the order—while I waited until around 0.10466, confirmed that the sell pressure above was still there, and then executed the long as planned.

When I first got in, it wasn’t easy. The price pulled back several times, and for a moment it even made me wonder if I’d judged wrong. Luckily, there wasn’t continued volume-backed upside. The rebound turned into a spike-and-retrace, and the support kept getting thinner and thinner. If you’ve been in crypto long enough, you’ll know this kind of chart usually isn’t setting up for takeoff—it’s consuming the people who chase longs.

When the price pulled back to 0.06497, +1829.5% became the most direct response for this short position. What I’m most thankful for is that I wasn’t scared by a short-term pump, and I didn’t get impulsive and chase after missing the first leg of the sell-off. A truly comfortable trade is still the one where you act only after you’ve really understood it.

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