#WCTCS9

ition covers spot, ETFs, stocks, futures, and TradFi. For the first time, I watched the rhythm of AI stocks and Korean stocks alongside crypto—and realized that risk appetite moves along the same line, just with different time lags.

Takeaway Two: The leaderboard made me face my weaknesses. I’m not quick on the trigger, and I’m not suited to watching five-minute charts. In the first half, I tried to chase the volume leaderboard with high-frequency trading. The result: fees ate into my profits, and emotions clouded my judgment. Knowing what not to do is more valuable than knowing what I can do.

My most painful trade: In the final 48 hours of chasing the leaderboard, I increased my leverage from 3x to 8x because “I was just one step away from making the leaderboard.” Then one sharp move in the opposite direction gave back half the profits I’d made over the previous two weeks. I wrote just one sentence in my review: This trade wasn’t part of the plan—I was the one who hit confirm.