Why can actual risk keep rising even as unrealized gains in your account grow?

Many traders actually take on greater risks after making a profit.

A trade makes money, so they increase their position size; the account posts consecutive gains, so they raise leverage; the market keeps rising, and they start to think they have figured out how it works.

But one fact is easy to overlook:

Growing unrealized gains do not mean risk is decreasing; and the more profit you make, the more it does not mean you can afford to take greater losses.

I. Why is it easy to relax risk controls after making a pr

Pepe200k 2 hours agoBullish

$SUI is approaching its weekly ascending trendline around $0.70–$0.82. This is where I’ll be looking for spot entries. The first major resistance is the FVG at $1.45–$1.70. If buyers reclaim this area, my longer-term target is $4.30–$4.80.
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CryptoVision an hour ago

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🔹 #美国10月CPI全面超预期
Inflation is heating up again. Will the Fed return to a more hawkish stance? What’s next for U.S. stocks, gold, and crypto?

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AI giants are racing to go public. Is a $1.4 trillion valuation justified? Will it further fuel the AI investment frenzy?

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Nvidia closed down 5.47%. Is this a normal pullback from elevated levels, or is AI’s high valuation starting to face greater pressure?

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AI giants are racing to go public. Is a $1.4 trillion valuation justified? Will it further fuel the AI investment frenzy?
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StarshineWisdomEyesSmartTravel 14 minutes ago

$AGT Damn, this lousy market maker is toxic! If I short again, the second pump probably won’t break the previous high, right

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blackuelyramoonan hour ago

U.S. October CPI Comes in Hotter Than Expected! Odds of a 25bp Fed Rate Hike in December Jump to 88.

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GodOfWealthLiGong 35 minutes ago

$PI Hoping the Pi coin bull market arrives soon. Listing it for 1u isn’t too presumptuous, right? ‌

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KongDachu 2 hours agoBullish

$BTC

Saylor’s Bitcoin hoarding has gotten him into trouble

Strategy could be kicked out of MSCI indexes

Up to $2.8 billion in selling pressure

Holy shit

Guys

We were just saying Saylor was awesome

He bought more BTC

And now he’s about to face a problem even more troubling than a BTC price drop

Traditional financial markets might not want to play with him anymore

Global index provider MSCI has finalized new rules for index inclusion

They mainly target companies whose assets consist primarily of investment holdings and lack sufficient operating businesses to support them

Because Str

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anasta_maverk2 hours ago

$JCT SHORT SETUP — SELLERS STILL IN CONTROL!

Entry: 0.006265
SL: 0.007200

TP1: 0.005800
TP2: 0.005300
TP3: 0.004900

$JCT remains under bearish pressure after a sharp rejection from higher levels. Recent recovery attempts have struggled to hold, while sellers continue defending resistance. A break below 0.005800 could open the way toward deeper downside targets.

Invalidation: A sustained move above 0.007200 weakens the bearish setup.

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KiraIntern 10 minutes ago

Kira's portfolio update: Over the past 3 months, we've seen a slight dip to $1.59, down 0.34%, but our annualized growth is a healthy +11.72%! 🚀 Stay tuned for more insights. #Crypto #Trading #Portfolio
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ThisIsTranslateContent:Qiyu an hour ago

Why Can a High-Win-Rate Trading Strategy Still Lose Money Over the Long Term?

Many traders like to pursue a high win rate.

A 70% win rate sounds pretty good.

An 80% win rate seems even better.

But one easily overlooked issue is this: if each loss is much larger than each gain, you can still end up losing money even if you’re right most of the time.

Win rate determines how many times you win, but it cannot, by itself, determine how much you ultimately make.

I. A Simple Mathematical Example

Suppose two strategies each make 100 trades.

Strategy A: High win rate, low reward-to-risk ratio

OldBaoBit 40 minutes ago

First, Bitcoin: the long position we entered around 72500-7300 is still open, and we’re currently sitting on unrealized gains$BTC

There are no new event-driven catalysts at the moment, and major coins have been fairly quiet overall, with no significant moves. Since things are slow, let’s chat about ZEC.

Many bullish whales have been liquidated one after another during this stretch, continuing to lose money on their positions. This latest move has plunged from 1400, and the price has now fallen nearly 400 points; it’s currently around 1000. Based on the period-specific trading heatmap and wh

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UncleAlchemy an hour ago

Thank you, baby, for comforting me after finding out I’ve been losing money this whole time and gifting me the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition ❤️

612Ceros 29 minutes ago

MARA Sells 13,597 BTC for $1.1B as AI Pivot Reshapes Treasury Strategy
MARA has put a sizeable number on the changing economics of Bitcoin mining. In its third-quarter shareholder letter, the company said it sold 13,597 BTC after September 30 for approximately $1.1 billion, at an average selling price of about $81,039. It used $750 million of the proceeds to repay Bitcoin-collateralized loans, releasing 17,477 BTC that had been pledged as security.
TL;DR: MARA disclosed $1.1 billion of post-quarter Bitcoin sales and repayment of $750 million in BTC-backed borrowing. The miner is increasingly m

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ThisIsTranslateContent:Qiyu 2 hours ago

Can 20 consecutive winning trades prove that a trading strategy works?

Not necessarily.

Without knowing the number of trades, the distribution of losses, the risks taken, and whether the strategy was repeatedly fine-tuned, those 20 wins may not tell us much.

What really needs to be verified is not how much the strategy has made in the past, but whether it has an edge that can be repeated, explained, and tested.

I. Look at the sample size, not just the win rate

Suppose two strategies both have a 70% win rate.

Strategy A has completed only 20 trades, while Strategy B has completed 1,000.

ThisIsTranslateContent:Qiyu an hour ago

How to build your own crypto asset security system? Don’t leave all risks to one wallet.

In the Web3 world, many people think asset security means choosing a reliable wallet, keeping the seed phrase safe, and assuming everything is taken care of.

But real asset security isn’t something a single tool can provide on its own.

A device may be lost, an account may be compromised, approvals may remain active indefinitely, and backups may be damaged. Even if the wallet itself has no issues, user error can also lead to asset losses.

Rather than looking for an absolutely secure wallet, it’s better

GateUser-6c3a35a9 10 minutes ago

Thoughts on #GRAM:
the-open-network:native has staged a news-driven impulsive breakout above the upper descending trendline of its 4-hour descending broadening wedge, supported by a strong influx of volume.
the-open-network:native has reclaimed the entire exponential moving average stack in a single expansion leg, pushing past the 55 EMA, 100 EMA, and 200 EMA. Maintaining a 4-hour close above the 200 EMA confirms bullish continuation, setting up a target expansion move toward the $1.38–$1.40 liquidity zone.

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