2026-01-01 14:20:17

Honestly, I made 80,000 US dollars this month.

But as much as I talk big, I still remember the feeling of losing 170,000 US dollars on October 11th. No one can keep making money all the time; that's the truth of the market.

So what's the key? You must ensure that you always have ammunition in hand. Losing 170,000 US dollars is indeed a lot, but I didn't hurt myself—why? Because I didn't put my entire fortune on the line.

The first lesson in trading is always risk management. It's not some advanced technical indicator or a crystal ball to predict the market; it's a simple principle:

The Art of War by Sun Tzu states clearly, "First be invincible, then wait for the enemy to be vulnerable." Translated, it means to make yourself invulnerable first, then wait for the opportunity. If one day you're defeated? No problem, you still have bullets to turn things around. True despair is when you have no capital left to make a comeback.

This is the rule for long-term survival.

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MissedTheBoat

· 3h ago

80,000 U feels great, but those who actually make money are the ones who survive until next year, not the winners of this month. Risk control, sooner or later, will teach you a lesson at the cost of blood. To be honest, the wave on October 11th that lost 170,000 is the real teacher; it taught me what it means to stay alive better than making money. I won't say how everyone's full positions are doing. The capital to turn things around is more valuable than making money, and I truly understand this.

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AirdropBuffet

· 3h ago

A loss of 170,000 and still bouncing around. I guess this is the power of capital management.

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GhostAddressMiner

· 4h ago

80,000 USD looks good, but I am more concerned about the fund flow behind the 170,000 USD loss—true experts are not measured by how much they earn, but by how their account structure avoids systemic risk. In plain terms, risk control is carved into the on-chain footprint; whether funds were migrated to cold wallets in advance for isolation is the key.

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GateUser-9ad11037

· 4h ago

80,000 is good, but the real game is surviving to see the next bull market, isn't it?

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Layer3Dreamer

· 4h ago

theoretically speaking, position sizing is just recursive risk management across your portfolio's state space... but yeah, this dude gets it. keeping dry powder isn't sexy until it literally saves ur ass ngl

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