#密码资产动态追踪 $BTC The most common trap in trading: insisting on "bottom fishing" at all costs"
$SOL Among $XRP traders, the easiest to get wrecked are those who always think they can catch the perfect bottom.
As prices keep falling, the mind automatically starts to imagine: "This must be the bottom, the rebound is coming." The more it drops, the more you feel like you're getting a bargain, and you can't help but go all in.
But the market never plays according to your script. The bottom is never guessed; it is revealed step by step through capital battles and trend evolution.
**Why does bottom fishing always lead to losses?**
The core issue is going against the trend. In a sustained downtrend, the real bottom is often far below your expectations. The "floor price" you see might just be an intermediate point in the decline. The market won't stop falling just because you think it's cheap; instead, it will repeatedly test the "bottom" area you believe in, gradually eroding your principal and confidence, eventually forcing you to cut losses.
**How do experts avoid this pitfall?**
Experienced traders never obsess over "buying at the lowest point." They focus on three substantive factors:
Whether the downward structure has fully played out; whether risks are sufficiently released; whether there are clear signals of trend reversal.
A slightly higher entry price is okay, as long as the trend clearly shifts upward, stop-loss is set clearly, and the potential profit space afterward is large enough. This "entering from the right side" approach is actually more reliable, helping to avoid the risk of catching the bottom halfway up the mountain.
**Trading Golden Rule:**
Instead of clinging to the illusion of a "precise low," wait for a "truly solid" signal. The real bottom cannot be confirmed by a single candlestick; it often requires multiple oscillations and time to verify, until the trend fully reverses.
Remember this: entering the market is to make a profit, not to prove how accurate your prediction is. Being able to stay alive and grow your account steadily is far more important than "perfect bottom fishing."
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MetaLord420
· 01-10 20:07
Bro, that really hits home. The guys around me who keep shouting about bottom-fishing have already liquidated their positions.
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BlockchainArchaeologist
· 01-08 08:16
To be honest, I've seen too many cases of bottom-fishing... a group of people follow the trend and go all-in, only to be cut by the market.
Entering on the right side is indeed safer, but execution is too difficult; human nature is just about chasing cheap prices.
After this wave, another group of people will learn this lesson, but whether to repeat the mistake in the next wave is still to be seen.
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BakedCatFanboy
· 01-08 08:12
To be honest, I was trapped in this way before... Even though it was falling so sharply, it kept dropping further. Now I'm both afraid of cutting losses and reluctant to do so.
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0xInsomnia
· 01-08 08:11
Really, every time I see someone going all-in to buy the dip, only to get stuck holding the bag... the market never moves the way you expect.
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JustAnotherWallet
· 01-08 07:55
That's so true. I previously got wrecked by doing exactly that—trying to catch the top and bottom, only to get stuck and not recover yet.
Entering on the right side is really effective; it's much more comfortable than constantly staring at candlestick charts and guessing the bottom.
That's why I now only look at trend signals. Whether the price is expensive or not isn't that important.
The market loves to keep killing at the bottom you believe in. It happens every time, I've learned my lesson.
Better to live and adapt than to cling to illusions. I need to take a screenshot and share this with my friends who are still going all-in.
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NotAFinancialAdvice
· 01-08 07:53
Haha, I really feel you on this one. I used to get repeatedly cut like this too—thought I'd found the bottom, only to see it drop even further.
#密码资产动态追踪 $BTC The most common trap in trading: insisting on "bottom fishing" at all costs"
$SOL Among $XRP traders, the easiest to get wrecked are those who always think they can catch the perfect bottom.
As prices keep falling, the mind automatically starts to imagine: "This must be the bottom, the rebound is coming." The more it drops, the more you feel like you're getting a bargain, and you can't help but go all in.
But the market never plays according to your script. The bottom is never guessed; it is revealed step by step through capital battles and trend evolution.
**Why does bottom fishing always lead to losses?**
The core issue is going against the trend. In a sustained downtrend, the real bottom is often far below your expectations. The "floor price" you see might just be an intermediate point in the decline. The market won't stop falling just because you think it's cheap; instead, it will repeatedly test the "bottom" area you believe in, gradually eroding your principal and confidence, eventually forcing you to cut losses.
**How do experts avoid this pitfall?**
Experienced traders never obsess over "buying at the lowest point." They focus on three substantive factors:
Whether the downward structure has fully played out; whether risks are sufficiently released; whether there are clear signals of trend reversal.
A slightly higher entry price is okay, as long as the trend clearly shifts upward, stop-loss is set clearly, and the potential profit space afterward is large enough. This "entering from the right side" approach is actually more reliable, helping to avoid the risk of catching the bottom halfway up the mountain.
**Trading Golden Rule:**
Instead of clinging to the illusion of a "precise low," wait for a "truly solid" signal. The real bottom cannot be confirmed by a single candlestick; it often requires multiple oscillations and time to verify, until the trend fully reverses.
Remember this: entering the market is to make a profit, not to prove how accurate your prediction is. Being able to stay alive and grow your account steadily is far more important than "perfect bottom fishing."