The part that left the deepest impression on me from this trade isn’t that last move from 76861.4 down to 64245, but the earlier seemingly directionless grind. After repeatedly probing at high levels, there was still no effective follow-through. I remember thinking the bulls were increasingly hard-pressing, so I chose to stand on the side of the shorts, ultimately ending with a +2853.93% result. When I first got on board, I was actually pretty uneasy. The price didn’t drop right away—instead, it repeatedly poked higher with a few upward pinpricks, and naturally I started to doubt my judgment. Fortunately, I didn’t get stirred up by the short-term fluctuations. I waited until the rebound was weaker and weaker each time; only when the sell-off pressure finally caught up did the market truly start to loosen. In situations like this, many retail traders are most likely to chase orders. When it falls, they want to bottom-fish, and in the end they get washed out on both sides. For me, being able to read the false moves within weakness—and keeping my hands under control—is more important than merely catching a stretch of decline. $ETH $SOL

This wave isn’t suddenly getting weaker—it’s been like that for a while now, with nobody up top seriously taking it. Right at the open, when $WIF dropped the price, it tried a few pushes up from the 0.1891 area. On the surface there was a rebound, but volume was a bit light—every time the price tried to lift, it was pressed back down. When everyone else was still watching, I checked WIF and judged that the high-range pressure is still there. The rebound looks more like a probe than a real breakout, so I followed the rhythm and went long. I wasn’t chasing the pump—I was waiting for the order flow/support to show weakness. Now 0.157 has already made the direction clear. The short’s floating result is at +820.03%—this profit feels great. Timing your rhythm matters more than guessing the exact key level. First, put the big chunk into your pocket: take 80% off the table, keep the remaining 20% to continue observing, and move the protection level back to around the cost basis. When the market hands you profit, take it—don’t get greedy for the last bite. Panic comes from having no plan. Loss comes from thinking too much. This isn’t the time to rush—wait for the next shot/signal to show up, and then I’ll look at new opportunities. $BTC $ETH

This short position can be eaten this time—the key isn’t that I only chase after seeing the price drop, but that after repeated failures to push up from the high, I started paying attention to changes in the weakening of the buy-side support. The price moved from 0.2144 down to 0.2054, and the market finally turned earlier hesitation into clear feedback. +202.15% is just the result; what’s truly valuable is that I nailed the timing. The initial grind was quite uncomfortable—several pin-pricks almost washed me out. I didn’t get carried away, and I didn’t rush to exit just because of a short-term rebound. Once the move up failed again and a pullback appeared, and the shorts began to take over the rhythm, maintaining the position became meaningful. If you’ve been in crypto long enough, you’ll know that in weakness, rebounds aren’t always opportunities—sometimes they’re just an exit signal for longs. I won’t chase positions I missed again. Being able to have my judgment confirmed by the market already shows that this time I wasn’t led astray by a fake move. $BTC $ETH