$ETH bought at 1600 to bottom out, and it kept rising to 4800. I still haven't sold. It's not about faith; frankly, it's a common human flaw—no one can really figure out where the top is.



When the price dropped from 2000 to 1400, the entire market was urging me to cut losses immediately; when it rebounded to 3000, the unanimous voice said it was just a dead cat bounce. Only when I withdrew my principal at 4200 did I realize: 99% of the market noise is really just psychological comfort for those missing out or trapped.

This experience is probably a mental journey every long-term holder goes through. When the market surges wildly, we fear a pullback, worried that the profits we've made will vanish, so we sell early; when prices plunge, we get scared and panic sell at the bottom. Amidst the market noise, the most expensive thing is never the price fluctuations themselves, but our nerves being repeatedly torn apart—same group of people shouting "this will go to zero" at the lows, then hyping "eternal bull market" at the highs.

The question is: in such an extremely volatile, noise-filled market environment, is there a way to both capture the long-term potential of assets and escape the vicious cycle of "selling too early" and "being trapped"?

There is indeed a solution. Instead of repeatedly struggling between "holding stubbornly" and "cutting losses quickly," it’s better to use a set of scientific financial tools to shift your position management from "gambling based on feelings" to "stabilized income based on rules." Moving from feeling-driven holdings to rule-driven profit management is essentially building an asset ark capable of crossing bull and bear markets. Once we accept the reality that precise timing is impossible, the smartest move isn’t to escape volatile assets but to add a layer of protection through financial instruments.
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LoneValidatorvip
· 5h ago
Holding on is holding on, anyway you can't sell at the top. That 99% of the market's voices are indeed garbage, but I think what you call "financial instrument protection" still sounds like gambling, just with a different name. Bought the dip at 1600 and didn't sell at 4800, I think that's already a win, so why bother fussing? Honestly, people who cut losses and sell are just comforting themselves. Compared to those who can't hold, at least you're still here.
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FlashLoanLarryvip
· 5h ago
Honestly, it's a psychological issue; the technical approach doesn't work for most people. I think it's pretty smart to withdraw the principal at 4200, but the arguments about financial tools below sound a bit... well, too perfect? The ones who can really make money are always those who can resist watching the market.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯vip
· 5h ago
Honestly, there's no take-profit plan, and anyway, you can't predict the top. The 4200 draw principal move was okay; the rest is just free riding. There is indeed a lot of market noise, but those who can really make money are still the ones who don't listen to advice. Rules-driven sounds good, but putting it into practice is another matter altogether.
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MysteryBoxBustervip
· 5h ago
Alright, it sounds like a realization after being repeatedly lessons by the market. But to be honest, before the 4800 level was reached, I was already mentally overwhelmed. I can't learn others' principal withdrawal techniques.
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TheMemefathervip
· 5h ago
That's right, it's a game of human nature, but the pain of cutting losses is the deepest at the moment it happens. --- Using 4200 to draw the principal is indeed clever, but watching the subsequent gains must also be hard to bear. --- The phrase "99% of the noise in the market" really hits home; it's always like this, being brainwashed. --- The key is to admit that you can't understand it, which is much better than pretending to know. --- Is it driven by rules or feelings? Honestly, it all depends on who can survive longer. --- I'm the same, never sold at the top, so I just leave it alone. --- That's why some make money through compound interest, while others lose money by cutting losses. --- It seems like in the end, they're promoting some kind of financial instrument; the套路 is quite deep. --- But to be fair, there's no absolute answer between holding on tightly and frequent stop-losses.
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