Everyone who has traded in the crypto world has probably experienced this moment—after finally seeing a few thousand dollars in unrealized gains, a small market fluctuation makes your heart race, and you desperately want to hit the sell button to cash out immediately. When the market really surges, you can only regret on the K-line chart, watching others make money, and secretly ask yourself: Why is it always me who sells the top?

Honestly, this isn't a matter of judgment. Many people have a decent understanding of the market, but ultimately fall prey to their mindset. As soon as the numbers in your account flicker, rationality is thrown out the window. All trading decisions turn into instinctive reactions to the next tick up or down, rather than thoughtful considerations based on true value.

This phenomenon has a name: emotional hijacking. Every step you take is made out of fear—fear of a rebound being a trap, fear of unrealized gains evaporating, or even fear of missing the next rally. This very fear becomes the easiest prey for the market.

A question worth reflecting on: what if a part of your assets is completely unaffected by daily fluctuations, always stable at a trusted baseline? What would happen?

Suppose you have 500,000 yuan in idle funds. 200,000 yuan are placed in a stable financial channel, and the remaining 300,000 yuan are used for trading. Now, if the market rises by 5%, would you still be anxious to sell just because your unrealized gains increased by 1,500 yuan? Probably not. Because your confidence wouldn't be completely shaken by the fluctuations of this 300,000 yuan.

Conversely, if all your eggs are in the trading basket, any 1% fluctuation is a matter of life and death. At this point, don’t mention a 5% rebound— even a 0.5% dip could keep you awake at night. All your decision-making logic would be distorted by this pressure.

Many people are searching for that perfect buy or sell point—a metric that can precisely catch the bottom or top. But honestly, this "Holy Grail" simply doesn't exist. The truly useful "Holy Grail" is actually a mindset framework—one that allows you to stay calm amid short-term volatility and focus on long-term value itself.

The core of this framework is the rational allocation of assets. Not all your money should be invested in the same way. The stable portion gives you security, while the riskier portion offers growth opportunities. When these two parts are balanced, you can truly make rational decisions.

In essence, the reason you can't hold onto gains is not because you lack analysis skills, but because your psychological load is overloaded. When the account pressure is too high, every penny's change affects your mood, making it impossible to stay calm and wait for genuine opportunities.

Try this approach: first, ensure your life is secure, then divide your available idle funds into two parts. One part is your "bottom-line assets," which appreciate steadily and are almost unaffected by market swings. The other part is your real trading ammunition. With this setup, looking at your trading account will feel completely different—no longer a gamble, but a prepared move.

Human nature is always fragile in the face of the market. It’s not that you’re not smart; it’s that emotions amplify risks. In the end, the people who make money are often not those with the most accurate predictions, but those with the most stable mindset.