Many traders are asking the same question: "I know all the technical indicators, why am I still constantly losing?" Honestly, this is like treating the crypto market as a standardized exam—no matter how many indicators you use, they won't guarantee stable profits.
Over the years, I've stepped on many trading pitfalls. From liquidation to chasing high-multiplier coins, I only realized a simple truth later: those shiny technical indicators are less useful than a reliable set of trading rules. Now, I trade mechanically according to a rhythm, and surprisingly, my sleep quality has improved, and my monthly returns are more balanced.
The market will always fluctuate, but when you enter, how to scale in stages, and when to exit—these decisions are in your hands. It's not about guessing the rise or fall, but learning how to operate within a set of defined rules.
I've interacted with several traders, each with different approaches. Some completely ignore candlestick charts, following a process of "gradual entry, adding positions on breakouts, reducing on pullbacks," and in a month, they double their principal. Others start with 1200U, setting profit-taking and stop-loss points for each trade in advance, regularly withdrawing part of the profits to support their lives, and within three months, their accounts grow close to 5000U.
What about the common traits of most losers? They make a little profit and think about getting rich quick, lose a bit and stubbornly buy the dip, placing over ten orders a day, completely driven by price movements and emotional swings. Even if the market direction is correct, losing the rhythm makes all efforts futile.
To survive longer, just follow three simple rules: scale in gradually, start with small probes before increasing size, and never go all-in at once; add positions in line with the trend, take profits when the market drops, and avoid panic buying; set your stop-loss and take-profit levels before trading so the system can execute automatically, and don't change your plan at critical moments.
The crypto world is never short of legends of overnight riches, but what’s missing are traders who can survive long-term. My secret is simply to focus all the energy others spend on chasing trends into strictly executing the trading discipline I’ve set for myself.
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OfflineNewbie
· 12-13 20:34
That's absolutely right. Discipline really is worth much more than indicator values. That's how I think now as well.
At first, I was all about MACD, KDJ, moving averages, but the more I looked, the more confused I became. In the end, I still blew up. Now I follow my own rhythm, and my mindset has become much better.
I'm using all three rules that this guy mentioned—dividing into batches, multiple times—it's truly saved me several times.
I totally agree. The most lacking thing in the crypto world is people who can stick around for the long haul, not those legendary overnight millionaires.
That part about emotional manipulation really struck a chord. I used to be like that, doing over ten trades a day, and I just couldn't sleep well.
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FrogInTheWell
· 12-13 18:11
That's so true, discipline is really more valuable than the indicator values. I used to pile up all kinds of indicators, but I still got wiped out by emotions. Now, just sticking to stop-loss feels incredibly secure.
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TokenCreatorOP
· 12-13 05:34
Discipline is easy to talk about but really difficult to practice—it's true hellish difficulty.
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GateUser-44a00d6c
· 12-13 05:29
Discipline is more useful than indicators, but most people can't do it.
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ConfusedWhale
· 12-13 05:24
Basically, it still comes down to discipline; no matter how fancy the technical indicators are, they are useless without it.
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NFTDreamer
· 12-13 05:18
That's right, discipline is worth much more than metrics. I used to be a metrics fanatic too, but I ended up losing a lot. Now I just mechanically follow the plan and actually make steady gains.
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FomoAnxiety
· 12-13 05:11
Nice words, but I still have a bad habit—whenever I see a rise, I want to go all in.
Many traders are asking the same question: "I know all the technical indicators, why am I still constantly losing?" Honestly, this is like treating the crypto market as a standardized exam—no matter how many indicators you use, they won't guarantee stable profits.
Over the years, I've stepped on many trading pitfalls. From liquidation to chasing high-multiplier coins, I only realized a simple truth later: those shiny technical indicators are less useful than a reliable set of trading rules. Now, I trade mechanically according to a rhythm, and surprisingly, my sleep quality has improved, and my monthly returns are more balanced.
The market will always fluctuate, but when you enter, how to scale in stages, and when to exit—these decisions are in your hands. It's not about guessing the rise or fall, but learning how to operate within a set of defined rules.
I've interacted with several traders, each with different approaches. Some completely ignore candlestick charts, following a process of "gradual entry, adding positions on breakouts, reducing on pullbacks," and in a month, they double their principal. Others start with 1200U, setting profit-taking and stop-loss points for each trade in advance, regularly withdrawing part of the profits to support their lives, and within three months, their accounts grow close to 5000U.
What about the common traits of most losers? They make a little profit and think about getting rich quick, lose a bit and stubbornly buy the dip, placing over ten orders a day, completely driven by price movements and emotional swings. Even if the market direction is correct, losing the rhythm makes all efforts futile.
To survive longer, just follow three simple rules: scale in gradually, start with small probes before increasing size, and never go all-in at once; add positions in line with the trend, take profits when the market drops, and avoid panic buying; set your stop-loss and take-profit levels before trading so the system can execute automatically, and don't change your plan at critical moments.
The crypto world is never short of legends of overnight riches, but what’s missing are traders who can survive long-term. My secret is simply to focus all the energy others spend on chasing trends into strictly executing the trading discipline I’ve set for myself.