Greed and cognitive biases are indeed major enemies on the investment journey. Here are a few core viewpoints:
1. The essential reasons for retail investors' losses
1.1. Behavioral dominance of the mind
Greed leads to "aggressive actions after gains and a gambler's mentality after losses," with dopamine driving frequent trading. High-frequency traders have a loss probability three times that of smart investors.
Example: Major players use technical indicators (such as head and shoulders, golden cross) to create illusions, inducing retail investors to chase prices and take over.
1.2. Cognitive and informational disadvantages
Retail investors rely on lagging and fragmented information (such as news and rumors), while institutions possess funding advantages and professional analytical capabilities.
Key reminder: Information can be easily manipulated; it's essential to cultivate independent judgment abilities (for example, by approaching from macro policies and market sentiment).
2. Breaking the deadlock strategy: from "human nature confrontation" to "system building"
2.1. Counter-intuitive operations: reverse thinking and position management
Wait with no position: Avoid blind trading, wait for market panic to hit a low point (such as widespread sell-offs by retail investors and concentrated negative media coverage) before entering the market.
Position control: Taking historical opportunities like "tax increases in country M" as an example, one can gradually build positions in undervalued ranges (such as half positions) to reduce risk.
2.2. Building a multi-dimensional cognitive system
Three major dimensions:
- Probability thinking: Acknowledge market uncertainty, formulate strategies using win rates and profit-loss ratios.
- Game theory thinking: Understand the psychological games between major players and retail investors, and avoid easily chasing prices and selling at losses.
- Ecological thinking: Examine investment targets from macroeconomic perspectives (such as East-West policy confrontations) and industry cycles.
2.3. Minimal execution principles
Reduce trading frequency: Lower the probability of making mistakes, only act in high-certainty opportunities.
Cut losses: Set strict stop-loss disciplines to avoid "small losses turning into large losses."
3. Core mindset: Investment is the "ultimate training" against human nature
The essence of knowing what to do but finding it hard to act: Overcoming impulsive trading driven by dopamine stimulation requires long-term disciplined training.
Countering fragmented information interference: Focus on authoritative sources (such as policy documents and industry research reports), filter out noise, and develop interpretive abilities.
Summary: The ultimate competition in investment is not IQ, but the "self-discipline" that counters human nature and the cognitive depth that "penetrates appearances." The market is never short of opportunities; what is lacking is the systematic ability to "see clearly, wait patiently, and hold firmly."
Keep it up, partners in the crypto circle!