On a dawn in December 2024, I sat in front of my computer, staring blankly at the price of BTC at $38,400. Watching the price hover for several days, I just couldn't make a move. The reason was simple—fear. Fear that if I bought, the price would drop; fear of missing out would drive me crazy.

At that moment, I came across a piece of on-chain data: a whale wallet that had been silent for two years suddenly transferred 3,000 BTC to an exchange. My intuition told me this wasn't just a simple 'dump,' but an attempt to trigger panic buying. So, I took the opposite action, placing an order to buy 0.15 BTC at $38,500, resolute in my decision—not to be a FOMO retail investor, nor a bystander with an empty position.

I am a player who 'pretends to be short-term, but actually holds long.' Every time I say I want to sell high and buy low, but once I buy in, I start coming up with various reasons to convince myself to hold long-term: 'It's digital gold,' 'halving next year,' 'the ETF is about to be approved'... I talk about trading in segments, but I hold onto it tightly.

Recently, the market has been volatile, and I've learned to be smarter by setting automatic take-profit and stop-loss orders. The goal is to take profit on half at $42,000 and stop-loss automatically if it drops below $37,000. This way, I can sleep at night; otherwise, I would be glued to the K-line charts, living like a futures dog.

The day after buying, Bitcoin suddenly surged to $39,800. My friends said I timed it perfectly, but I knew it was luck. However, sometimes the market favors those with courage.

This trade wasn't the most perfect one I've made, but it was the one I regretted the least. Compared to price fluctuations, being decisive in hesitation and placing the order is the real beginning of growth.