The biggest mistake in trading is lying to yourself and calling it a strategy.
It’s not the top 10 mistakes that are so problematic, or the mindset. The biggest fail is holding a bag with personalization and emotions.
Everyone goes through the usual: FOMO, late entries, fake breakouts, liquidity hunts.
Those aren’t tragic. They’re friction, tuition, maybe even just bad luck. They’re part of the trade.
What isn’t part of the trade is attachment.
Treating a token like a friend. Defending it like a friend. Imagining it has a future because you happen to own some.
That’s not strategy. That’s denial.
Holding shitcoins isn’t just bad for your PNL.
It’s bad for the market. It distorts tokenomics. It props up fake narratives. It delays the inevitable.
Let it go. Sell it. Take the loss. Walk away.
Sometimes the best trade is to close the app for a day.
You’ll survive. Your portfolio might too.