My $10,000 Mistake: The Brutal Lesson That Made Me a Better Trader
We've all been there. That feeling of invincibility when the market's pumping, and every trade seems to hit.
For me, it was late 2021. I saw friends making life-changing money, and FOMO hit hard.
I'd been dabbling, but I wanted a piece of the parabolic action.
I went all in on an altcoin, ignoring every risk management rule in the book.
No stop-loss, over-leveraged, and convinced it was going to the moon. I was up 30%, then 50%... I felt like a genius. But then, the whispers started.
The market turned, slowly at first, then a brutal cascade.
I watched my portfolio bleed. What was a paper gain quickly became a painful loss.
I held, paralyzed by hope and denial, as that $10,000 evaporated.
Gone.
Just like that.
It stung.
