You didn't misread it, but you didn't hold on
The market slowly went back up, even doubled.
You stared at the screen, watching the price keep jumping, but your account was already empty.
Only those who have experienced it can understand the feeling of emptiness.
You obviously got on the train a long time ago, but you were washed down by the negative lines in the middle; you clearly judged the direction correctly, but you stopped profit in advance and walked ahead of the main rising wave.
Watching the "meat that you could have eaten" being taken away by others.
It's like you queued for half an hour, but the food was eaten by someone else as soon as it was served.
Why can't we hold on?
The first problem: the stop loss is set too close, and it is swept out in a shock
Many people are afraid of losses, even if there is a 1% callback, they set a stop loss, but the stock takes off as soon as it is cut. It's not that you misread it, but that you are too anxious and lack room for error.
The second problem: run away after making a little profit, afraid that the profit will turn into a loss
The essence of this mentality is: no grasp of the market and no confidence in the strategy. It’s not that you can’t hold on, it’s that you don’t know how to judge “how long is reasonable to hold on”.
The third problem: you don’t dare to cover or increase your position in the middle
When the trend is really confirmed, you have no position and stand on the sidelines anxiously. The market doubles, but you become the one who applauds on the sidelines.
You are not “not good at doing it”, you just can’t do it stably. The most painful thing in trading is never the liquidation or loss, but that you clearly saw it right but didn’t get it!
Want to solve this kind of “regret-type loss”? It's very simple. I'll give you 3 suggestions:
1. Set up a "main rising position holding strategy"
Use a batch stop-profit mechanism instead of a one-time profit-taking mechanism → Let the profitable orders carry an umbrella and eat until the end of the trend
2. Use "retracement to cover positions"
Small positions are added at the key trend retracement position, do not chase high or naked short positions
3. Build a "trading review record book"
Write down every time you sell at a loss, and look at it again after three days → You will find that most of them are "emotional head type" mistakes
If you always sell at a loss, cut wrong, and can't hold, it means that you need a complete rhythm system, not trading based on feelings.
Follow me and I will teach you how to really eat a whole trend. This time, you will no longer stand on the sidelines and watch others double their profits. It's not that you don't have a chance, it's that you haven't learned to hold on!
