Late at night, Bitcoin suddenly surges 10%, and the square is buzzing: 'The last wealth train!' Your heart races, your finger trembles over the buy button, and only one voice echoes in your mind: If I don’t get in now, it will be too late!
This is a typical symptom of FOMO (fear of missing out). Data shows that 63% of cryptocurrency losses stem from FOMO-driven chasing highs and cutting losses.
Why are you always controlled by FOMO?
The root lies in the 'scarcity mindset'—the subconscious belief that 'opportunities are only this one time'. It makes you:
→ Fantasizing about 'waiting a bit longer for financial freedom' when profits are at 40%, resulting in zero returns
→ Panic selling right after a 30% profit, missing out on a subsequent 400% increase
→ Clinging to a zombie position for two years, just because of the fear of admitting mistakes
This mindset often stems from childhood anxiety about money scarcity, yet it now controls your trading account.
The breakthrough method of top traders
1. Start the dual-track decision-making system
When the market is euphoric:
• Measure heart rate: If it exceeds resting levels by 20%, immediately pause operations (this reduces error rates by 37%)
• Set a 5-minute cooling-off period, filtering impulsiveness like an Amazon shopping cart
2. Dynamic position management
Divide the account into:
• Impulsive position (≤5% of funds): Release emotions
• Strategy position (95%): Strictly follow the rule of 'taking profits on 30% of the position and trailing stop loss on the remainder'
3. Reshape wealth perception
Daily ask yourself: 'If I had $10 million, how would I decide at this moment?'
The answer is never 'go all in on altcoins' or 'hold until zero'.
Institutions are calmly harvesting the market with futures hedging + staking profits, while retail investors are still tossed by emotions. The true wealth secret is to make rationality an instinctive response—the market will eventually reward those who tame their inner demons.
Newton's regret warns us: madness can be calculated, simply replace emotional algorithms with rational formulas.