Last night, Xiao Bei in the group sent ten voice messages, with a crying tone:
"Bro, I've memorized naked K, on-chain data, and macro news, why am I still getting liquidated?"
I just replied:
"The market tests not how much you know, but whether you can control your hands."
1. Knowledge ≠ Profit
Knowing how to read K-lines doesn’t mean you know how to fight. The real enemy is that heart in front of the screen that wants to multiply tenfold. No one dares to buy at the lows, everyone chases at the highs; this script plays out every day. What you lack is not signals, but the courage to go against human nature at that moment.
2. Small Capital ≠ Quick In and Out
"With small capital, I can only trade short-term." As a result, fees + slippage first eat 3%, emotions then eat 5%, and the capital keeps getting thinner. The secret to growing small capital is just one sentence: find the trend, enter with a light position, turn off the computer and sleep. Slow is the only safety belt for small accounts.
3. Leverage ≠ Calculator
Before opening a position, first calculate the liquidation price: "Two times safe, five times bearable." When 312 and 519 come, everything goes to zero.
Risk control is not about calculating prices, but thinking beforehand: how much am I willing to lose on this trade? If it hits that amount, immediately pull the plug. Write your stop loss on paper, stick it to the screen’s edge, and cut it when triggered, no stories.
4. System = Anti-human Nature Machine
I set three iron rules for Xiao Bei:
1. Single trade risk ≤ 2% of total capital;
2. Look at the market twice a day, the rest of the time in flight mode;
3. Mandatory 24-hour break after a stop loss, no averaging down.
In less than a hundred words, it cages "impulse."
5. Discipline = Muscle Memory
In two weeks, he only placed three trades: two small losses, one floating profit of 18%. On the night of profit, he wanted to add to his position again, so I had him run 5 kilometers until he was exhausted. He came back and said: "The hardest part is not finding signals, but when the signal comes, taking a breath first."
The market doesn’t lack smart people; it lacks those who are willing to handcuff themselves. Technology is just the entry ticket; what truly determines life and death is a set of anti-human systems, a set discipline written in stone, and the ability to pull your fingers away from the mouse every time you want to go all in.
Follow @小花生说币 , stop blaming the market; most liquidation orders bear your own name.