🚨 Have you experienced this "curse"?
As soon as you sell, the market immediately rises; as soon as you buy, the price starts to plunge?
Don't worry, you're not alone - this is a trap most people will fall into.
"Familiar" market script
When selling: too long in a flat range, losing patience and cutting losses → then the price skyrockets.
Holding: patiently waiting → but the market stagnates, neither making money nor losing.
When buying: seeing the price surge, fearing to miss the opportunity, rushing in → result immediately reverses and drops.
Does it feel familiar?
The truth behind psychological traps
1️⃣ Emotional trading
FOMO: fear of missing out on opportunities leading to blind chasing of highs.
Panic: emotional collapse and cutting losses during a downturn.
👉 The market feeds on emotions, not logic.
2️⃣ Cognitive bias
Recent bias: thinking the short-term trend will continue indefinitely.
Loss aversion: better to miss a big opportunity than to avoid a small loss.
Herd mentality: following the crowd into the market, but always a step behind.
3️⃣ The trap of smart money
Every buy order has a sell order.
Large funds create liquidity using retail investors' emotions, then turn around and harvest.
4️⃣ Timing misalignment
The market won't cooperate with your rhythm.
Real big trends explode after most people give up.
The cruel market cycle
Smart money is bottom-fishing - retail investors are still panicking.
Prices start to rise - retail investors still skeptical.
Prices skyrocket - retail investors FOMO chasing highs.
Smart money takes profits - retail investors are trapped at high positions.
Market correction - retail investors panic sell.
Smart money is accumulating again - the cycle starts anew.
How to escape the trap?
✅ Have a plan before trading: clarify entry and exit points.
✅ Protect your capital: set targets and stop-losses.
✅ Restrain FOMO: don’t chase after a green candlestick, wait for a pullback.
✅ Use data rather than emotions: based on logic and analysis.
✅ Patience: true winners are those who endure.
💡 As Buffett said:
"The market transfers money from the impatient to the patient."
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