Master's Personal Stop-Loss Training Method: Turn "Cutting Losses" into Muscle Memory, the More You Walk the Night Road, the Less You Fear the Dark
"Master, I haven't slept well again." The disciple pointed to an account with a floating loss of 18%, with only 2% buffer left on the stop-loss line. "Afraid of cutting?" I asked. He nodded: "If I cut, I'll really lose." This is precisely the result of "fear, hope, comfort" at work — during floating losses, hoping to recover drags stop-losses, and during floating gains, fearing profit loss leads to chaotic take-profits, with the root cause all in the emotions dominating trading.
There is only one remedy to treat the root: turn stop-loss into muscle memory. I gave him a set of training plans applicable to both spot and contract trading:
Prepare the tuition: 5000U for spot or 1000U for contracts, only use small positions; set a time limit: the goal is not to profit, but to "lose" the principal according to rules; strictly adhere to discipline: only trade on system signals, single spot trades ≤5%, contracts 1-3 times per position, each trade must include fixed stop-loss and take-profit, stop after completing 10 trades in a week; cycle training: if forced liquidation occurs, pay additional tuition, if there are excess profits, take the profit and leave the principal to continue.
Actually, according to the discipline of "looking for losses," it is harder to lose everything, and more importantly, it transforms stop-loss from "cutting losses" into "checking in," naturally reducing fear. The standard for position size is simple: when the stop-loss is triggered, you can still smile while taking a screenshot to share.
Remember, without a trading system, do not blindly enter the market, otherwise, you will only become a "philanthropist" in the market. Just like walking the night road more, you fear the dark less; once you become familiar with stop-loss, emotions can no longer manipulate the account.
I have once stumbled in the dark alone, but now I raise a lamp to guide the way. The lamp is here, the road is here — will you follow, or not? #九月加密市场能否突破? $ETH @栗子交易日记