Ever scroll through Binance square and see those massive liquidations? The $10k, $50k, $100k accounts gone in a flash.
The story is almost always the same. It starts with a small loss that the trader refused to take. Why? Hope.
Hope that the market will turn around. Hope that they’ll be proven right.
But here’s the hard truth: Hope is not a risk management tool. The market doesn't care about your hope, your ego, or your need to be right.
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The "HODL" Mentality is a Futures Killer
In spot trading, "HODLing" through a dip can sometimes work. In futures? It’s a guaranteed path to liquidation.
The refusal to accept a small, controlled loss is driven by two emotions:
· The pain of being wrong. (It hurts our ego!)
· The fear of selling the bottom. (What if it rips right after I close?)
So, instead of taking a disciplined 2-3% loss, they watch it become 20%... 50%... until margin calls do the dirty work for them. They turn a simple mistake into an account-ending event.
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How to Take a Loss Like a Champ
Being a professional isn't about winning every trade. It's about losing correctly.
A small loss is a strategic decision. It’s the cost of doing business. It’s a tuition fee paid to the market.
Before you enter ANY trade, you MUST know your exit point—the price that proves your thesis wrong. When price hits your stop-loss, you don't debate. You don't move your stop further away.
You execute your plan. Period.
This discipline does two powerful things:
1. Preserves your capital. You live to trade another day.
2. Frees your mind. You're no longer chained to a bad trade, praying for a miracle.
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Stop hoping. Start executing.
Protect your capital like it's your most valuable asset. Because it is.
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