Why can't 99% of people hold onto profitable trades?
I've been trading for 10 years, and for the first 2 years, I just kept going in circles—
making small profits and losing big, over and over again. It was only after gaining more experience that I truly realized:
Not being able to hold onto profitable trades is not a mindset issue, but rather a lack of a personal trading system.
In the past, as soon as my account showed a few points of profit, I would rush to take profits.
I was always afraid of profit retracement and market reversal. As a result, every time I sold, the price would soar,
watching the stock price and cryptocurrency price double, while I could only regretfully slap my thigh.
It was only later that I understood:
True profit does not come from frequently harvesting small gains,
but rather from—letting profits run.
Now I have set a strict rule for myself:
Draw the take-profit line before entering a trade, and I will not exit until the target is reached.
Even if there is a severe pullback during the trade, as long as it doesn't break key support, I will hold steady.
At first, it was indeed torturous, but after persisting a few times, I found that
catching a big trend can be worth dozens of small skirmishes.
Trading is not about who makes money the fastest, but about who lasts the longest.
Only those who can resist temptation are qualified to take the biggest bite of the meat $BTC
