In this article, I want to share a real experience I had during a trade of $DASH , where I learned one of the most important lessons in trading:
The trader's emotion does not depend on the market; it depends on the size of the position. Many think that anxiety comes from 'whether the candle goes up or down.' But in reality, it comes from trading larger than what your account and strategy allow.

📌 1. Technical analysis can be perfect… but if the position is huge, you will fail anyway

In this trade:

  • The structure in 4H and 1H was clearly bearish.

  • The entry was aligned with EMA21/EMA50 in 15m.

  • In 5m we had an impeccable confirmation candle.

  • The SL and TP levels were correct.

Everything was fine.

But I made a common mistake:

👉 I entered too large trying to 'not miss' the confirmation.

Result:

Although the idea was good, the normal pullback before falling caused:

  • Unnecessary stress

  • Doubts

  • Impulses to close

  • Poor emotional management

  • And a trade that became heavy without need

    In the end, I reached TP1, but emotionally it was not a healthy trade.

2. Emotion does not come from the chart — it comes from the size of your position

This is the most important part of the article:

There are no candles that are scary.

There are positions that are too large.

When you trade too large:

  • Every candle feels like a personal attack

  • Every pullback feels like a trend reversal

  • You move the SL

  • You make impulsive decisions

  • You can't think clearly

  • And FOMO becomes dominant

    When you trade with the CORRECT size:

  • You can wait for confirmation without anxiety

  • Pullbacks do not affect you

  • You see things clearly

  • You follow the plan without fear

  • You make better decisions

  • And you accept the loss if it occurs, without drama


    3. The rule that changes everything: size is calculated BEFORE entering


This was my biggest learning:

👉 The position size must be defined BEFORE seeing the entry signal, never after.

The correct process is:

1) Define structure (4H and 1H)

I only trade if the trend is clear.

2) Identify the zone (15m)

EMA21/EMA50, supports, resistances.

3) Identify invalidation (real SL)

At what point does the idea stop making sense?

4) Calculate size according to % risk (1–2%)

If your maximum risk is 20 USDT, and the SL is 1 USDT away, you can only enter with 20 tokens, never with 100.

5) And only then wait for confirmation (5m)

No FOMO.

Without urgency.

Without overloading.

📌 4. How to avoid FOMO without missing good entries?

A professional strategy I learned:

⭐ Split entry (2 steps)

1️⃣ Aggressive entry

A small part (30–50%) in the ideal zone (EMA21/EMA50).

2️⃣ Confirmed entry

The other part when the confirmation red candle appears.

Advantages:

• Better average price

• Less stress

• Less overlap

• If the price escapes, at least you have a part

• If it invalidates, you lose less than the total risk

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📌 5. The final outcome of the trade

• I closed everything at TP1

• The TP2 was also reached

• The bearish structure remained

• But the great lesson was emotional, not technical

This trade taught me a valuable lesson:

Technical analysis gets you into a trade.

The correct size allows you to stay in it.

Controlled emotion allows you to finish it well.

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🧠 Final conclusion

Trading is not about guessing candles.

It's about managing risk, controlling emotion, and following a repeatable process.

And the key that holds everything is this:

▶️ The size of your position defines your emotional state.

▶️ Your emotion defines your decisions.

▶️ Your decisions define your results.

If you improve your position size control, you will improve your psychology…

and if you improve your psychology, you will improve your entire trading.

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