Have you ever tried,
Clearly, at the beginning, the logic, points, and rhythm were all right, but in the end, you still lost money?
It's not because your skills are lacking, but rather:
I hesitated to sell when it rose a bit, and ended up giving back all the profits.
I hesitated to cut losses when it dropped a few points, and got deeper into the trap.
Winning streak made me complacent, and I went in heavily only to get wrecked.
I have, and not just once.
This article wants to discuss 'the emotional copies of trading' and how I used tools to help myself escape that cycle.
🚧 What prevents me from making money is not technique, but emotions.
Once, I made a short-term trade that was originally 3 times profitable, but because I didn't cut after a bearish candle, it plummeted back to break-even.
That day I broke down. Not because I didn't make a profit, but because that **'I was supposed to make a profit'** emotion swallowed me whole.
Later, I realized that many times I didn't lose to the market, but rather I lost to:
Greed: It can still rise; I'll wait a bit longer.
Fear: I'm so anxious because it dropped; should I cut?
Self-blame: Why did I make a mistake again? Am I really not suited for this?
Impulsive: I have to make it back today, or I won't be able to sleep tonight.
These emotions make me act erratically when I should be calm and waver when I should persist.
🛠️ How did I adjust? Through discipline and tools.
You can't rely on 'willpower' to control emotions, especially in the high-leverage, fast-moving crypto world.
But you can rely on discipline + tools to set 'behavioral boundaries' for yourself in advance.
I started doing three things with CiaoTool:
✅ 1. Set stop-loss and take-profit in advance.
I no longer rely on emotional judgment during trading to decide when to exit, but set a price range for myself at the moment of opening a position:
When it hits +50%, I take half off.
Cut everything if it breaks a certain support level.
CiaoTool's automatic execution logic saves me a lot of 'hesitation time.' Cut losses when needed, run when needed, executing at full capacity.
📒 2. Record entry logic and review regularly
For every operation, I will take notes to record:
Why am I entering the market?
What is my goal?
How should I respond to the worst-case scenario?
Once a week, I will review all my trading records to see what caused those 'losses.'
The answer is never 'the coin isn't good' but 'I didn't execute according to plan.'
🧩 3. Automatic position separation + address isolation to prevent impulse heavy trading.
The worst time for me was chasing a newly launched Meme coin with a full position at midnight, only to have the liquidity drained and return to zero overnight.
Now I have learned to be smart—using CiaoTool's multi-wallet management for all operations, controlling risks separately for each position, and not exceeding 5% of the total position in capital allocation.
Others find it troublesome, but I think: compared to a total loss, the trouble is worth it.
💬 Psychological building: Trading is not about 'getting it right once,' but 'continuously surviving.'
It took me a year to understand the meaning of this sentence:
Trading is not about who executes the best, but who can last the longest with stability.
You can make strategic mistakes, but you can't have 'habitual emotional explosions.'
You can accept losses, but you can't repeatedly make the same mistake.
Stability is a kind of ability; rationality is a kind of cultivation.
That's why I rely so much on tools, because I know—
📌 When human nature can't hold up, mechanisms should come into play.
🎯 Here are some suggestions for you who are on the same path:
At first, don't pursue win rates; learn how to control losses first.
For every trade, record the reasons, emotions, and decision-making process; this is more important than recording prices.
Don't wait for emotions to rise before making decisions; turn 'reactions' into 'plans.'
Use tools as plugins to assist your brain; for instance, using CiaoTool saves me a lot of emotional energy.
Finally, if you have ever lost control, felt uneasy, or been irritable in the market, then we are fellow travelers.
But don't worry, as long as you are still correcting, the road is not wrong.