2026-01-22 13:01:06

Shut up, close the software, make money.

Where did that confidence go when you were building your position? Clearly set stop-loss and take-profit levels, yet your finger stays glued to the screen, and every time the K-line jumps, your heart skips a beat— is this trading? This is basically torture.

The dividing line between smart traders and retail investors is two words: discipline.

Once a plan is formed, you must trust it to execute itself. You don't need to prove you're right every minute; what you need to do is let those correct trades run on their own.

Don't use "carelessness leads to chaos" as an excuse. Frankly, it's just your control obsession acting up, without the courage to face the market's random fluctuations. And the market never cares about your heartbeat—it’s always cold and objective.

Those who hold their urine, feel anxious, or slip and close positions in front of the screen, end up giving back all their profits. And those who truly eat the meat? They've long gone for tea and a walk.

A few realities:

Staring at the screen won't change your profits; it will only increase your transaction fees.

The hand you use to modify your stop-loss and take-profit often cuts against yourself.

A bull market won't stop just because you turn off the screen.

The market's operation logic is simple: open a position, set your lines, turn off the device. Let probability and time work for you. The real courage to become truly calm and wealthy might just be one time away from closing the app.

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RugPullSurvivor

· 8h ago

Well said. I previously lost thousands of dollars due to a slip and closing my position manually. Now I just set the stop-loss and turn off the device.

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MoonRocketman

· 8h ago

According to the RSI indicator measurement, the "stop-loss execution" in this article has already broken through the upper band of the Bollinger Bands... To be honest, the window for psychological readiness is only a few minutes; if missed, you can only watch others' rockets take off.

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0xLostKey

· 8h ago

Haha, it's the same old story, but to be honest, my finger really stuck to the screen. --- Turning off the device is easy to say, but who can resist at critical moments? --- Discipline? I just want to know how many people can truly stick to it. --- Watching the market all day and still losing money, but after turning off for a day, it actually went up. The market is so magical. --- That's right, but I can't do it. This is the true portrayal of retail investors. --- The profits I吐回去 (regurgitate) are more than I earned. Am I trading or gambling? --- I've heard too many of these motivational sayings, but the problem is I still can't change. --- The last sentence hit the point; indeed, it's just missing that bit of courage.

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ServantOfSatoshi

· 8h ago

That's right, the key is to have this kind of resolve. I've seen too many people who, when building a position, are confident and determined, but as soon as they see a single bearish candle, they start to panic, and in the end, they lose everything. Discipline is truly the only standard that separates gold from dross.

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FortuneTeller42

· 8h ago

You're really sharp. I used to be that fool who held their pee and stared at the screen, couldn't stop pressing on it. Now I realize that the ones really making money are the ones who turn off their devices and drink tea. --- Talking about discipline is easy, but actually doing it can drive you crazy. All those "correct trades" I had are now running on their own, while I’m sitting here bored out of my mind. --- Haha, that hit me hard. Every time I change my take-profit, I end up cutting myself, and the more I adjust, the more I lose. --- I know quite a few people in front of the screen, and they really did give back their profits. No joke. --- Setting orders, drawing lines, turning off the device—easy to say, but it takes incredible self-control to actually do it. --- The phrase "control obsession" hit home for me. Clearly planned things, but I just have to manually adjust them, which is pure self-sabotage. --- Now I’m trying to turn off the app early to see if I can really get rich quick. Anyway, I haven’t made much from watching the charts. --- Those people who get anxious and end up slipping on the screen—I used to be one of them. Thinking back, how stupid was I.

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