#数字资产生态回暖 Seven years of crypto life have made me see a truth: this market has never knocked out people for being stupid.

Two years ago, a friend asked me about Ethereum's trend, and I suggested she could try positioning herself. When the gains reached 50%, she was asking every day whether to sell. I casually said "consider reducing your position," and she sold everything immediately.

Guess what? ETH then doubled again. Since then, she rarely spoke up in the group chat.

In fact, most people don't really need advice; they just want someone to give them an excuse to step back.

At the end of the year, a trading buddy came to me for a talk. His account only had 3500 USDT left, but he had a bunch of liquidation records. He said if he lost again, he would give up completely.

I listed three bottom lines that he must not touch:
- Keep each position within one-fifth of the total funds
- Don’t hesitate to cut losses, sell when needed
- After closing the market, take time to review

He insisted on following them. In less than two months, his account grew from 3500 to 70,000. During that period, we almost daily monitored the charts, studied on-chain data, eyes sore from looking, but the account balance kept rising.

When money increases, people's mindset tends to change.

He suddenly wanted to do live streaming trading for fans and went directly with 20x leverage. A single bearish candle crashed the account, shrinking it by 40% on the spot.

At 3 a.m., he cried asking me: "Am I doing stupid again?"

I only said one sentence: "In trading, there are no ifs, only results."

I told him to close all positions immediately and calm down for two days. Two hours later, he sent a screenshot of his full position.

Before deleting him, I only left him one sentence:
"Capital can be rebuilt with skill, but once discipline collapses, you have nothing. What you truly lose isn’t a market move, but every grand excuse you make for yourself."

The cruelest truth of this market is this: most traders aren’t really making trading decisions; they are just amplifying their inner weaknesses with funds.

The ones who can survive from here are often not the smartest, but those who can stick to the rules.

If you find yourself repeatedly stumbling in the same place, maybe it’s time to ask yourself—are you stuck because of the market, or because of your own personality?