"Three days, forty thousand gone." This is not a joke; it's a real story from when I rented a place in Shanghai in 2018 and personally experienced it.

That room was stiflingly hot, the fan was whirring loudly, and I couldn't even bother to wipe my sweat.

The candlesticks on the screen flickered red and green, and I felt like I was nailed to the chair, my hands trembling.

Three days ago, I was still at the peak.

The account showed a floating profit of forty-three thousand, and every refresh was a rising number.

I stared at the screen in a daze, already sketching out a plan—resign, move somewhere else, have the freedom to make money—everything seemed to be beckoning.

At that moment, I truly felt I had hit a turning point.

Even my breathing was confident. But the market never cares about your little fantasies.

In the early hours of the third day, Bitcoin suddenly plummeted.

A series of bearish candles slammed down one after another,

and the floating profit was like a flipped tablecloth, instantly wiped out.

I hadn't even reacted when half of my principal was cut.

By the time I regained my composure, only seventy thousand yuan remained in my account—very glaring.

The room was eerily quiet. The fan was still spinning, the takeout had long gone cold,

and I didn't even have the strength to stand up.

At that moment, it felt like something was blocking my chest.

It's not that I was heartbroken over the money, but I suddenly understood one thing:

I hadn't truly held onto anything.

Later, I realized that the market's sweeteners will never be announced in advance;

but when it pulls back, it never does so softly.

You think the "profits in hand" are yours, but as long as they haven't truly been pocketed,

they're just illusions on the screen.

Many people watch #数字资产动态追踪 $BTC $BNB and other coins, but to truly survive and walk out of the market, luck alone isn't enough.

What you need is to know when to stop.