Recently, during a period of intense market volatility, I saw someone close a short position of 200 contracts and make over $15,000 in profit. Many long positions were liquidated instantly at that moment. Ultimately, trading in the crypto world has never been about simply holding onto faith to make money; the key to profit is daring to go against the trend at critical moments. The profit potential in this wave of market movement is enough for an ordinary person to work for a whole year. Conversely, traders who choose to hold long-term positions and stubbornly stick to their longs sometimes find the gap widening just like that. The market teaches us that timely strategy adjustments and risk control are often more practical than blindly holding onto beliefs. In the fluctuations of large assets like Bitcoin, even a slight difference in response strategies can lead to completely different outcomes.
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MetaMaximalist
· 11h ago
ngl this whole "conviction vs. timing" debate is just survivorship bias wrapped in trading porn. those 200 shorts? they got lucky on one trade. where's the thread about the leverage blowups? ...anyway, hodling thesis never died, it just evolved into understanding market microstructure and adoption curves. most retail traders confuse volatility exploitation with actual protocol understanding tbh
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Degentleman
· 11h ago
Faith💀 is important, but you still need to rely on market intuition.
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BearHugger
· 11h ago
Short position earns 15k? Lie back and earn a year's worth of work money, the gap is really huge
Faith? Can faith in the crypto circle feed you? Haha
The market is so fierce, you should counterattack. Why die so much?
A single thought can cost thousands of dollars, shocking
This is the magic of trading, technology > faith
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SilentAlpha
· 11h ago
Faith is all a lie; only cutting losses is truly real.
Recently, during a period of intense market volatility, I saw someone close a short position of 200 contracts and make over $15,000 in profit. Many long positions were liquidated instantly at that moment. Ultimately, trading in the crypto world has never been about simply holding onto faith to make money; the key to profit is daring to go against the trend at critical moments. The profit potential in this wave of market movement is enough for an ordinary person to work for a whole year. Conversely, traders who choose to hold long-term positions and stubbornly stick to their longs sometimes find the gap widening just like that. The market teaches us that timely strategy adjustments and risk control are often more practical than blindly holding onto beliefs. In the fluctuations of large assets like Bitcoin, even a slight difference in response strategies can lead to completely different outcomes.