#以太坊行情技术解读 In this market, I’ve been grinding for seven years and finally understood a truth: those who are truly eliminated are often not the ones lacking intelligence.
Last year, I met a friend who wanted to buy Ethereum. I told her to try small. As soon as it rose by 50%, she started panicking, bombarding me daily with messages asking if she should cut her position. I casually said, "It's about time to watch out," and she immediately sold everything.
What happened next? ETH continued to rise, more than doubling again. Since then, she’s been silent in our discussions.
Actually, many people aren’t really looking for answers—they’re just looking for an excuse to get out.
At the end of the year, a friend came to me. He only had 3000 yuan in his wallet, but his liquidation records filled his entire account. He said he would quit if he lost again.
I set three iron rules for him: - No single position exceeding one-fifth of total funds - Cut losses when needed, don’t fight yourself - Review every trading day
He followed them grudgingly. In two months, his 3000 grew to 70,000. During that time, we watched the K-line and on-chain data every day, eyes nearly blinded, watching the account figures jump up day by day—an indescribable feeling.
But that’s the key point. As the money grew, the heart became more wild.
Suddenly, he decided to "trade with followers," then directly opened 20x leverage. A big bearish candle hit, and his account shrank by 40%.
At 3 a.m., he cried and asked me, "Am I making the same old mistake again?"
I said, "The market only recognizes results, not possibilities."
I told him to clear his position and cool off for two days. Two hours later, he sent a screenshot of his full position.
Before deleting him, I said: “You can lose money and still make it back, but once your discipline breaks, you’re nothing. You’re not losing to the market; you’re losing the excuses you make for yourself every time.”
The cruelest part is—this market actually amplifies everyone’s character flaws. Most people aren’t really trading; they’re using real money to repeatedly validate their desires and fears.
Those who truly make money may not have the highest IQ, but they definitely stick to discipline.
If you find yourself repeatedly stumbling in the same place, stop and ask yourself—are you fighting the market, or fighting yourself?
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LightningLady
· 1m ago
To be honest, that last part really hit me. I'm the kind of person who keeps falling into the same pit; every time I think this time will be different, but in reality, I'm just making excuses for greed.
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SleepyValidator
· 12-13 13:06
Discipline is easy to talk about, but when the account starts to grow, you forget everything... I really understand that feeling.
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APY_Chaser
· 12-13 13:01
Breaking discipline is more devastating than losing money; my friend is a living warning example...
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SatoshiHeir
· 12-13 12:54
It should be noted that this article essentially touches on a core topic in behavioral economics—the economic cost of self-deception. However, the author's presentation still contains logical flaws.
According to on-chain data analysis, the real issue is not discipline itself, but the motivation behind discipline. Your friend’s journey from 3,000 to 70,000 seems to verify the "discipline theory," but in reality, he was simply executing risk control during a lucky ride—once profits were realized and his mindset reversed, discipline immediately collapsed. What does this indicate? It shows that his discipline has never been an intrinsic value acknowledgment; it’s just a forced survival strategy.
This is no coincidence. Returning to the original thoughts in Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper—the fundamental design of Bitcoin was to eliminate reliance on human nature, using code rather than morality to constrain behavior. Yet, you try to use moral preaching to compare against technical constraints, which is fundamentally a category mistake.
What is truly being eliminated are those who treat trading as a self-cultivation course. The market doesn’t need you to grow; it only needs you to survive.
#以太坊行情技术解读 In this market, I’ve been grinding for seven years and finally understood a truth: those who are truly eliminated are often not the ones lacking intelligence.
Last year, I met a friend who wanted to buy Ethereum. I told her to try small. As soon as it rose by 50%, she started panicking, bombarding me daily with messages asking if she should cut her position. I casually said, "It's about time to watch out," and she immediately sold everything.
What happened next? ETH continued to rise, more than doubling again. Since then, she’s been silent in our discussions.
Actually, many people aren’t really looking for answers—they’re just looking for an excuse to get out.
At the end of the year, a friend came to me. He only had 3000 yuan in his wallet, but his liquidation records filled his entire account. He said he would quit if he lost again.
I set three iron rules for him:
- No single position exceeding one-fifth of total funds
- Cut losses when needed, don’t fight yourself
- Review every trading day
He followed them grudgingly. In two months, his 3000 grew to 70,000. During that time, we watched the K-line and on-chain data every day, eyes nearly blinded, watching the account figures jump up day by day—an indescribable feeling.
But that’s the key point. As the money grew, the heart became more wild.
Suddenly, he decided to "trade with followers," then directly opened 20x leverage. A big bearish candle hit, and his account shrank by 40%.
At 3 a.m., he cried and asked me, "Am I making the same old mistake again?"
I said, "The market only recognizes results, not possibilities."
I told him to clear his position and cool off for two days. Two hours later, he sent a screenshot of his full position.
Before deleting him, I said:
“You can lose money and still make it back, but once your discipline breaks, you’re nothing. You’re not losing to the market; you’re losing the excuses you make for yourself every time.”
The cruelest part is—this market actually amplifies everyone’s character flaws. Most people aren’t really trading; they’re using real money to repeatedly validate their desires and fears.
Those who truly make money may not have the highest IQ, but they definitely stick to discipline.
If you find yourself repeatedly stumbling in the same place, stop and ask yourself—are you fighting the market, or fighting yourself?