2026-01-09 10:33:10

Had to take profits early on that position. Pretty frustrating watching it go 2-3x after exiting. Classic case of cutting winners short - locked in some gains but left serious money on the table. Timing the market exit is genuinely one of the hardest parts of trading.

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FancyResearchLab

· 12h ago

In theory, a feasible timing strategy would work, but in practice, it just locks you into the contract... Watching 2-3 times the returns wave goodbye, this is just Lu Ban Qi Hao's daily routine of construction.

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HypotheticalLiquidator

· 01-10 18:12

Early bird discounts, to put it simply, are just a matter of not setting the risk control threshold properly. Watching 2-3 times gains slip away from your fingertips, this is a typical case of healthy factor imbalance—at the moment of locking in profits, the dominoes of systemic risk start to fall.

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AlwaysMissingTops

· 01-10 13:22

This is the fate of panic selling... Watching the soaring candlestick pattern, I grit my teeth, but I do have cash on hand. What can I say?

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QuietlyStaking

· 01-10 03:27

Getting eliminated early is really crazy, and then it went up several times later, which is exhausting to watch. But to be honest, being able to cash out in time isn't too bad either.

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PuzzledScholar

· 01-09 11:03

Selling early is really the biggest mental hurdle in playing coins. Watching it soar makes it even more frustrating... But on the other hand, it's better to be alive and get the money than to have your dreams shattered.

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LiquidatedAgain

· 01-09 11:00

It's the same old trick... sell early, then it soars to the daily limit. I have to ask—are the risk control points set properly? In my opinion, instead of worrying about where to cut, it's better to think about how to avoid the liquidation price being so close next time. A thousand gold can't buy early knowledge—that's exactly what this is about.

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ImpermanentPhilosopher

· 01-09 10:58

Getting out early was a huge loss, this feeling is truly incredible. Deserved to be educated by the market.

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LiquidityNinja

· 01-09 10:48

That moment of taking profit or cutting losses is really tormenting. Watching the soaring chart, I want to cry but have no tears... But on the other hand, exiting alive isn't considered a loss.

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DefiEngineerJack

· 01-09 10:33

nah this is actually™ a textbook failure of position sizing theory. if you'd properly optimized your exit strategy using kelly criterion, you wouldn't be in this mess rn

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