Have you noticed how most traders only share the wins, but never the risk plan behind the trade?
A lot of people lose money in crypto not because their idea was wrong, but because they entered without a plan. No stop loss, too much leverage, and suddenly a small move turns into a liquidation or a painful loss.
Take a recent $AVAX short I opened with lower conviction. The key wasn’t “being right”, it was defining the risk first. The stop loss was set at 6.51 and the position used 15x leverage. Even with solid volume behind the move, the trade still closed with a -5,109.38 USDT PnL while price moved around 4.43%. That’s the reality most people don’t talk about.
If you want to survive volatile markets like $AVAX or even majors like $BTC and $ETH, flip the process. Decide your invalidation level first, size the position so the loss is acceptable, then take the trade. The goal isn’t perfect calls. It’s controlled damage when you’re wrong.
How do you decide where your stop loss goes before entering a trade?