Last night during the liquidation, I looked at the string of numbers in the transaction record, and my stomach churned. Starting to add positions at 0.448, I thought 0.38 was the bottom, at 0.29 I thought it would rebound, at 0.22 I told myself this is a golden pit... And what was the result? I kept adding positions all the way down to 0.148, that damned trend was like a kite with a broken string, not even looking back. In the end, watching my account shrink by 65%, I finally trembled and clicked 'Sell All'. What value investing, what faith to hold, in the face of reality, there are only four words left: sinful garbage. That feeling was like struggling in quicksand; the harder you try, the deeper you sink.
This painful experience has made me completely understand a truth: in a one-sided downtrend, the so-called "averaging down to reduce costs" is often just a self-comforting trap, especially when you lack strict capital management and hedging strategies. Every time you "average down," you are adding a bet to the initial wrong judgment, ultimately being kidnapped by "sunk costs," sinking deeper and deeper. After reflecting on the pain, I began to think wildly: If at that time, I hadn't bet all my funds on that constantly bottom-seeking asset, but instead had part of my assets always in a stable and safe state, would my mindset and outcome have been completely different? The answer to this question led me to focus on the "ballast" in the crypto world - the stablecoin system represented by @usddio that truly practices the philosophy of #USDD of seeing stability.
In a crash, what we desire most is not the next doubling myth, but certainty. The desire is for part of the asset's value not to evaporate due to the failure of a project, a piece of bad news, or the panic of the entire market. What @usddio provides is just this kind of certainty. It does not promise to let you rise from 0.148 back to 0.448; it promises that if you hold USDD, its value will always be stable and pegged to the dollar. This stability comes from its excess collateral and transparent asset reserves behind it, not from anyone's belief or slogan. It allows you to always have a piece of "lifeboat" that won't sink amidst the market's turbulence.
Imagine if you had divided the funds you planned to use for "averaging down" into two parts. One part (say 30%) converted to USDD as "strategic reserves," while the other part (70%) was used for your investment plan. When the asset drops from 0.448 to 0.38, you won't rush to use all your reserves out of eagerness to "reduce costs." You can calmly assess and perhaps only use a portion of the funds to test the waters. When it continues to plunge toward the abyss of 0.148, you still hold that 30% of USDD. They haven't shrunk, giving you a huge psychological advantage and real choice: you can choose to use them to seize genuine opportunities, or continue to hold and wait for the market to clarify. You are no longer the "gambler" who can only despair and average down after being trapped, but rather the "hunter" who retains strength and initiative.
So, my friend, stop cursing that K-line that has gone and won't return. The real lesson is not having chosen the wrong coin, but rather, in the midst of the storm, not having built a solid "safe haven" for yourself. @usddio and the philosophy behind #USDD of seeing stability is teaching you to build that safe haven. In the world of investment, surviving is more important than how much you earn in a moment. What allows you to survive is often not the one that rises the most, but the one that falls the steadiest. Next time you think about "averaging down," why not ask yourself first: Is my "stable position" stable enough?