Last night someone in the group asked: “Why do you lose more money the more you stare at the market?”

I replied directly: “Because you treat candlestick charts like an ECG and value your position more than your life.”

If you stay in the crypto circle for a long time, you will find a pattern:

Those who go all-in want to shut down and escape when the market drops, and when it rises a little, they panic and rush to take profits;

Those who are out of the market, after three days of not looking at the market, miss out on opportunities and regret it, always realizing too late;

Only those with “half positions + stop losses” can smile every day, and their capital curve keeps rising steadily.

This is not metaphysics; it's the “game mentality” of trading at work:

Winning is not flaunted, losing is not cursed;

When facing liquidation, they don’t shift blame, and when profitable, they don’t get overly excited;

They only think about “how to play the next round,” instead of obsessing over “how to lose the previous round.”

How to incorporate the game mentality into the trading system? It can be achieved in three steps:

First step, absolutely don’t go all in.

If you put all your capital on the line, you turn from a rational player into a gambler, left with nothing but prayers. But prayers won’t bring profits; they will only give you high blood pressure and completely disrupt your trading rhythm.

Second step, don’t stay out of the market for too long.

If you have no assets, your sensitivity to the market will instantly drop to zero: you won’t keep up with a bull market, and in a bear market, you will only gloat, ultimately leading to both your understanding and capital shrinking, becoming increasingly passive as you wait.

Third step, adjust your positions to the “slight pressure” zone.

I have a simple method: lie down in bed at eleven o’clock at night, and if you can wake up instantly because of breaking news, then your position is just right.

Too sleepy with no reaction? It means you’ve invested too little, with not enough motivation to pay attention;

Tossing and turning unable to sleep? It indicates your position is too heavy, and your heart can’t handle the fluctuations.

I usually maintain a position of 40%—60%; a 10% drop hurts but doesn’t lead me to smash my computer, and a 20% rise makes me happy but I will never impulsively quit my job. I check the market first thing in the morning but won’t be scared by a 15-minute spike.

Finally, here’s a piece of advice for you:

Don’t treat trading as a life-and-death gamble; just treat it as a game ranking;

Once your “rank” (trading ability) improves, your capital is just a trophy gifted by the market.