2026-01-02 10:24:02

Chasing that $2M milestone hits different. But here's the thing—once you're there, the real test starts. Easy money makes people sloppy. You wake up with serious gains and suddenly think every move is genius, every shortcut is justified.

That's when you lose it all.

The grind doesn't stop at your target number. In fact, it gets harder. More to protect, more to lose, more noise trying to distract you. The market doesn't care about your portfolio size—it punishes careless thinking the same way regardless.

Stay disciplined. Don't let success scramble your judgment. The biggest fortunes get wiped out not by bad entries, but by complacency. Keep your head clear and your strategy sharper. That's how you actually keep what you earn.

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CryptoWageSlave

· 4h ago

Really, the moment you get 2 million is just the beginning, not the end... I've seen too many people start to get carried away after making money, only to lose everything in a single pullback.

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TopEscapeArtist

· 4h ago

Addiction to bottom-fishing, obsession with technicals, high-level bagholders. Rational during review, entirely relying on intuition during live trading. Gets hyped at MACD golden cross, can't see the head and shoulders top either. --- **Comment:** Hey, 2M is indeed a hurdle... but I've seen too many people crash here. Really, once you slack off on stop-loss placement, danger signals flood in. No matter how perfect the technicals are, they can't save emotional traders—that's a painful lesson. --- **Comment:** Exactly, but the hardest part is... you simply can't objectively see yourself. I only realize during review how I failed to spot that head and shoulders pattern back then. --- **Comment:** Stay calm? Try bottom-fishing... once you start bagholding, all market cycles and all-time highs become noise in your mind. --- **Comment:** This paragraph hits home. Thinking you're a genius at high levels, trying to bottom-fish for redemption at lows... it's just poor stop-loss execution. --- **Comment:** A bunch of bearish signals, but unwilling to cut positions, ending up completely liquidated. It hurts.

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rug_connoisseur

· 4h ago

Once it reaches 2 million, it starts to get carried away, I totally understand this.

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