2026-01-07 00:25:38

In trading markets, the biggest trap is often not the market itself, but your subjective expectations. Many people decide what they want to see before entering the market and then use various reasons to justify that direction. Technical support? That's what you want to see. Fundamental positive news? Still filtering for it. But the market never follows a script. What a true trader needs to do is let go of those preset stories, open their eyes, and see clearly what the market is really doing now. Where is the price? What about the trading volume? Are big players moving? These are the realities. Compare this to your trading habits and ask yourself: Are you placing orders based on facts, or are you using your orders to confirm your guesses?

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LiquidityOracle

· 20h ago

You're being pretty harsh, huh? This is exactly the thing I want to expose every day. Making up stories and insisting the market cooperate—does that make sense? I've seen too many people like that, claiming a bottom with just a single hammer candle—laughable. You have to admit you actually don't know much, better than blindly messing around. The most heartbreaking part is the last sentence. I often ask myself the same question... and then realize that most of the time, I'm just forcing a reason.

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CountdownToBroke

· 01-07 13:32

Countdown to bankruptcy. Just by thinking of the real name, I recall last year's wave of confident contracts... Basically, it's me, a living warning example. I watch K-line charts every day but can't see my own biases. Now, let me be blunt: That's correct, but honestly, this thing is easier said than done. I'm the kind of fool who plans the story before entering the market. No matter the technical analysis or good news, they are just excuses to justify my trades. Then, the trades start to confirm my guesses, losing more and more, and I keep adding positions... "This time it will definitely rebound"—ha, and what was the result? What really hits hard is the phrase "using trades to confirm your guesses." That's exactly what I did until bankruptcy countdown. Looking at the market now, I still have to ask myself: Was this really based on price and volume, or am I just making up stories again? I have to say, if I had heard this advice a few years earlier, my account wouldn't have zeroes in the double digits.

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BlockchainFries

· 01-07 00:55

This hits too close to home. I have to admit I really did this before: I thought about the ending before entering the market, then desperately looked for support. Before being trapped, I could always come up with a hundred reasons; only after being trapped did I realize I was fooling myself.

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FlashLoanKing

· 01-07 00:53

That hits too close to home; I lost money just like that. Clearly bearish but still looking for reasons to be bullish, and ended up getting trapped.

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fren_with_benefits

· 01-07 00:43

That hits too close to home. I'm the kind of person who already writes a novel in my mind before entering the market... --- Every damn time, I come up with my own script and then force myself to find data to match the story. It's really ridiculous. --- Honestly, I only realize when I suffer the biggest losses that I've been betting against myself all along. --- When the price moves in one direction, I start looking for reasons to prove it's correct. I need to change this habit. --- Damn, this is about me. Every time, I guess the direction correctly and then come up with reasons, instead of the other way around. --- So my current problem is, my first reaction to seeing data is still to wonder if it matches my expectations. --- What the big players are doing is truly more reliable—probably a hundred times more trustworthy than my technical guesses. --- Sometimes, reality is just so cruel. Your story will never be as interesting as the market's plot.

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FunGibleTom

· 01-07 00:41

I've been burned by my own expectations too many times. Now, before checking the market, I have to scold myself to avoid falling into old habits.

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DegenApeSurfer

· 01-07 00:33

That’s too harsh. I’m the kind of person who already has a story in mind before entering the market, haha. --- It’s always like this. When bearish, only look at the bearish line; when bullish, ignore the bad news. Wake up, everyone. --- Price and trading volume are the real truths; everything else is self-hypnosis. --- I just want to know how many people can truly enter without preset expectations. --- How do big players move? That’s the real secret, right? --- That’s incredible. You hit my weak spot. I just can’t change this bad habit. --- Technical analysis is useless; I’m just brainwashing myself. --- Good question. Most likely, I’m using orders to confirm my guesses. No more talking.

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