2026-01-01 15:22:50

A few days ago, I shared a friend's painful experience—being wiped out by a single bullish candle that directly blew up their position. I haven't been paying attention to the market these days, and as a result, the market trend has become quite chaotic, really impressive. This is the current situation: first killing the short sellers, then the long buyers, with retail investors caught in the middle getting beaten from both sides. To be honest, I've already lost all my positions. This process made me realize one thing—behind market fluctuations, there are always people carefully designing the moves. Short-term changes seem unpredictable, but if you are repeatedly cut, you should realize you might have fallen into the manipulator's trap. Although this experience was painful, it also served as a good reminder. Trading always tests your mindset and your ability to execute stop-losses; no matter how perfect your technical analysis is, without defensive awareness, it's all useless.

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ChainWanderingPoet

· 9h ago

Really, the phrase about getting beaten on both sides hits hard—this is the fate of retail investors.

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NFTregretter

· 9h ago

Stop-loss is easy to talk about but hard to do. It really only takes a moment for your mindset to collapse.

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LiquidatedThrice

· 10h ago

Getting cut again, huh? I told you this market is really bizarre; there's really no way to play it. No matter how strict the stop-loss is set, a gap can just wipe you out—this is the fate of retail traders. The big players are just setting traps; we can only obediently fall into the trap, there's nothing we can do. Even if the technicals look good, it's all in vain. Once the mentality collapses, everything's over. The key is to survive and come out alive. This kind of market is the most exhausting, feeling like being slapped back and forth—no one can stand it.

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ser_we_are_early

· 10h ago

The fate of retail investors, getting beaten up is real, my stop-loss orders didn't save me either.

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RektButStillHere

· 10h ago

This move is really crazy; the whales are treating retail investors like vegetables, chopping left and right until there's nothing left.

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MEVSandwichMaker

· 10h ago

Ha, this is what it feels like to be caught in the middle, truly amazing. --- The awareness of stop-loss is the lifeline of trading. Without it, everything is doomed. --- Losing your position is also paying tuition. At least you've seen through the tricks of the big players. --- The market is a designed game; no matter how retail investors try to dodge, they can't escape. --- Watching friends get wiped out and not escaping yourself—that's the most heartbreaking. --- Repeated short-term cuts should alert you. Continuing to hold on stubbornly is really just giving away money. --- Mindset is the key; technical skills are just auxiliary. There's really no doubt about that. --- If the big players play like this, all we can do is learn to defend. --- Honestly, it's still not taking stop-loss seriously enough—too greedy. --- Now I understand why most retail investors lose money; it turns out it's all a trap.

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WhaleMinion