To be honest, after years of struggling in the market, I've discovered a harsh truth: most people lose money, and it's really not because of technical skills.

Have you ever experienced something like this?
You’ve got your eye on a certain coin, thinking, “I’ll get in when it drops to XX price.” But before the price even gets there, you start to get anxious—what if it doesn’t drop and just pumps instead? So you bite the bullet and buy in early.

What’s worse is what happens next: after finally seeing a 15% gain, your unrealized profit looks great on paper, but you don’t feel secure. The phrase “take the profit while you can” keeps echoing in your mind, and eventually you sell early. Three days later, you find out it doubled.

This problem of “can’t wait for the right entry, can’t hold through gains” is something I’ve made countless times myself.

Later, I realized it’s not about you or me lacking self-control—**it’s because our brains are wired this way**.

Why do you always feel the urge to jump in?

Here’s something counterintuitive: the brain treats “missed gains” as if they were “actual losses.”
When you see the price go up 5%, subconsciously you already feel the pain of that “5% loss.” This feeling gets stronger and stronger, eventually forcing you to jump in, regardless of logic.

There’s something even worse: **the human brain is hardwired to hate waiting**.
The prefrontal cortex, which handles rational decisions, is energy-intensive to use. When the market is volatile, your emotional system takes over. Rational thinking? Forget it.

The most crucial issue is: most people don’t have trading rules at all.
No clear entry criteria, no fixed position sizing, no preset stop-losses. That’s not called trading, that’s called **riding an emotional roller coaster with real money**.

As long as your decisions are based on feelings, you’ll never escape this loop: buying high → panic selling at a loss → regretting missing out → chasing the next high...

Relying on willpower? Give it a break, that’s not realistic.

How do you break out of this cycle?

The key isn’t suppressing your impulses, but **changing your decision-making process itself**.

**Tip 1: Set 3 ironclad rules for yourself**
For example, my rules are:
1. The price must reach my pre-set buy zone
2. No technical signal, no action—period
3. Check the charts no more than 3 times an hour (watching too much makes you impulsive)

With these hard rules, you’re not “gambling”—you’re “executing a set strategy.” The emotional impact is much smaller.

**Tip 2: Turn trading into a mechanical process**
What’s the biggest difference between pros and retail traders?
Pros have a complete system that tells them: how much to buy at this level, where to set the stop-loss, when to add positions, when to exit.

They don’t need to “decide” every time—**they just “execute.”**
If it fits the rules, they act. If not, they wait. It’s that simple.

**Tip 3: Emergency fix for impulsive moments**
When you’re itching to get in and can’t resist placing an order, try this:

Close your eyes and take a deep breath for 5 seconds → Write down in a notebook “Why do I want to buy right now?”

If your answer is:
- Afraid of missing this move
- Afraid the price will fly away
- Afraid the pullback won’t come

Then don’t buy. All of these are fear-driven decisions, not logical ones.

At the end of the day, the market won’t give you opportunities just because you’re anxious. The ones who truly make money are usually those who can control themselves.