2025-12-20 07:21:00

A bear market is not the end, but a new beginning.

Many traders see losses as misfortune, but in fact, it's an opportunity for the market to teach you a lesson. Repeatedly experiencing lows and being repeatedly slapped in the face, this process may seem painful, but essentially it is a form of tempering — your mindset is being refined, and so is your trading system.

The truly frightening thing is not account shrinkage, but never having been harshly taught by the market. Traders like that are most likely to get wiped out in the next cycle.

When will the fall stop? Usually, it's when you truly have no money to chase the rally, no courage to dream of overnight riches, and no energy to find some "surefire strategy." It is at this moment that you will calm down and reflect on what you have done.

This is not pessimism. This is clarity.

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LayerZeroHero

· 2025-12-22 21:42

Only those who have been beaten up by the market deserve to live; those who haven't been severely taught a lesson will ultimately have to pay tuition.

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AlwaysMissingTops

· 2025-12-20 07:32

That's right, I am one of those who have been rubbed by the market. Only after my account shrank did I realize what true clarity is. Those so-called "surefire rules" were really just jokes. Honestly, traders who haven't been harshly lessons are the most dangerous. I've seen too many who inflated after a single huge profit and ended up crashing the hardest. Only when you run out of money do you stop dreaming. Isn't that a perfect description of my recent experience? Words may be rough, but the truth is clear. A bear market is indeed a touchstone, revealing who is truly skilled and who is just lucky. After my account shrank so many times, my mindset actually became more calm. Maybe that's the result of being tempered. Stop talking about any so-called surefire rules. In the face of the market, everyone is equal. Only those who survive are the winners. This paragraph really hit me. Being taught by the market is what made me realize my true strength.

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GasOptimizer

· 2025-12-20 07:26

The lessons from the bear market are really harsh, but the harsher they are, the clearer the awareness becomes. The brink of bankruptcy is the best classroom; those who haven't been washed out will eventually explode. This wave of decline is just filtering out who really wants to make money and who is just a gambler. The account is almost gone, but I’m not panicking anymore—ironic, isn’t it? After reading so many guaranteed success rules, in the end, they’re all traps. The most genuine lesson is still the losses learned.

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NFTRegretter

· 2025-12-20 07:25

That was really harsh, but it did hit the mark. You only understand the market after it blows up.

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