Trading is all about avoiding human nature's tricks!

Looking at $BTC's trend, the weekly chart has already reached a high-level sideways consolidation, then started to decline. The daily chart maintains a downward trend, and the 4-hour chart's previous decline is now entering sideways consolidation—could it form a bottom reversal arc? It's still uncertain, more candlestick confirmation is needed. The 1-hour rebound in a downtrend appears weak and lackluster, with no vitality. On the minute level (5-15m), although there is upward oscillation, the strength is very feeble.

The current market is a tangled mess. Disorderly, chaotic, hard to understand. At such times, placing orders with stop-loss? How big should the stop be? And it's very easy to get washed out. What's more heartbreaking is that such market conditions are most likely to cause confusion—frequent small stop-losses, bleeding out repeatedly, account drawdowns happening rapidly.

From a spot trading perspective, it's not the time to jump in yet. Lacking profit-driving effects, the entire market feels dead. I actually hope the weekly can rebound a bit, creating some upward momentum on the 4-hour or even 1-hour levels. That would be great—some experienced traders with risk management awareness could relieve their positions, while those driven by emotion and greed could learn a long-lasting lesson. As for futures? In an unordered intra-day state, the smartest choice is to stay flat and observe.

**Speaking of this, I recall a strange phenomenon:** We are fully aware of our trading bad habits and understand how to survive decently in this market. But why do we keep stepping into the same pits? Because there’s a chasm between knowing and doing. Knowing is surface-level wisdom; doing is real skill. That’s the bizarre nature of human psychology—human hearts are like knives, the mind like a candle. Human desires are like a raging wind, but rational beliefs are as fragile as a single candle wick, swaying and collapsing at the slightest gust. That’s why mistakes are repeated, cycles of errors continue.

Your memory is worse than a goldfish. Goldfish forget in seven seconds; you forget in one second. Why? Because that one second is filled with greed, fear, doubt, hesitation. Usually, lying at home, the lessons from previous losses are vivid. But when it’s time to open a position, the brain just shorts out, completely offline.

**Honestly, the design of this market is perfect—I can’t think of anything that can stir the human heart more effectively.** It constantly provides visual, data, and psychological stimulation. Signals to buy come wave after wave. When these "buy" hints accumulate to a critical point, you will truly press the buy button. Rationality is completely bombarded and surrendering. It’s more addictive than drugs, deeper than losing reason in love.

**Once you truly understand the secret to surviving in this market, the first thing to learn is—slow down.** Knowing ≠ being able to do; there’s no shortcut across this gap. Trading requires your own logic, finding your rhythm, not being led around by the market. While completely avoiding mistakes is a fantasy, through self-discipline and patience, the frequency of errors can definitely be reduced. In a bear market, just surviving means you’ve already won.