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Gate 2025 Year-End Community Gala Contract is a probability game, not a faith war! Accept the inevitability of limited losses, as the market always contains uncertainties, and any strategy has an expiration date.
Set a maximum loss limit per trade (recommended 10% position size) to prevent losing everything in one go, distinguish between strategic floating losses and emotional holding, stay within the preset stop-loss range, which aligns with normal trading system drawdowns, avoid emotional holding, and prevent constantly modifying stop-loss out of frustration and hope replacing risk control!
2. Psychological defense construction: Losses have already occurred, what I need to manage is the remaining principal, not the sunk cost.
Stop-loss psychological tips:
1. Scenario visualization: Imagine having already stopped loss at this moment, and three days later the market continues to move in the opposite direction—you will be glad. Imagine holding through to recover losses but missing other opportunities—that's ignoring the time cost.
2. Position mirroring method: Assume the current position is opposite; would you be willing to open a reverse order at this position? If not, it indicates that the current position is no longer suitable for holding!
Excellent contract traders are not fearless, but when their hands tremble, they can still press the stop-loss button. Every rational stop-loss lays the foundation for your future profit space. The market never closes, but your principal does—protecting it is protecting your qualification to participate in the game.