Many traders act impulsively and emotionally, often resulting in significant financial losses. To gain deeper insight into both the psychology of the trading community and your own mindset, it’s crucial to revisit the fundamentals of how the market operates.
Bid prices:
Traders often place their bid prices far below the current market price to maximize their advantage in the future. These prices represent a balance between aspirational goals and realistic expectations for future execution.
Ask prices:
Similarly, traders sometimes set their ask prices far above the current market price, seeking to maximize profit someday. These, too, reflect a mix of ambitions and realistic timelines for fulfillment.
Market Dynamics:
Bitcoin shows the way:
When the market moves, largely driven by Bitcoin as the leading force, two key dynamics emerge:
Long-term positions:
Traders’ earlier aspirations are realized as their predetermined positions are executed.
Short-term activity:
Often influenced by bots and automated scripts, short-term trading creates intense competition as traders try to outbid or underbid each other for immediate order execution. This can sometimes trigger an exponential feedback loop of price fluctuations and panic selling.
Diamond Hands:
An alternative view:
The market’s movements and price changes are deeply tied to the long-term and short-term wishes of traders at different points in time. When holding assets during a downturn, it’s important to sit back and consider: Why worry about past wishes and the current panic in the trading community as some traders’ wishes come true? One’s loss is the other’s gain. Trading is continuously putting in and taking out cash from the same community’s pot. In the end, it stays in the same ecosystem, from which you will benefit again.
Past wishes:
Past wishes are currently being fulfilled and will no longer affect future charts.
Recent wishes:
Real-time trading decisions for immediate execution, triggered by uncontrolled panic, are satisfied right away and are not geared towards a long-term reach.
Losses are only realized when you sell:
Even with double-digit negative percentages, avoid joining the panic sell-offs; doing so contributes to the avalanche effect of driving prices further down. Just write down your own wish list into the order book, Christmas is coming soon!
Support the community:
Demonstrate diamond hands by holding onto your assets and resisting the urge to liquidate. This contributes to price stability.
Market recovery is inevitable:
As long as a chart correlates with Bitcoin, it will rally again with the overall market. The higher the coin’s market cap, the more stable and reliable it tends to be as an investment.
Monthly salary:
Even if it takes a whole month to get back into the comfort zone, it will most likely still amount to a good monthly salary for your patience. Just sit back and relax!
Trade responsibly:
Only trade with money you can afford to lock away without impacting your daily life. Additionally, consider platforms offering crypto-backed loans and credit cards, which allow you to make daily payments while retaining your crypto holdings.
Beyond Profit:
True value lies beyond profit:
Adopting a mindset based on these core principles can help you stay calm and focused during bear markets. Watch the market, but resist impulsive decisions and avoid panic selling. Trends can shift at any moment, driven not just by sentiment and the goal of maximizing profit, but also by the latest news on utility aspects, such as Web3 features, smart contract capabilities, and payment system integration, followed by the cultural appeal of legendary meme coins.
In this spirit:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all traders! Stay patient, stay calm, and trade wisely. Wishes will come true... 🎄💰🕯️