If you’ve identified the right direction, why is your account still losing? Many people find this hard to understand. In fact, the root of the problem isn’t about seeing the right or wrong signals, but about the word "position sizing."

There’s an old saying in trading circles: "Entry points are important, but exit points are even more important." Honestly, those who can survive longer in this market are always the ones who know how to manage their positions. The gap between experts and novices often isn’t in analysis skills, but in their understanding of position sizing.

Look at the common patterns of losses among most traders, and you’ll find they are surprisingly similar:

When an opportunity appears, they get excited and go all-in or even full position; when the market jitters slightly, their accounts immediately shrink; during a rally, they keep adding more, but when prices fall, they take profits all out; by the time a major trend arrives, they have no bullets left.

What happens then? They start comforting themselves by saying, "My judgment is fine, I just had bad luck."

Stop it. It’s not luck at all. Frankly, it’s chaotic position management that pushes you into a dead end. The essence of managing your positions is to leave yourself a way out — is your first entry too heavy? When the market doesn’t move as expected, can you calmly step out?

A mature trader doesn’t obsess over how much they can make on a single trade. They care about: after a loss, do I still have the ability to participate in the next move? Position management determines this — whether you can survive long enough to seize the next opportunity.

Once you truly stop feeling anxious and no longer rush to prove yourself, it shows you’ve made "long-term survival" your top priority. As long as you’re still in the game, there’s always a chance to catch the market — this is the logic behind consistent profitability.

What you lack isn’t opportunity, but the mindset to understand the rhythm. Those who believe are already acting; those who are hesitating are still waiting. The market won’t wait. The trend is moving; if you’re going to act, do it now.