2026-01-05 15:32:09

Trading isn't about winning big today or next week—that's just noise. You might catch a lucky streak, stack some quick gains, ride the wave... but here's what everyone learns the hard way: what goes up tends to come back down. Eventually, all those paper profits evaporate. And when the market turns, most traders don't just lose their gains—they end up worse off than where they started.

What actually moves the needle in trading is one thing and one thing only: how you perform over months and years, not days. Your edge isn't making money fast. Your edge is staying profitable when it matters.

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TestnetFreeloader

· 01-08 15:00

Paper profits are all fake; what really matters is surviving in the long run.

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PerpetualLonger

· 01-07 18:45

Haha, you're right, but I actually knew that a long time ago... Short-term gains are just illusions; the key is to buy the dip, add positions, and hold onto your faith. In the long run, I will definitely break even.

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GateUser-a606bf0c

· 01-05 16:01

The short-term dream of getting rich quickly is shattered too fast; you still have to endure it slowly.

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0xDreamChaser

· 01-05 16:00

Paper profits and paper losses, this is the truth of trading... sticking to it until the end is the only way to go.

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GweiWatcher

· 01-05 15:57

Paper profits are all nonsense; looking at the long term is the real way to go.

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MoodFollowsPrice

· 01-05 15:53

Really, the short-term profiteering set will have to come back sooner or later --- Paper earnings are a joke, and the market is gone --- Long-term stable money vs. short-term explosive money, it is difficult to choose either way --- How many people are defeated because they are unwilling to admit this fact --- Those who can't survive the fall will die before dawn, it's that simple --- The mentality is the most expensive, and traders who can survive until the end of the year have already won half --- The moment when the bottom is the most refreshing, and the moment when the meat is cut is the most painful, most of them fall on the latter

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GasWastingMaximalist

· 01-05 15:38

ngl That's why I just mute those day traders when they boast about intraday gains... In the end, it's all the same outcome.

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