Two emotional SNDK shorts, FOMO on the BTC/ETH breakout (−10%), capital still up two-thirds — reflection, 27 Sep 2026

Time to reflect again on the mistakes of the days since last time.

First, SNDK. The take-profit level I’d set was perfectly fine, but I got whipsawed out of it. Then, going against the high-probability direction, I made an emotional short — ugh, what can I say, this bad habit has to go. A converging triangle: does it really take two whipsaws up and down before it picks a direction? Sigh. Later I shorted at the resistance zone and got fooled by a fake breakout on the US-stock candles — lost again. So I have to stick to my own read and not let other people’s views push me around. From now on: three candles to warn, five to confirm.

Then BTC and ETH. Way too much FOMO on the breakout — a real emotional problem — lost around 10%. No matter what, wait for the pullback… my own fault.

Everything else actually went well: capital is up about two-thirds. Caught a bit of this leg up, but not much…

Ugh. The main issues were emotion and being swayed by other people’s opinions — in other words, not trusting myself. From now on I’ll also log each entry in my private journal before I open it, and think it through properly.

All I can say is this reflection was a full one — 2,500U in tuition, well spent. Being on the receiving end of asymmetric risk feels great.

Translated by AI from the original. The reasoning is mine; the wording may differ slightly. Where they differ, the original governs.

These are reviews of my own closed trades, for learning purposes only. Not investment advice.