Trading $BEAT, $RAVE, and similar coins, I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon—the biggest losers are often not those who misread the market direction, but those who can’t control that hand that keeps placing orders.

After reviewing many account trading records, I found that the root cause of losses almost always points to the same issue: forcing trades when you should be holding and observing, resulting in repeated losses. Later, I established five strict rules for myself not to open positions, not to make more money, but simply to make fewer mistakes. The traders who survive the longest in the market are essentially living by these kinds of rules.

Rule 1: Don’t trade at non-critical levels. Trading should be based on support and resistance, only acting at these clear levels. I ignore any tempting market moves in between—that’s my bottom line.

Rule 2: Wait if the trend is unclear. You can try to catch a bottom reversal, but only when the market gives a signal. All judgments before a breakout are just guesses; there’s no need to enter early.

Rule 3: Don’t act without system signals. Trading relies on system guidance, not intuition or current emotions. Emotions are the biggest enemy in trading.

Rule 4: Don’t place an order if you haven’t thought through your stop-loss. If you’re hesitating about the stop-loss before opening a position, it means you shouldn’t be doing that trade at all.

Rule 5: Risk and profit must be proportional. If the stop-loss is larger than the potential profit, I won’t touch it—even if the direction seems right.

It sounds simple, but the real challenge is in execution. Market opportunities are everywhere every day. Ultimately, whether you can go far on this trading journey depends on whether you can control that hand that wants to place an order.