Last night, I was flipping through my trading records again and my eyes started to feel sore. I suddenly thought that if I have to do this again at the end of the year for tax reporting, I might really explode on the spot. Now I’ve simply adopted a simple method: every time I open or close a position, I take a screenshot, plus upload the CSV exported from the exchange to the cloud drive organized by month, and for on-chain transfers, I just paste the transaction hash into a memo with a note saying “Why transfer, to whom.” Honestly, it’s not that I’m afraid of being audited, but that I’m afraid I’ll forget. When I was caught up in the moment, I rushed in without thinking, and afterward, I couldn’t even explain myself.

Recently, during the extreme funding rate period, when the group was arguing whether to reverse or continue squeezing the bubble, I was itching to trade but kept reminding myself: I can go for it, but I need to record more diligently. Otherwise, if I lose money, I won’t be able to review the trades later, let alone report them. Oh right, I also use an API to pull down the transaction data for comparison, to avoid missing any orders… That’s it for now. I’ll organize everything again tonight.