2026-01-20 01:26:31

The momentum of these small coins comes quickly and goes just as fast. A few days ago, I still felt some floating gains, but in the blink of an eye, I'm back to the starting point, forced to smile bitterly.

Thinking carefully about this profit retracement, it's entirely my fault for not grasping the rhythm. Clearly, a single coin has already yielded profits, yet I stubbornly continued DCA-ing to lower the average cost. The result is watching the unrealized gains gradually evaporate, eventually turning into zero.

The truth is simple—selling is how you make a profit. Those paper gains will eventually teach you a lesson. This time's lesson fee was well worth it, at least understanding what it means to take profits when the time is right.

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CoinBasedThinking

· 9h ago

Ha, it's the same old trick, I've seen it too many times. Really, if there's profit, just run; holding on tightly is just courting death. --- I really shouldn't average down anymore, greed kills. --- Paper unrealized gains are just an illusion, wake up everyone. --- The money you sell for is your own, I finally understand this now. --- It’s always the same, watching the money in your hands slip away, a truly painful lesson. --- I've also played the DCA bottoming out trick, and the result is the more you lose, the more you try to make up, ending up with nothing. --- It's easy to say take profits early, but when it comes to execution, your hands get weak—who isn't like that? --- Small coins are like this—rise fast, fall fast, if you can't keep up with the rhythm, you'll just be a bystander. --- This lesson fee is indeed expensive, but it's better than never learning from it.

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CryptoCross-TalkClub

· 9h ago

Laughing to death, I’ve been saying this small coin is a leek harvesting machine, and you still keep diving in. Paper unrealized gains are the biggest scam in the crypto world, don’t believe it. --- I’ve seen the DCA cost averaging move too many times. Every time it’s “this time I’ll definitely break even,” but in the end, it’s always back to square one and even owing money. Well, I’ve paid another tuition fee. --- It’s easy to say “take profits when you see the good,” but who can resist when the unrealized gains appear? That’s how I gradually pushed the profits back in, no one to blame. --- Turning around and DCA again, turning around and getting trapped again—I've played this cycle more than once. Next time, if I can really sell and walk away, that would be enlightenment. --- Haha, the saying “paper unrealized gains teach people how to behave” is too perfect. My wallet strongly agrees, especially in these past few months. --- Everyone understands the principle, but hands are faster than the brain. When seeing green, you want to keep gambling; only after losing do you remember to cut losses. Typical late realization of a leek.

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CodeZeroBasis

· 9h ago

Unrealized profits are just illusions; this lesson is deeply ingrained.

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SnapshotLaborer

· 10h ago

This is the normal state of the crypto world, unrealized gains are zero. I've been through it too; greed can wipe everything out in an instant. Being unable to sell is truly a common problem. Every time I think about waiting a bit longer, the result is a big drop. Paying the tuition fee is just part of the learning process. Paper wealth is the most deceptive; it's easy to say "take profits when the time is right," but hard to actually do it. Another round of self-education for the chives. DCA reverse operation is playing with fire. Got it. Next time, once there are profits, I’ll run immediately. The cost of greed is damn expensive. Unrealized gains are like illusions; I finally understand this now. Watching profits evaporate feels incredible. It's just about not holding on? Next time, I will definitely not DCA to add positions, and I will sell on the same day I see positive returns.

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TokenomicsDetective

· 10h ago

Paper unrealized gains are all lies, I've fallen into this trap too... When DCA lowers the average cost, I just lose it, feeling like a complete idiot.

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CryptoMotivator

· 10h ago

Oh my, isn't this just a replica of what I did last time? The unrealized gains didn't hold, and I started averaging down again. It's really exhausting. If you don't exit with unrealized gains, it's like you haven't made any profit. Everyone has to pay tuition for this lesson. The DCA bottoming out move really requires knowing when to stop. Otherwise, no matter how beautiful the paper gains look, it's all useless. Taking profits when the time is right is easy to say but hard to do. But you really need to be ruthless, or you'll keep getting slapped in the face. That's why some people run after making a profit, while others stubbornly hold on. Mindset truly determines everything.

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GasFeeLover

· 10h ago

Ah... another greedy story, I also lost money this way. Paper gains can really be deceiving. Knowing you should sell but still wanting to earn more, in the end, not a single penny was gained.

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