$ETH In the crypto futures market, 90% of retail traders lose money—not because their technical analysis is poor or they can't read the market, but because they die from the obsession with "adding on dips, shorting rallies," trapped in the compulsion to trade against the trend, and from making mindless predictions about "tops and bottoms."
I've always told my followers who mimic my trades: in trading, engrave this one principle into your bones: trade the right side—don't fear new highs when rallying, don't fear new lows when falling. Stop adding on dips and shorting rallies. In one-directional markets, trading this way is guaranteed suicide.
Let me correct a massive misconception most retail traders have: right-side trading isn't mindlessly chasing pumps and selling dumps. It's about not guessing tops, not catching bottoms, only following the confirmed and certain trends the market has already established.
Many people always feel that after a big rally, chasing will make them a bagholders, afraid of being at the peak; after a big decline, shorting more will make them miss the bottom, afraid of selling at the floor. So when it rallies, they cry "top is in" every day and short on every high; when it falls, they cry "bottom is in" every day and long every dip. What's the result? Bull markets with shorts the whole way, getting liquidated repeatedly, watching the price surge from 2000 to 3500 while your shorts go from 2200 to liquidation; bear markets with longs the whole way, averaging down continuously, watching the price crash from 3000 to 1500 while your longs average down from 2800 until half your capital is gone.
This is the cruelest truth of the market: the market will never stop rising just because you think "it's gone too high," nor will it stop falling just because you think "it's fallen enough." Once a trend forms, the momentum far exceeds your imagination. Your capital, trading against one-directional moves, is like a praying mantis blocking a cart—instantly crushed.
True right-side trading means letting go of your obsession with tops and bottoms, learning to befriend the trend. In uptrends, don't fear new highs—only fear you topped too early. As long as the uptrend hasn't broken, even if it's already up 10%, 20%, we only trade long with the trend, never touching any shorts, capturing the most certain and safest money in the trend. In downtrends, don't fear new lows—only fear you caught the bottom too early. As long as the downtrend hasn't reversed, even if it's already down 10%, 20%, we only trade short with the trend, never touching any longs, never becoming the market's "bagholder."
Many ask: what if I chase in and the trend reverses? This is the trading iron rule I constantly emphasize: no averaging down, only strict profit-taking and stop-loss orders, let risk-reward ratio compensate for win rate, use rules to lock in risk.
All my live trading setups follow this right-side logic: for example, ETH's 1:4 risk-reward layout—only enter on confirmed trends, never open counter-trend positions; throughout, no averaging down, no holding losses, set fixed take-profit and stop-loss the moment I enter, giving myself zero chance to add to losing positions and stubbornly hold; once profit reaches 1× the risk-reward ratio, immediately lock the principal, holding remaining positions risk-free. This captures excess gains in one-directional moves while ensuring profitable trades never turn to losses.
Trading is an anti-human game. Retail traders' instinct is "fear height, crave lows," while right-side trading uses iron discipline to combat the greed and fear in your bones.
Stop dreaming about catching the lowest point and shorting the highest point. No one in the market can precisely predict tops and bottoms. Those always wanting to "buy at the lowest, sell at the highest" eventually get their faces slapped by trends repeatedly. What you actually earn is always the money in trends you understand and can actually catch.
Want to keep up the pace and stop getting liquidated going against one-directional moves? Follow my live trading setups directly. Strictly execute right-side trading discipline—don't guess tops, don't catch bottoms, use certain risk-reward ratios, and capture every move the trend offers.$ETH
