After years of browsing forums, I've seen too many people delve into technical analysis, ponder strategies, and study win rate data.

But I noticed an interesting phenomenon—almost no one seriously asks themselves these questions:

Why, when I have a plan in hand, do I lose control once I start trading?
Why do I want to double my small gains, and rush to recover losses?
Why do idle funds feel worse than actual losses?

Later, I realized—most people are not losing on the market itself, but in their own brain’s reward mechanism.

You think you're battling the candlesticks, but in reality, you're fighting dopamine.

**That crazy button-pressing mouse**

I vividly remember an animal experiment:

Group 1: Mice press a button, and each time they get a sugar pellet. The result is normal—once full, they go to sleep. No addiction.

Group 2: Press the button, and the sugar is delivered randomly. Sometimes nothing, sometimes one pellet, sometimes several in a row.

Guess what happened next?

These mice went completely crazy.

They stopped eating, stopped sleeping, kept pressing until they were completely exhausted.

At that moment, I suddenly understood—

Cryptocurrency trading is essentially that devilish button.

It operates 24/7, the world’s largest **random reward generation system**.

Every order I place, I’m expecting that "mysterious reward drop."

What truly makes me addicted isn’t the money itself, but the **dopamine rush caused by uncertainty**.

**The body knows more about traders than consciousness**

Staring at minute-level candlestick charts, my physiological reactions always act first.

Pupil dilation, rapid heartbeat, sweaty palms—the body's alarm system has already been triggered.

When I make money:
Dopamine surges like a shot of adrenaline, and I feel incredibly smart, incredibly perceptive.
So I start adding positions, leverage—not because the fundamentals changed, but because that "I’m a genius" feeling is just too good.

Conversely, when I lose money:
Cortisol and adrenaline spike, anxiety takes over.
At that moment, I ignore everything else, just want to quickly recover—this isn’t rational decision-making; it’s my body screaming for help.

**The truth about trading psychology**

I gradually realized that whether you make money or not, 70% depends on whether you can control your nervous system.

Technical analysis, fundamentals, money management—these are important.
But what really determines victory or defeat is whether you can stay calm during dopamine surges and avoid stupid moves when cortisol spikes.

Why do many traders make more and more losses?
Not because they don’t understand the market, but because the pleasure of making money dulls their risk perception.

Why do some always "chase highs and sell lows"?
Not because they’re stupid, but because the stimulation of uncertainty activates their addiction circuits.

So, if you want to survive longer in this market, the first step isn’t learning advanced techniques—
It’s learning to coexist peacefully with your brain’s chemistry.

Set strict stop-losses, not just because it’s mathematically sound, but because it helps you bypass your reward system’s trap.

Regularly closing positions isn’t a waste of time; it’s giving your nervous system a "detox" period.

Once you truly master these, you’ll find—consistent profitability is actually within reach.