Most people lose money because they size too big, not because they’re wrong.
I’ve been in this market long enough to see the same story repeat every cycle.
The trade idea is fine.
The direction is right.
The timing is decent.
And yet the account still gets destroyed.
Why?
Because position size turns a small mistake into a fatal one.
I’ve seen traders catch the right move on BTC but still get liquidated because they went too heavy and couldn’t survive a 2–3% pullback. I’ve seen ETH bounce exactly as expected, just after stopping them out. Not because the market was evil, but because they gave it zero breathing room.
Markets don’t move in straight lines. They never have. If you size like they do, you’re already planning to fail.
Here’s the hard truth most people don’t want to hear.
If a single candle can wipe you out, you were never trading.
You were gambling.
Over the years, I’ve learned one simple rule that kept me alive while others disappeared.
If I’m right but still get liquidated, my size was wrong. Not the analysis.
That’s it.
Big size creates fear. Fear forces early exits. Early exits turn winning ideas into losses. And then comes the worst part revenge trading to get it back.
That’s how accounts really die.
The traders who last aren’t the smartest. They’re the ones who can stay in the game long enough for probability to work in their favor.
Small size feels boring.
Small size feels slow.
But small size keeps you alive.
And staying alive is what lets you compound.
Right now, volatility is high. BTC and ETH are moving fast. This is exactly when bad sizing hurts the most and disciplined sizing pays the most.
You don’t need to be right every time.
You just need to be sized so you can be wrong and still continue.
That’s the difference between traders who survive cycles and traders who keep resetting accounts.
Curious to know how you size your trades in this market.
Too big, or just enough to survive?