Many people approach trading with the first question: "Is the win rate of this trade high?"
Some time ago, a trader told me that when he was trading $LIGHT, he would repeatedly verify the win rate before placing each order, feeling that he wouldn't dare to act unless he was at least 70% confident. And what happened? Even after carefully selecting these high win rate trades, his account kept losing more and more.
He couldn't understand why, despite analyzing so thoroughly, he still couldn't make money.
Honestly, this is just being trapped by the concept of win rate.
The real key to surviving and making money in the crypto space is never about chasing the win rate of individual trades, but about whether you've established a "probability mindset." These two things may seem related, but they are fundamentally different.
No trade is 100% certain; no matter how perfect the pattern or how rigorous the logic, it only means it's more likely to profit, not guaranteed. The market won't give you a guarantee just because you've analyzed carefully—that's the raw reality.
The fundamental difference between experts and novices is quite simple: novices gamble on the outcome of each trade, while experts repeatedly execute decisions that are beneficial in the long run.
Traders who truly succeed often don't have particularly special methods; as long as their approach has some advantage, that's enough—there's no need to pursue perfection. But they will maintain their trading frequency, not be swayed by one or two wins or losses, and most importantly—they first cut off the risk, leaving no room for a fatal mistake.
Many people think trading is difficult because of technical skills and analysis, but the real challenge lies elsewhere:
Can you accept losses as part of the trading process?
Can you follow your established rules even when there's no certain answer?
Can you stay calm and disciplined during prolonged unfavorable market conditions?
These are the factors that truly separate traders.
Trading, at its core, is a long-term relationship with oneself. Who can maintain rationality amid random fluctuations? Who can truly understand the meaning of probability? Ultimately, whether you can make money from the start is already decided.
Those who survive and succeed are all willing to be the first to reach out and try. Are you ready?
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OnChainDetective
· 6h ago
70% win rate but still losing money? I’d like to see his on-chain transfer records. I bet my whale monitoring data that there are big players dumping the market.
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NotAFinancialAdvice
· 6h ago
Win rate is really a trap for new traders. I've seen too many people get enslaved by this number.
Probability thinking and single-trade win rate are completely different things, and that's spot on.
The key is still mindset and execution ability; technical skills are actually the least important part.
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GreenCandleCollector
· 6h ago
That's right, win rate is a big trap. I was also stuck on this concept before, repeatedly verifying and exhausting myself, which ended up causing me to miss many opportunities. The key is still mindset and execution ability.
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CoffeeNFTs
· 6h ago
The operation method isn't anything special; the key is to survive long enough, isn't it?
Many people approach trading with the first question: "Is the win rate of this trade high?"
Some time ago, a trader told me that when he was trading $LIGHT, he would repeatedly verify the win rate before placing each order, feeling that he wouldn't dare to act unless he was at least 70% confident. And what happened? Even after carefully selecting these high win rate trades, his account kept losing more and more.
He couldn't understand why, despite analyzing so thoroughly, he still couldn't make money.
Honestly, this is just being trapped by the concept of win rate.
The real key to surviving and making money in the crypto space is never about chasing the win rate of individual trades, but about whether you've established a "probability mindset." These two things may seem related, but they are fundamentally different.
No trade is 100% certain; no matter how perfect the pattern or how rigorous the logic, it only means it's more likely to profit, not guaranteed. The market won't give you a guarantee just because you've analyzed carefully—that's the raw reality.
The fundamental difference between experts and novices is quite simple: novices gamble on the outcome of each trade, while experts repeatedly execute decisions that are beneficial in the long run.
Traders who truly succeed often don't have particularly special methods; as long as their approach has some advantage, that's enough—there's no need to pursue perfection. But they will maintain their trading frequency, not be swayed by one or two wins or losses, and most importantly—they first cut off the risk, leaving no room for a fatal mistake.
Many people think trading is difficult because of technical skills and analysis, but the real challenge lies elsewhere:
Can you accept losses as part of the trading process?
Can you follow your established rules even when there's no certain answer?
Can you stay calm and disciplined during prolonged unfavorable market conditions?
These are the factors that truly separate traders.
Trading, at its core, is a long-term relationship with oneself. Who can maintain rationality amid random fluctuations? Who can truly understand the meaning of probability? Ultimately, whether you can make money from the start is already decided.
Those who survive and succeed are all willing to be the first to reach out and try. Are you ready?