Holding Profits Is True Courage: Why Do You Always Make Money But Can't Keep It?

In the financial market – especially in crypto – trading history is like a mirror. It doesn’t reflect the market itself, but reflects your own character: habits, emotions, discipline, and even impatience. Many people trade for years, staring at charts until late at night, yet their accounts still “stay in the same place.” Not because they don’t know how to make money, but because they don’t know how to preserve it. Making a profit is just the first step. Maintaining that profit is the true skill.

1. Earning Money Is Easier Than Keeping It In the market, everyone has had those beautiful winning trades: Buying the bottom correctly Catching the right wave Just sitting still, and the account grows by 20–30% But the problem is: After winning, what do you do? Most investors fall into the same mistake: Getting excited after a profit Increasing capital, increasing position size Trading more frequently Entering trades without selectivity And then, with just one correction, all profits vanish. It’s not because you’re unlucky. It’s the market’s law.
2. How Do Profits Disappear? Imagine this familiar scenario: You buy a coin, and the price increases by 30%. You start dreaming of x2, x3 gains. The market corrects, and your profit drops to 15%. You think: “Wait for it to return to 30%, then sell.” The price continues to fall, and now you’re only up 5%. You think: “Just wait until it hits 30% again, then sell.” The price returns to your entry point. You think: “Wait until break-even, then sell.” Finally… you cut your losses. This scenario repeats not because the market is bad, but because: The issue isn’t in the candlestick, but in psychology.
3. Bigger Accounts Don’t Grow Because of High Profits, But Because of Fewer Losses Truly successful traders: Don’t do it overnight Don’t catch the exact bottom or top But control drawdown (levels of decline) A simple mathematical rule: Losing 50% of your account → need 100% profit to break even Losing 70% of your account → need 233% profit to recover The more your account fluctuates wildly, the more energy you spend just to… get back to the starting line. A trader with a system: Knows when to enter Knows when to stay out Knows when to take profit An emotional trader: Always blames “bad luck” Always thinks the market is against them But never looks back at their own trading habits
4. From Aggressive Trading to Building a System A mature trader shows 3 clear signs: No longer believes in overnight riches Starts to analyze, summarize, and learn from trading history Only trades setups they truly understand Maturity in trading means: No longer chasing hot tips No longer FOMO No longer trading out of fear of missing out The goal is no longer “making quick money,” but “keeping the account alive for a long time.”
5. A Valuable Trading Logic The core principle many professional traders follow: When the market is strong, wait patiently for a correction. When the market is weak and rebounds, don’t rush to buy. Let the trend prove itself before entering a trade. It sounds simple, but very few people do it. Because: People fear missing opportunities But discipline requires only trading what you understand No need to catch every wave. Just catch the waves with the highest probability of success.
6. Stay Away from Words That Lead to Traps In trading, be cautious with words like: “Sure win”“Guaranteed profit”“Best setup”“Unmissable opportunity” The market has no guarantees. There are only probabilities. The more someone promises guaranteed wins, the more dangerous they are.
7. Understand That Preserving Profits Is Harder Than Making Profits When you truly understand that: Making money is a skill, but preserving money is an art, your trading mindset will enter a new phase. You will no longer: Trade emotionally Go all-in on rumors Cure hope But start to: Trade according to a plan Respect risk Prioritize sustainability Conclusion The market is full of opportunities. What’s lacking is the discipline to keep the money you’ve earned. If you: Have made money but can’t keep it Have won big but lost it all Have thought “just one more trade to recover” Then perhaps the problem isn’t the market. It’s how you trade. Remember: The longest-surviving trader in the market is the ultimate winner. Preserving profits – that is the true strength of a trader.