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# Looking at it over a longer period, if ordinary pe…


## Comments (5)

- **锅边王道 · 2026-02-21T07:35:01.000Z · 👍 1**: I've also been playing short-term trades, encountered a few crashes that resulted in huge losses, other times it was just sideways movement, and I can't hold long-term positions either, so it's all losses.
  - **一口吃不成大胖子** (2026-02-23T08:22:23.000Z): Only hold what you understand.
- **小z同学 · 2026-02-21T01:33:23.000Z · 👍 1**: Yes, especially those who play with expiration options. They get a taste of success and think they're the chosen ones. They can be right ten thousand times, but being wrong just once will wipe them out.
  - **一口吃不成大胖子** (2026-02-23T08:21:51.000Z): Better to invest for the long term, just stick to what you understand.
- **一口吃不成大胖子 · 2026-02-21T01:14:00.000Z**: From April to September of '25, I thought I was the chosen one, obsessed with short-term trading. The whole market surged while my stocks went sideways.Only after paying the tuition (losses) did I realize I was nothing special.