In the crypto trading community, there's a common saying: "Small stop-loss, high take-profit." At first glance, it seems like a trading discipline, but a deeper review reveals that this logic may secretly hide the most insidious account erosion mechanism.

The root problem lies in the double traps it creates. Setting stop-losses too tight, in the face of the volatility monster of the crypto market, routine technical oscillations can easily sweep you out. Setting take-profit targets too high turns into a gambling-like waiting game—you’re waiting for the right moment, but the market has long since turned away.

As a result, the worst trading cycle appears: small losses accumulate continuously, but you never get that big profit. On the surface, it looks like you're managing risk, but in reality, you're repeatedly failing with extremely poor odds.

There's also an often overlooked perspective: the funds with real influence in the market are often located where stop-loss orders are densely stacked. Your supposedly rigorous stop-loss might actually be a liquidity trap carefully designed by others.

The trading mindset that can truly survive longer is often counterintuitive. Stop-losses are not safer the smaller they are; they should be placed at levels supported by technical or logical reasoning—leaving reasonable space for price fluctuations. Similarly, don’t chase after perfect numbers for take-profit; focus on finding profit zones that can be repeatedly executed, accumulating high-quality odds through multiple small wins.

Long-term survival depends not on one big move, but on your overall win rate and the ratio of individual profits to losses. A mindset of frequent micro-damage erosion and trying to turn things around with a single trade will only distort your operations and unbalance your mentality.

When you start noticing that you’re always hitting stop-losses but never hitting take-profits, take a moment to ask yourself: since the moment you chose these parameters, have you already stepped into a game that’s destined to wear down your capital? This awareness is especially necessary for highly volatile coins like XRP and SOL.