🎯 The Lesson
There are two varieties of including to positions:
Strategic scaling (deliberate, structured, calculated)
and
Emotional scaling (panic, concern, frustration, greed).
Most merchants don’t scale as a result of it’s a part of their technique…
they scale as a result of they’re emotionally reacting to the chart.
And that’s the place issues go improper.
🧠 What Actually Occurs
When value strikes in your favor, you assume:
“Let me add extra, that is the pattern!”
When value strikes in opposition to you, you assume:
“Let me add extra to scale back my entry and get better!”
In each instances, you’re not scaling —
you’re playing emotionally.
You’re growing threat whereas your emotional state is unstable.
And the worst half?
Most merchants solely scale once they’re already pressured —
which destroys logic, math, and threat management.
💡 The Repair: Scale Solely When It Was Deliberate Earlier than the Commerce
In case your scaling wasn’t determined earlier than you clicked “Purchase” or “Promote,”
it’s emotional.
Interval.
Knowledgeable scaling plan contains:
Particular value ranges
Particular threat quantities
Particular circumstances (breakouts, pullbacks, increased timeframe affirmation)
A remaining max publicity restrict
In case your thought to “add extra” comes throughout the commerce,
it’s not technique —
it’s impulse.
Ask your self:
“Would I’ve added right here if this was the plan from the beginning?”
If the reply is not any — skip it.
🔑 Sensible Rule: The One-Determination Rule
You make all selections — entries, stops, scaling — earlier than getting into the commerce.
As soon as the commerce is stay, you solely execute the plan.
No new selections allowed.
This removes emotional noise and retains you secure from overexposure.
🚀 Takeaway
Scaling isn’t harmful —
emotional scaling is.
In case you scale with a plan, you develop steadily.
In case you scale from emotion, you blow up shortly.
Management the plan, and also you management the end result.
Let emotion management the plan, and the market takes the remainder.
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