This $PIPPIN trade is really a love-hate situation. For a whole week, I watched the chart and posted updates every day, just waiting for this thing to pick a clear direction. And what happened? It opened right at 0.25, neither up nor down, and then just kept moving sideways endlessly.

The worst part was the funding rate, eating away at my profits hour by hour. Watching those numbers shrink on my account was nerve-wracking. I hesitated for a long time, but in the end, I painfully closed my position—looking back, it still feels like a pity, but it's better than stubbornly holding on until liquidation.

This trade taught me a lesson as well: not every trade will be perfectly timed, and sometimes cutting losses in time is more important than holding on no matter what. The crypto market still has a long way to go; I missed this one, but there will be plenty more opportunities ahead.