Many people think that being trapped is the worst outcome in trading, but this is not true. What truly drags traders down is often emotional out-of-control caused by consecutive losses—hesitating to cut losses when it’s necessary, and prematurely exiting due to panic when holding is the right choice.

To break free from a passive situation, the key principles of resolving a trap always follow two core rules:

First, proactive correction.
Once the trading logic is proven wrong, you must decisively cut losses and exit. Only by protecting the principal can you preserve the capital needed for the next market participation and potential counterattack.

Second, passive accumulation.
If the underlying logic still holds, you need to control your emotions, hold patiently, and allow time to create space, avoiding emotional volatility from causing you to exit before the market trend starts.

In trading, the most important thing to avoid is not short-term floating losses, but wasting energy on meaningless anxiety and “hard holding.”
Either admit mistakes and exit, or wait with conviction. As long as trading discipline is maintained and capital management is proper, the account curve will eventually recover and rise.