... I started my emotional trading journey and it was profitable at the start with little capital...
It's often that way and I don't know why it's. I guess it's the way fate draws us in to wipe us hard, so to say. Most noob traders experience this type of beginner's luck and that tends to make them believe they've it all figured out. They get carried away and then the bang happens and everything is lost.
...So I had to add more funds (The bigger your capital, the bigger your profit).
Noob error, though some experienced traders are still caught up in this misconception too. It's really not about a huge capital but skills. Traders are supposed to concentrate on the number of ticks or pips their setups give them each time they trigger and not how much profit they gives. With ticks or pips in mind, one can plan their Money Management (MM) strategy to suit their capital; not the other way round.
I didn't withdraw profits oo, I was thinking that's how the market is going to continue... So I don't even know when to buy, I enter the market undermining the condition... Until the Red Candles have to come in...
It's called
unrealized profit. Everyone who had been in this industry since 2017 or before it must've had this same experience. It's a welcome package. I hope you've learned now how to take profit, even if it's partial for projects you think will do better than they're currently doing.
Then I noticed I had already purchased at the top (This was all in Spot trading).
Well, I tend to regard those who trade on Spot as those whose intension is to hodl. I do that sometimes when I want to increase my quantity. But I think the real risk taking traders are those who trade Futures. I mean, trading the same project on Futures instead of on Spot. In Spot trading you don't lose anything until you sell off. Futures isn't that way. You can get liquidated before price turns in your direction.
I had to learn from my own experience and I don't think I could possibly get carried away or get influenced with what people because they would always declare the half side of the picture.
Yeah, experience is the best teacher.