Recent market fluctuations over the past two weeks have driven trend traders to the brink—long positions get washed out, while holding short positions makes them afraid of a rebound. The comment section is full of soul-searching questions like "Will it go up or down next?" Honestly, I can't precisely predict where the next candle will go, but some trading ideas can help you survive longer in a volatile market.

The most common questions these days are "Should I continue to go long?" and "Should I close my short positions?" My advice is not to rush into decisions. First, memorize the range between 88,300 and 89,300—that's the current key support and resistance level. Many people always want to make big money by betting on one direction, but in a choppy market, they often get heavily liquidated on one-sided moves.

This morning, I opened a small long position while not closing my short positions. This isn't because I'm certain about where the price is heading, but because I'm playing a game called "long-short hedging"—insuring my capital. The optimal approach in a sideways market is never to go all-in on one side but to balance offense and defense. On the defensive side, you need to guard against the final drop, so the short positions from earlier must be kept, and their size should be larger than the longs—after all, the downside risk hasn't been fully eliminated yet. On the offensive side, you can't be completely flat; if the price breaks through the key range to the upside, missing the move would cost much more than a small stop-loss.

For friends who don't hold short positions, if you want to go long, my advice is this: don't go all-in; keep some reserve. In this kind of market, simply surviving is already a win.