# Along's Trading Insights:

The heavier your position, the lower your IQ becomes.
This is an iron law.

When you're trading with 100 USDT, your thoughts are clear, your decisions are decisive, and you act like a rational person.

When you're trading with 100,000 USDT, you're anxious and indecisive, acting like a desperate gambler with tunnel vision.

It's not because you've become dumber—it's because your position is too heavy, and your survival instinct has taken over your brain.

The first reaction of survival instinct is: don't move, it's dangerous.

So, reduce your position size to a level where you can think rationally.

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This is an experience-sharing perspective from the cryptocurrency trading field. The core insight is that position sizing directly affects the rationality of trading decisions:

1. **Strong correlation between position size and mindset:** With smaller positions, traders maintain clear thinking and decisive decision-making. Larger positions trigger survival instincts, causing anxiety and hesitation, which distorts decisions.

2. **Root cause:** It's not an actual decline in intelligence, but rather the risk pressure from large positions that causes emotions and instinct to override rational analysis.

3. **Action recommendation:** Adjust your position size to a level where you can think calmly and rationally, avoiding decisions driven by fear and greed.

This viewpoint is widely recognized in trading circles (stocks, cryptocurrency, etc.) and represents a core principle of risk management:

• Overleveraging amplifies emotional volatility and is a common cause of trading losses.