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The Trap I Fell Into (And You Probably Will Too) Years ago, I had a setup I loved. Clean entries, intuitive exits, and an 80% win rate over hundreds of trades. Eighty percent. Four out of five trades — green. I should've been printing money. I wasn't. I was bleeding slowly, week after week, and I couldn't figure out why. My journal looked like a highlight reel. My account balance looked like a slow-motion car crash. Here's what I eventually figured out: my winners were small.