2026-02-26 08:14:04

In finance, we say that the money you make in trading isn’t truly yours until you cash out and use it for something real. You have to lock it in.

I can guarantee that most of the profits from short positions will be given back to the market in the coming months. Unless you cash out and buy something tangible, like a house or at least invest long-term in $BTC or stocks, that money is still unrealized.
All of the money you use in your perp account or options account is to be considered gone the next time you are wrong but too stupid to realize it.

BTC-2.92%

PERP-1.54%

LONG-2.16%

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