Every time you make a quick big win, and especially if mainly due to luck, send most of it to a cold wallet or the bank and do not count on it for some time. Your brain discounts the value of the money when it comes quick and/or easy. $100k earned in a 1-day pump in a memecoin feels less (much less) than $100k after a couple of years of going to the office. You can lie to yourself thinking you value money always the same but it’s not true. When you make those sort of wins, you will not be able to gauge risk objectively and will take a trade for the sake of it like a gambler would do. That’s hard to do because your brain releases a lot of dopamine. And a strong dopamine. Because it was not simply making money — but you were also right! The combination of both has a big power on your brain. What you can do instead: 1. Force yourself to send that money away and wait for a cool-off period. Show some fkn discipline. 2. In the meantime, journal your urge and impatience. This will help you cool off. 3. Buy a small amount of that "super easy next trade you were going to compound" with a different stack of money and check whether it feels different. Most people immediately look for the next win after a big one. But practice tells us that those don’t come often. Therefore, you should be more focused on protecting your recent win than throwing it to the next gamble. Pretty sure after only 1 day, you’ll see things differently.