{"id":208,"date":"2026-10-03T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/?post_type=pnl_story&#038;p=208"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:05:06","slug":"from-bitcoin-gains-to-a-total-blow-up","status":"publish","type":"pnl_story","link":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/?pnl_story=from-bitcoin-gains-to-a-total-blow-up","title":{"rendered":"From Bitcoin Gains to a Total Blow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wei started trading Bitcoin after watching BTC make a strong rally. His first few trades went extremely well, which made him believe he had figured out the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He increased his position sizes and started using leverage. When Bitcoin suddenly reversed, Wei refused to close his losing positions.Instead, he kept adding more, convinced that BTC would bounce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days later, another sharp move wiped out most of his account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blow-Up Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Starting Balance: $8,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ending Balance: $1,200<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Return: -85%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Duration: 7 months<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Risk Per Trade: 8%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wei started trading Bitcoin after watching BTC make a strong rally. His first few trades went extremely well, which made him believe\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","pnl_outcome":[5],"class_list":["post-208","pnl_story","type-pnl_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pnl_outcome-blowup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pnl_story\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pnl_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/pnl_story"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pnl_outcome","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpnl_outcome&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}