{"id":219,"date":"2026-10-03T11:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/?post_type=pnl_story&#038;p=219"},"modified":"2026-10-03T18:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:58:55","slug":"from-crypto-confidence-to-account-collapse","status":"publish","type":"pnl_story","link":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/?pnl_story=from-crypto-confidence-to-account-collapse","title":{"rendered":"From Crypto Confidence to Account Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aiko entered crypto during a strong Bitcoin bull run. She started with $4,000 and quickly grew the account as BTC and other major coins rallied.After several months of easy-looking gains, she became overconfident. She increased leverage, stopped using consistent stop-losses, and began holding positions much larger than her normal risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the market experienced a sudden correction, the losses came faster than she expected.<\/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: $4,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ending Balance: $650<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Return: -83.75%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Duration: 9 months<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Risk Per Trade: 15%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aiko entered crypto during a strong Bitcoin bull run. She started with $4,000 and quickly grew the account as BTC and other\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","pnl_outcome":[5],"class_list":["post-219","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\/219","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=219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pnl_outcome","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpnl_outcome&post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}