Why Losing $93K on $JD Wasn’t a Mistake
Lost $93,000 on $JD.com(JD)$ this year following an A+ setup. ❌
Monthly BX had just triggered a new bull cycle (55% win rate, 12–15 month rallies on average) and a whale bought 300k worth of Jan 2026 40C. I took the same calls, sized correctly… and they went basically to zero.
If I had traded shares, I would’ve only lost ~15% when our exit criteria hit in December. The options amplified the loss, but here’s the key point:
I lost $93K and I did not do anything wrong.
-The setup met my rules.
-Position sizing was correct.
-I sold when the system said sell.
-A+ setups fail. Whales are wrong. That’s part of trading any real system.
-You’re only “wrong” when you:
-Oversize
-Ignore your exit criteria
-Double down out of ego
-Bag hold and pray
-The moral:
Losing money ≠ you did something wrong.
Making money ≠ you did something right.
Judge yourself by your process, not a single trade’s outcome.
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