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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