When You Pick the Right Steep Pitch but the Wrong Exit Path
You nailed the steep pitch. The entry was perfect—timing, risk assessment, execution. But then what? The hard part, it turns out, isn't the climb. It's the exit. I've seen it in traded: a trader buys a steep breakout, rides it up 30%, then watches it give back half because they didn't outline where to sell. I've seen it in climbing: a climber tackles a vertical face, only to get lost on the descent. And in item launches: a startup launches with a bang, but fumbles the follow-up. This article is for anyone who's ever chosen the sound steep pitch and then felt the sting of the off exit path. Let's fix that. Why Your Exit Path Matters More Than the Climb According to internal training notes, beginners fail when they sharpen for shortcuts before they fix the baseline. The asymmetry of gains vs.