Learned the hard way about chasing early Hang Seng gains

Still relatively new to the Asian session, but one lesson that's stuck with me came early this year with the Hang Seng. I saw a strong overnight move, pre-market indicators looked good, and I jumped in right at the open, convinced it was going to run. My mistake was assuming that initial pop had the legs for a sustained climb through the session without first pulling back. Instead, it faded pretty quickly, chopping around my entry for a while before really reversing course. I held onto it, hoping it would recover, which of course it didn't that day, and ended up closing out for a loss I could have easily avoided by just waiting for some consolidation or a retest of earlier levels. It reinforced the idea that an early jump isn't always a breakout, especially when liquidity hasn't fully picked up. Definitely taught me to respect the initial volatility and be patient, rather than just reacting to the first burst of momentum.