Don't believe in "red buy – green sell"! 8 years in the crypto market taught me this hard truth

Many people entering the market carry a very “naïve” dream: “Wait for the price to drop sharply to buy – wait for a sharp increase to sell. That’s rich.” It sounds perfect, but I dare to say that for 10 new people, 9 people died because of this seemingly simple thinking. When I first entered the market, I also thought that just staring at the chart, catching the right bottom – closing the right top is enough to change my life. But entering the actual transaction, I understood: people lose the market not because they don’t know, but because they can’t do what they already know.

1. “Buy low – sell high” doesn’t kill you. Ambition and haste are the culprits I’ve seen too many people take the right first step, only to die at the end: Profits are there but “not enough”, try to open more ordersSeeing other people showing 7-8 numbers, immediately want to “chase” for a few daysSeeing the market inching slightly is panicking in and out continuouslyA small red candle also scares them to the point of cutting losses in a panic From a dreamy trading plan, they gradually slipped into a trading addiction, addicted to the feeling of eating and losing, and finally turning themselves into a “fee payment machine” for the exchange. The market has never killed anyone, it is unrealistic expectations that kill accounts the fastest.
2. Don’t race with others—you just need to win over yesterday’s self I have instructed many students: the same method, the same time of ordering, the same strategy… But the results were completely different. Why? Because each person has a different level of tolerance for fluctuations: Some people can tolerate a 30% decrease in their account without runningThere are people who only 3% want to close the app So don’t compare yourself to others. Don’t force yourself to play in a style that doesn’t belong to you. → Everyone has a different “system” — find the right one for you.
3. Survival secrets: Abandon the “fish head – tail”, only eat the “fish body” Many people like to catch the bottom, like to guess the top. I used to make that mistake for many years, until I realized that I was wasting too much money and time. The bottom is not for catchingThe top is not for guessing. That’s where the psychology is strongest, the trap is the densest, and the risk is highest. What is worth eating is when the trend is clear, when the market enters a smooth trajectory, when the price line shows stability. You may not be able to eat the most beautiful portion, but you will eat the safest part. That’s how market survivors make money for years, not weeks.
4. Stop trading by “hunch” — it’s not intuition, it’s an illusion I’ve met a lot of people: “I felt it would increase, so I bought it.” I thought it was falling again, so I was short." I believe it will return to the cost price, so I keep…" Sorry, that’s not the strategy. It is gambling that is called by the more luxurious name. A real strategy should be clear: Enter for what signal? Where is it cut if it is wrong? How much risk is the account allowed? Without discipline – there is no profit.
5. Want a trading system? Start by recounting all the times you’ve lost Record every mistake, every FOMO, every time you enter an order because of emotions, every reason why you lose money. Then fix them one by one. Example: Losing because of swinging the peak → set a rule: increase more than 40% in 24 hours, do not enterLose because you do not set a stoploss → stipulate that each risk order is up to 3%Lose because you see a small profit and want to “add more” → set a fixed take profit No one is naturally good. Trading systems are built from scars.
6. Rule of Survival: Wrong is Cutting! Don’t stand on the tracks waiting for the train to arrive Trading in the wrong direction is not something to be afraid of. Scary is knowing wrong but not running, comforting yourself: “It’s going to come back…”“It’s a pity to cut it…”“It must be about to turn on…” I always tell my students: If you find yourself in the wrong direction, jump out of the market immediately, even lose a little money. The market always has opportunities. The account doesn’t always have a network to go back to.
7. Want to make money? Learn how to… Don’t lose money Many people lose continuously but keep saying to themselves: “It’s just psychological, not psychological”. Because you don’t have a plan. Because you enter orders according to emotions. Because you treat trading like a game of chance. There is only one principle of survival in the crypto market: ➡️ Reduce mistakes first – make money later ➡️ You can live – then you can get rich If you do this, you’re already more than 80% of the people in the market.