2025-12-25 11:20:41

Someone lost 1.8 million in a year of trading, while others made over 75 million in 6 years. What's the difference? It all comes down to these 10 market-educated iron rules.

**Operate with small capital and be cautious.** For capital under 150,000, never go all-in. As long as you can catch 4 decent main upward waves, the returns will be substantial enough. The biggest test is patience—really.

**Cognition determines the ceiling.** Use a demo account first to smooth out your mindset, because once real trading begins, there's almost no room for error. Blindly entering the market is just giving away money.

**When good news is exhausted, it's a sign to go short.** When you see a gap up, quickly reduce your position or take profits—don't expect to catch the last bullish candle. Greed is often the start of being trapped.

**Be alert before holidays.** Decisively reduce your position or go completely flat before a holiday—this isn't conservatism, it's wisdom for survival.

**Keep enough bullets for medium- and long-term trades.** Rolling position building can effectively lower costs. Don't think you can fully realize all expected gains in one wave—the market won't allow it.

**Focus only on active, high-volatility assets for short-term trades.** Low-volume obscure coins only waste time and energy, and are a pure opportunity cost.

**Timing of declines and rebounds is crucial.** Slow declines are more exhausting, while rapid drops often lead to quick rebounds. Watch the rhythm carefully before acting—avoid meaningless operations.

**Stop-loss must be executed unconditionally.** If you buy wrong, admit it. Don't hold onto false hope. As long as your principal is intact, there's always a chance to turn things around.

**For short-term trading, monitor the 30-minute K-line and RSI indicator.** This combo can accurately capture golden buy and sell points, doubling your win rate.

**Don't overcomplicate with too many techniques.** Master two strategies to perfection; mastering ten mediocre ones is less effective. In the crypto world, stability is more valuable than breadth.

These are lessons learned through real money. Avoiding these pitfalls is actually a way of making money indirectly.

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RugResistant

· 2025-12-28 09:38

ngl, the stop loss rule is the only one that actually matters. everything else is just noise.

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CryptoMom

· 2025-12-27 22:38

The mentality of practicing on a simulated account really hit me. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have rushed in based on intuition. Everyone's right, but actually executing it is really difficult, especially the stop-loss. I've suffered losses from going all-in before, and now I'm very cautious. I've now developed the habit of staying out of the market before holidays, saving myself from many margin calls. Greed is truly poison; every time I want to catch the last bullish candle, I get trapped. The fewer technicals, the better—I deeply understand this. Now I focus solely on the 30-minute K-line. That guy with 1.8 million must be so desperate, and the one with 75 million is really impressive.

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SchrodingersFOMO

· 2025-12-27 19:04

1.8 million loss, whether it's really a loss or not isn't important; what's crucial is not to be fully invested—this point really hits the nail on the head. Honestly, simulation trading can be life-saving. I've seen quite a few people who directly lose real money. When the market opens high, you should sell. Greed is poison—that's true... but on the other hand, who can really do that? I agree with the idea of staying out of the market during holidays; surviving is the key. The 30-minute K-line combined with RSI is indeed a useful combo, but the prerequisite is that you have the patience to wait. Setting stop-losses is easy to talk about but hard to do; the biggest hurdle is the psychological barrier. Mastering two trading strategies is better than being mediocre at ten; this logic is sound. That's how it is in the crypto world—more detours mean faster account shrinkage.

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LazyDevMiner

· 2025-12-25 11:50

1.8 million lost that much, to be honest, it was still greed that didn't stop, chasing highs with full positions. These iron laws, they sound simple but are really heartbreaking to implement, especially the stop-loss rule—how many people die in the illusion of luck.

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TokenomicsDetective

· 2025-12-25 11:48

People who are fully invested might be crying right now... Patience is easy to talk about but really hard to do.

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MagicBean

· 2025-12-25 11:45

Not executing stop-loss is like slow suicide; I've really suffered losses from this. People who are fully invested are basically here to give away money, there's nothing much to say. As for technical skills, just be good enough, I have two tricks to conquer the world. Still dare to be fully invested before the holiday? You're tired of life, brother. Patience is easy to talk about, but few can really wait it out. If it opens high, you should run; greed is the most deadly. Practicing on a demo account and still wanting to trade live? Dream on. A gradual decline is harder to endure than a crash; if you haven't grasped the rhythm, it's really a waste. Build positions gradually within 150,000, don't do a one-shot move.

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DogeBachelor

· 2025-12-25 11:42

All-in traders are just leeks, and that's no exaggeration. People who can't set stop-losses truly deserve to lose. The veteran's advice to stay out of the market during holidays is spot on; I don't know how many people got trapped just like that. The cognitive ceiling is so heartbreaking; making money on a demo account and on a real account are completely two different things. For short-term trading, just watch the 30-minute K-line and RSI; all other tricks are traps.

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ser_we_are_early

· 2025-12-25 11:27

Everyone who was fully invested is bleeding losses; this is really not a coincidence. --- Patience is really harder to learn than technical skills. --- Reduce positions on a gap-up; I need to tattoo this on my forehead. --- The habit of staying in cash before holidays has saved me several times. --- Depth > Breadth; finally someone said this. --- People who can't execute stop-losses are doomed to lose money. --- 30-minute K-line plus RSI is indeed powerful; it's more reliable than all those tricks.

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