Don't believe in 'get rich quick while sleeping' anymore! I used 8 years of real money to validate: those who flaunt their accounts at three in the morning are either promoters or newbies who haven't experienced a 'pig butchering' scam yet. My story starts in the summer of 2017 when even the aunties were discussing candlestick charts.
That year's market was ridiculously crazy, mainstream coins weren't satisfying enough, and various newly launched tokens were like wild horses running free. I scrutinized the market for a week, and ultimately made a heavy investment in ADA, not because I heard so-called 'insider news', but because its technical white paper logic was solid enough. Starting from $0.03, I built my position in three batches, nearly all my spare cash went in, and looking back now, that courage was half vision and half recklessness.
The next chapter is even more exciting than a thrilling novel: three months later, ADA's price soared like a rocket, reaching $1.2. I still remember that morning when I opened the trading software, my hands were shaking, and my account balance had multiplied nearly 40 times! At that moment, I was grinning at my phone for half an hour, even dreaming that night about picking out a school district house, calculating whether this money was enough to buy one outright in a core area of a first-tier city. Friends kept asking me 'where the next boom will be', even my cousin who never invests wanted to entrust his retirement savings to me.
Looking back, I realize that I was blinded by greed at that time. My friends advised me to 'secure the profits', but I patted my chest and said 'it can still go up'; when the software alerted me of 'abnormal price fluctuations', I dismissed it as a system error. What was the result? The market gave me the harshest lesson; a week later, ADA's price plummeted from $1.2 to $0.2. I watched helplessly as the unrealized gains in my account receded like a tide, and the 'house money' I once held shrank overnight into 'renovation funds', leaving me without enough for even the down payment. During that time, I couldn't sleep until dawn, feeling anxious every time I opened the software, haunted by images of falling K-lines.
After painful reflection, I realized: in this market, 'knowing how to buy' is just the entry point, while 'knowing how to sell' is the real skill. Over the past eight years, I've seen too many people make money by luck, only to lose it back through their own abilities; and I've also seen people who consistently take profits, even if their returns aren't the highest. The difference lies in whether there is a solid trading discipline; this is not just talk, but a lesson I learned through real money, especially suitable for ordinary investors who don't have time to monitor the market.
The essentials are here: my 'steady profit without worry' trading method, which beginners can directly copy.
Let me clarify: there is no strategy that guarantees profit without loss, but this method can help you retain most of your profits and avoid the 'rollercoaster' traps.
1. Take-profit: Don't be a 'greedy person', learn to 'harvest in batches'.
The 'laddered take-profit method' I currently use is honed through countless trials and errors. For example, if a token rises from $1 to $2, reaching my first target price, I will immediately sell 30% of my position. The core of this step is 'recouping the principal'. Don't underestimate this 30%; once the principal is secured, you won't panic about fluctuations in the remaining position, and you won't make erratic trades out of 'fear of loss'.
When the price continues to rise to $3, which is the second target, I will sell another 30%. This part is 'certain profit', equivalent to buying some large items for the family or saving it in a financial account as emergency funds.
For the last remaining 40% of my position, I will set a 'trailing stop-loss'. Simply put, it means raising the stop-loss point as the price increases. For example, when the price rises to $4, I will set the stop-loss at $3.4 (15% drop from the peak). Once triggered, I will sell immediately. This way, I can capture further price increases while preventing 'a cooked duck from flying away', perfectly balancing profit and risk.
2. Stop-loss: engrave the 'life-saving line' in your mind.
I have an unbreakable rule: the loss on each trade must not exceed 5% of the principal. What does this mean? For example, if you invest 10,000 yuan, the maximum acceptable loss is 500 yuan. If it exceeds this amount, exit immediately.
My trading method is very simple: after each position is established, immediately set a 'conditional order', setting the stop-loss line at -10% of the purchase price. Some may ask, 'What if it goes up again after the stop-loss?' I tell you: better to miss one opportunity than to lose all your principal. This market is never short of opportunities; what it lacks are those who can stay in the game. Just like playing cards, if you run out of chips, no matter how big the game is, it has nothing to do with you.
After 8 years of ups and downs, my biggest realization is: in this market, 'survivors' are always more enviable than 'get-rich-quick' individuals. Those who can make money consistently are not the ones who predict the market accurately, but ordinary people who understand to 'take profits while they can' and 'cut losses in time'.
As an analyst who monitors the market for 8 hours daily, I understand everyone's desire to make money, but please remember: slow down a bit, be steadier, and you can go further. Follow me@帝王说币 #加密市场观察 $BTC
