After 8 years of trading cryptocurrencies, the craziest time was in 2017.
At that time, I hit a meme coin called ADA, starting my position at $0.03, and three months later, it rose to $1.20, with my account showing nearly 40 times the profit.
During that time, the first thing I did every morning was check how many more zeros were added to my account, and I even started calculating whether I should buy a house. But guess what? I didn't sell.
Later, ADA fell back to $0.20, with profits retracing by 80%, and the house turned into air.
This experience made me understand completely: in the crypto world, those who can buy are the apprentices, but those who can sell are the masters.
The following set of profit-taking and stop-loss methods is practical experience that I exchanged for real money, especially suitable for ordinary people who do not want to watch the market.
First, let’s talk about profit-taking.
My current strategy is "stepped profit-taking."
For example, if a coin rises from $1 to $2, I will first sell 30% of my capital, so regardless of future fluctuations, I have already recouped my costs.
When it rises to $3, I will sell another 30%, and set a trailing stop for the remaining 40%—automatically liquidating when the price retraces 15% from the peak.
This method allows one to fully capture the main upward trend without losing everything.
Now, let’s talk about stop-losses.
My iron rule is: a single loss must not exceed 5% of the capital.
For instance, if I build a position with $10,000, I must stop-loss when the unrealized loss reaches $500.
In terms of specific operations, I am used to placing a "conditional order" in advance: immediately setting a stop-loss order at -10% after buying, just like fastening a seatbelt for trading.
Don’t worry about missing out; there are always opportunities in the crypto world, but once the capital is gone, it’s really gone.
Recently, I discovered an anti-human nature trick: lowering the profit target.
Many people always want to sell at the highest point, but often miss the best opportunity.
Now, I am satisfied as long as I can catch the body of the fish, leaving the tail for others—this has actually allowed me to achieve a stable profit of 35% this year.
Finally, let me say something from the bottom of my heart: in these eight years, I have seen too many stories of overnight wealth, but more people have exhausted their capital riding the roller coaster repeatedly.
Those who can truly take away profits are always those who execute discipline like robots.
I remember once after I stopped-loss, the coin price doubled again, and my friends laughed at me for being timid, but I have no regrets—because three months later, that coin went to zero.
Staying alive in the crypto world is much more important than making quick money.
But I only do real trading, no empty promises. Our battle team still has openings, for those who want to learn the methods and turn things around, get on board and let’s work together!
