Cryptocurrency trading is not a casino and not quick money. It is a high-risk profession where 90–95% of newcomers lose their deposit in the first year.
But if you approach the matter with a cool head and a clear system, you can earn steadily.
Here are 15 rules that actually work, verified by me and hundreds of other successful traders:
1️⃣ Always trade by the plan with stop-loss and take-profit
No trades 'by eye'. Without a stop, you are food for whales.
2️⃣ Never risk more than 1–2% of your deposit on one trade
One bad position shouldn't kill your account.
3️⃣ FOMO — your main enemy
When everyone is shouting 'that's the bottom!', 'last chance to ×10' — it's almost always a trap. Sitting in cash — good job.
4️⃣ ‼️Learn technical analysis at a level where you see the chart and understand where the price will go in 10 seconds
Minimum: support/resistance, trend lines, volumes, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands.
5️⃣ Combine technical + fundamental analysis
The technique says 'where to buy/sell', the fundamentals say 'is it worth getting into this asset at all'.
6️⃣ Diversify, but wisely
50–70% in BTC/ETH, 20–30% in strong alts, 5–10% in high-risk (meme coins, presales, etc.).
7️⃣ Use several exchanges simultaneously
Bybit, Binance, OKX, MEXC, KuCoin + one or two decent DEX (Uniswap, PancakeSwap, Jupiter). Each has its own listings and liquidity.
8️⃣ Limit orders — your best friend
Never buy at market price during a pump (you pay the maximum).
9️⃣ Keep a trading journal
Each trade: entry screen, reason, result, mistakes. In 3–6 months you will see your weaknesses.
🔟 Keep 30–50% of your portfolio in stablecoins during a bear market or uncertainty
Cash is also a position.
1️⃣1️⃣ Don't read news and Twitter analysts before entering a trade
99% of them are either already priced in by the market or manipulation.
1️⃣2️⃣ Trading bots and grids are good, but only after you are consistently in profit manually.
First the head, then automation.
1️⃣3️⃣ Learn whale manipulations
Fake walls in the glass, stop hunting, spoofs — when you know how it works, you stop being a victim.
1️⃣4️⃣ Emotions — out of the market
Profit = joy - next time you risk more - loss.
Loss = anger - revenge - even bigger loss.
Trading = cold calculation.
1️⃣5️⃣ The best trade is the one you stayed away from
Sometimes the most profitable day is when you just didn't trade.
⚠️Always DYOR — it’s not advice, it’s a necessity. It must be integrated into your trading system, like Risk management or journaling.
Why DYOR is always needed!
1️⃣Trading is:
• Logic,
• Strategy,
• Emotional discipline.
2️⃣ Without your own analysis, you are:
– or trade on emotions,
– or trade on the thoughts of others.
And this always leads to the depletion of your deposit.