Gate 2025 Year-End Community Gala #FederalReserveRepurchaseAgreementPlan Having been in the crypto space for 8 years, I have experienced several moments of mental breakdown and zeroing out, but it is those failures that taught me how to survive. Today, I’m sharing my most secret trading insights—nothing profound, just solid experience.
My principal always stays within 200,000. Why so restrained? Because frequent trading is like giving away money. As long as I can catch one main upward wave per year, that’s enough. The key is always keeping enough cash on hand. Full positions lead to the fastest death—this is a painful lesson.
Cognition determines the ceiling. Before live trading, be sure to practice thoroughly with a demo account to develop the right mindset and courage. Demo trading allows unlimited trial and error, but once you blow up your account in live trading, you might never get another chance.
When a major positive news hits and you don’t sell that day? You must decisively sell when the market opens high the next day. This is my iron rule—after the good news is fully priced in, it becomes bad news. Greedy traders end up trapped. Another rule is around holidays: one week before major holidays, I start reducing or even completely clearing my positions. Historical market patterns show that holiday crashes are almost a default setting; avoiding them in advance preserves profits.
The mid-to-long-term strategy is like this: always keep cash ready, sell at high points, buy the dips, and cycle your trades for steady gains. Never hold on stubbornly; learn to adjust your positions flexibly.
What about short-term trading? Focus on two things—trading volume and candlestick patterns. Pick coins with large fluctuations and active trading; avoid obscure and stagnant ones—they waste time and lose money. When the decline slows, rebounds tend to be sluggish, but when the decline accelerates, rebounds are often quick and fierce. Finding this rhythm helps you pinpoint buy and sell moments.
For short-term trading, you must monitor the 15-minute candlestick chart with the KDJ indicator; this greatly improves win rates. But there’s a key point—stop-loss to protect your life. If you buy wrong, admit the loss and cut it early! Protecting your principal is fundamental to surviving in the crypto world. Holding on stubbornly can lead to total wipeout.
One last tip: skill isn’t about quantity, but precision. There are countless ways to trade crypto, but don’t chase everything. Master a few strategies that suit you deeply, and you can achieve stable profits. $BTC, $ETH, $BNB are all good targets for practical trading, but the key is execution.