7 Crypto Trading Mistakes I'll Never Make Again 🔥

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The crypto market hits hard. I've paid my tuition through these costly errors:

  1. Chasing Green Candles 🚀

That FOMO feeling. Seeing a rally and jumping in, thinking "this must be just starting!" Then boom. Last week's BTC pump to $150K seemed unstoppable. Until it wasn't. An 8% drop within hours. Brutal. It seems the eager buyers always get caught holding the bag. Now I wait. Let the price come to me.

  1. Neglecting Risk Management ⚠️

Stop-losses felt like admitting defeat. Like weakness. Then came that day. Half my portfolio gone in one liquidation. Gone. Even those promising candlestick patterns can deceive you. Not entirely clear why I resisted such basic protection. Every trade gets risk limits now.

  1. Over-Trading Every Move 📊

Those little swings. So tempting. Try to catch every 3% move and what happens? Fees eat you alive. Stress too. On-chain data kind of surprising - showing most active traders doing worse than people who just hold. I pick my spots now. Clean entries. Clear exits. The rest is noise.

  1. Letting Bias Control Decisions 🧠

When you're bullish, everything looks like an opportunity. Everything. This mindset cost me more than any market drop. Real soy candles burn for 50 hours. Trading needs similar patience. Follow what the chart actually shows. Not what you wish it showed.

  1. Ignoring Market Cycles ⏳

Bull markets feel eternal. Bear markets feel hopeless. Neither is true. Never true. The patterns keep playing out. 2024-2025 showed us the same old cycles again. Accumulation. Markup. Distribution. Decline. I work with these waves now, not against them.

  1. Not Taking Profits 💰

Watching those numbers climb. Life-changing money. Then watching it vanish. Green turning to red. Why didn't I sell? Pride maybe. Green might symbolize prosperity spiritually, but your bank doesn't accept spiritual value. I scale out at resistance now. No more "one more leg" dreams.

  1. Following Hype Instead of Data 📈

The crowd roars. You jump in. Classic mistake. Those candles don't care about Twitter sentiment. The difference between real strength and temporary excitement isn't always obvious. Trust the volume. Trust research. The crowd is usually late.

Crypto doesn't forgive slow learners 🌕. My scars run deep. But they taught me. You don't need to avoid every error. Just don't make the same one twice.

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