8 Years of Crypto Trading Journey: From Beginner to Million-Dollar Wealth – Lessons Learned Through Tears

After 8 years of navigating the cryptocurrency market, from being completely clueless to building an asset worth about a million USD, I realize one important thing: success doesn’t come from luck, but from lessons learned at the cost of real losses. Many people ask me: How do you choose coins? What trading method do you follow? The answer is: the secret to making money often lies in very small details, but they are often overlooked.

1. The Biggest Mistake of Beginners: Seeing Price Fluctuations and Jumping In Most investors lose money for a familiar reason: seeing market volatility and rushing to enter trades. The usual results are: Buying at the peak in excitementSelling at the bottom in panicUltimately burning out your account or suffering heavy losses I also used to make this mistake. Looking back, I see that I acted entirely on emotion, without a system or discipline. And the market never sympathizes with emotions.
2. How I Choose Coins: Always Start from the List of Rising Coins When selecting coins, I always start with the list of coins that are increasing in price. The reason is very simple: Rising coins → market interestCash flow → liquidity → opportunity Conversely, coins that: Stay stagnant for monthsLack volumeHave no story …usually only waste your time and opportunities. 👉 Money only flows into places with movement, not into places that are sleeping.
3. Market Analysis: Don’t Just Look at K-Line Many people focus only on short-term candlestick charts, but overlook an extremely important factor: MACD on the monthly timeframe. My principle: Monthly MACD shows a golden cross → enter the trade decisivelyNo cross yet → be patient and wait I absolutely do not buy the dip just because the price has dropped sharply. Deep retracements often have low probability but very high risk.
4. The 60–70 Day Moving Average: The Focus Every Day Every day, I always monitor: The 60-day moving averagePrice around the 70-day mark My strategy is very clear: Price adjusts near the 70 MATrading volume increases 👉 I will decisively increase my position The market always offers opportunities for those prepared, not for the impatient.
5. Entering a Trade Doesn’t Mean You Have to Stay Another common mistake is: “Once I buy, I must hold at all costs.” I don’t do that. My principle: Price rises → continue holdingPrice breaks below an important support level → sell immediately, without hesitation Many people, unwilling to cut losses, always hope “the price will come back,” and as a result: Profits turn into losses, small losses turn into big losses.
6. Take Profits with Rhythm, Not Greed I never go all-in or all-out in one move. My way of taking profits: 30% profit → sell 50% of the position50% profit → sell the remaining part I accept: Selling earlyMissing the peak Because in the market, opportunities are always there, but accounts are not.
7. The Most Important Rule: Break the 70 MA and Exit Immediately This is my golden rule: Price drops below the 70-day moving average → exit all positions No explanations. No hopes. No regrets. Long-term survival in the market is more important than being right on a few trades.
8. Conclusion: Making Money Isn’t Hard, Keeping It Is 8 years in the crypto market have taught me: There’s no holy grailThere’s no quick wealth formulaThere’s only discipline, probability, and risk management These experiences don’t come from books, but are earned through real money and painful lessons. If you’ve read this far, remember one thing: The market always exists. The important thing is whether you stay to seize the opportunities or not. Patience, discipline, and respecting market laws – that is the long-term path to survive and grow in crypto.