Once I was asked a pretty embarrassing question—are you able to make money in the crypto world because you're especially bold? $BSB

$GT I almost couldn't hold back my laughter at the time.
The truth is, I wasn't very brave at the beginning—invested 800U, lost down to only 300U, to the point where I was nervous just watching the charts.
Later, I was able to gradually reach hundreds of thousands of U, and honestly, it wasn't because I was "brave," but because I was becoming "more afraid of messing up." $ETH
Later, I forced myself to summarize a very crude method, even a bit boring, but it's how I survived.
The first step, only choose coins that are still "being managed."
Leave those with volume and wave structure recently, delete those with continuous decline and no one willing to buy. Essentially, there's only one rule—don't look for opportunities in coins that are being abandoned.
The second step, look at the big trend, don't chase small hot spots.
Before a weekly chart shows a clear trend, even a strong rally is treated as noise, and I avoid counter-trend trades.
The third step, wait for the market to signal itself.
When the price returns near key moving averages, like the 60-day line, don't rush to buy; wait for signs of stabilization—volume increasing to stop the decline, structure re-tilting—and then buy in stages.
The fourth step, one strict rule: breakouts mean exit.
If the key moving average is broken, no explanation, no averaging down, just walk away.
Profit around 20%, then cut half to lock in gains, and see if there's more room for growth with the remaining.
This method has no fancy tricks, and it's even a bit clumsy; the core is one thing—keep as many low-probability trades out as possible.
Looking back later, I realized that my survival wasn't because I caught huge surges, but because I avoided many trades that should have wiped me out.
One of the most counterintuitive things in crypto is:
It's not the people who can make money that stay until the end, but those who can't mess around with making quick profits—that's who truly deserve to sit at the table forever.