Many people think that making money in the crypto world is all about luck.

But in the past few years, what I’ve truly seen is that the people who can survive and carry through cycles never rely on luck. It’s always about cognition and execution.

That rally in 2024—many people probably still remember it.

Market sentiment was ignited fast, and Ethereum kept strengthening all the way. Some people doubted all the way, missed trade after trade; others made plans in advance and held onto their profits within the trend.

I know a friend of mine at the time. His capital wasn’t that big, but his execution was strong. After the market started moving, he didn’t constantly chase or flip in and out. Instead, he followed his trading plan. In the end, over a complete trend cycle, his account achieved growth far beyond expectations.

Many people only see the result, but ignore the process behind it.

Reviewing every day, waiting for opportunities, and controlling risk—these things that seem insignificant are often exactly where the real gap is created.

Over the years, I’ve become more and more convinced of one thing:

Small capital is not a disadvantage. The greatest advantage is that you can keep accumulating experience and keep optimizing your trading system.

What’s truly important isn’t that you have to make a move every time, but that when an opportunity that belongs to you appears, you can recognize it, hold it, and defend it.

My trading habits have always been simple:

• Don’t chase a trend that has already finished.

• Don’t let market emotions carry you along.

• Act only with a plan; if you’re not sure, wait patiently.

• For every trade, think about risk first, then profit.

The market fluctuates every day, but the big opportunities worth participating in actually don’t come more than a few times in a year.

If you can endure the wait, you can catch the trend.

Many people lose to the market not because they’re incapable, but because they always want to grab every single fluctuation.

At the very end of trading, what’s compared isn’t prediction ability—it’s execution ability.

When the market is rising, it tests restraint; when it pulls back, it tests patience.

Over the years, I’ve come to feel that trading is also a kind of practice.

The numbers in your account will change, but what truly remains is your cognition, your discipline, and that stable mindset when facing the market.

Hopefully in the future, we can all move a little slower, stay steadier in the market, and go even farther $BTC ‌