The night my account first appeared with $320k in U, it was actually pretty ordinary. I soaked three bowls of instant noodles in my rental room, ate while refreshing my balance. I didn’t post on Moments, and I didn’t tell my family.



When I first entered the crypto world, my account only had 5,000 U. Over these years, there hasn’t been much legend—nothing more than repeated trial and error, repeated review and replay. My phone still has transaction records from over 2,000 days. Later, I gradually understood one thing: a lot of people study K-lines every day, but what really “speaks” is volume. As the price slowly rises and the volume gets released little by little, it’s likely that capital is entering. But if it suddenly pumps hard and then starts bleeding down sideways, this kind of trend—now I’ll be on high alert.

And there’s another trap that newcomers are most likely to step into: when the coin price drops hard a bit, it bounces immediately, and many people rush in to chase the bottom.

But the harshest line in crypto is: under the floor, there are often basements.

When I watch the market now, it’s actually simple:
When volume dries up at high levels, I start to be cautious. If the bottom consolidates with low volume for a long time, and then slowly starts to expand in volume, that’s when it may be a real bottom. After staying in this market long enough, you’ll find—K-lines are just stories; volume is the money.

But technical analysis isn’t the hardest part.
The real difficulty is three things: not holding loss-making positions, not getting jealous of hundredfold myths, and not moving around wildly when there’s a crash.

Many people ask me how I’ve lived in crypto for so long.
It’s actually just one sentence: living longer matters more than making money faster.

I’m Jennie. I’ve been grinding in this space for many years, mainly doing perpetual contracts and spot setups.
I’ve stepped into many traps, and also eaten many opportunities early.
If you’re still wildly chasing hot trends and opening positions recklessly, it’s not that you can’t—it’s just that you haven’t figured out this market yet.

As the saying goes again: one log can’t make a boat. A lone sail won’t sail far. If you have a good team to point you in the right direction, it’s always better than going it alone. Tap my profile page, and let’s discuss the direction together #比特币
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ZeroRoyaltyFighter
· 07-23 04:44
Trading volume is truly key. Many beginners only look at price and not volume, which makes it easy to fall into traps.
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OnChainArchaeologist
· 07-23 02:24
You’re absolutely right—candlesticks are the story, and trading volume is the money. I’ve had a similar experience too. What I fear most is that kind of move that pumps first, then slowly slips lower, and that “bottom with shrinking volume and sideways consolidation” is what makes me feel confident to enter gradually. One log can’t make a boat. Hopefully we can communicate more going forward!
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