Eight Years in Crypto: From Hitting Walls Everywhere to Surviving Steadily—My Hard-Won Lessons from the Front Lines
I have been in crypto for exactly eight years—not incredibly long, but not a short time either.
I have seen people around me get rich overnight and go to zero in an instant; some entered full of hope and exited completely in tears, while even more ordinary people repeatedly lost money, felt lost, and struggled.
Many followers and students who have just entered the market always ask me: How do you survive in crypto? How can you avoid being harvested and make steady profits?
Today, I won't lecture or hype returns. I'll just have an honest heart-to-heart with everyone based on my own experiences over these eight years.
First Year: Entering Full of Enthusiasm, Hitting Walls Everywhere, and Getting Harvested from Start to Finish
When I first entered crypto, I was exactly like 90% of today's newcomers.
All I could see was other people doubling their money, getting rich, and driving luxury cars, while I completely failed to see the risks behind it all. I knew nothing back then: nothing about trends, support and resistance, or position sizing. I didn't even know how to set take-profit and stop-loss levels.
I spent every day in various groups, listening to influencers call trades and other people shill coins. If someone said a coin could rise, I would blindly jump in; if someone called the top, I would panic-sell at a loss.
Chasing pumps and selling dips was the norm, while going all-in was part of daily life.
When the market was doing well, I would get carried away after making a little money by luck, thinking I was naturally suited for this business. As soon as the market pulled back slightly, I would panic—either getting deeply trapped while holding a losing position or selling at the bottom, only to watch the price surge immediately afterward and miss the entire move.
That year's version of me was the market's most textbook “retail bagholder.”
I traded frequently, fell into traps frequently, and lost money frequently. My principal kept shrinking, and my confidence kept collapsing. I stayed up every night watching charts until I was dizzy and exhausted. Not only did I fail to make money, I ended up buried in losses. The friends who entered the market alongside me gradually disappeared: some left, some lost money, and some closed their accounts.
That was when I first truly understood: Crypto may look like a place full of gold, but in reality, it is full of traps. People without the skills who enter are simply giving their money away.
First Four Years: Falling into Every Trap and Losing Until I Finally Understood the Market's Cruelty
During my first four years, I basically fell into every trap that a crypto beginner could encounter.
Overleveraging, going fully invested, holding losing positions, refusing to cut losses, bottom-fishing against the trend, chasing highs and becoming exit liquidity, frequent short-term trading, emotional trading, trading on rumors…
Every mistake came with a lesson paid for in hard cash.
At my worst, the loss on a single trade equaled several months of hard-earned salary. I would stare blankly at the charts at night, looking at my sea of red, feeling lost, anxious, and full of self-doubt. Countless times, I thought about giving up completely and leaving crypto for good.
But I couldn't accept that.
I discovered a painful truth: Crypto has never lacked opportunities; what it lacks are people who can keep their composure, follow the rules, and stay alive.
The market is never wrong; the trader is always the one at fault.
When others lost money and closed their accounts, I chose to calm down and review my trades.
I began to give up following the crowd, emotional trading, and fantasies of getting rich overnight.
I stopped listening to rumors and blindly trusting so-called trading gurus. Every day, I spent a great deal of time reviewing charts, studying cycles, identifying entry points, and refining my mindset.
Gradually, I began to understand trends, distinguish between ranges and one-way moves, manage my positions, and strictly use take-profit and stop-loss levels.
As the ancients said: “Without enduring the bitter cold, how could the plum blossom emit its fragrance?”
Maturity in crypto has never been about how many techniques you learn, but about losing enough, suffering enough, and finally waking up.
The Next Four Years: Finding Clarity, Building Steady Compounding Returns, and Helping Students Move Forward
After surviving the darkest moments of my first four years, my trading logic and mindset underwent a complete transformation.
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I no longer pursued doubling my money on a single trade or coveted maximum profits. I only made money from market conditions I could understand and took opportunities I could control.
I don't trade against the trend, overexpose my capital, overstay in trades, or get greedy.
When market conditions are poor, I stay in cash and rest, never forcing a trade. When the market is clear, I build positions steadily with small allocations and take reliable swing-trade profits.
Gradually, my account stopped experiencing huge ups and downs. Slow, steady, and consistent returns replaced my previous gambler-style trading.
It was also around this time that many friends and followers who had been losing money began learning from me and following my trades.
I began mentoring students and sharing real trades.
I have never painted rosy pictures or hyped huge profits, because I understand crypto's cruelty too well. My core purpose in helping people has never been to make them rich overnight, but to teach them to survive first and then make money gradually.
I teach everyone step by step how to avoid high-frequency traps, eliminate emotional trading, control position sizes, and learn to wait for opportunities.
When many students first came to me, they were terrified of losing, had broken mindsets, and did not dare place orders—whenever they traded, they made mistakes.
After spending some time learning with me, they gradually shed their gambling mentality, steadied their mindsets, learned to respect the market, and slowly began to get unstuck 🍑, recover their principal, and compound steadily.
Eight Years of Hard-Won Lessons: The Real Rules for Surviving in Crypto
After eight years in crypto, I have seen countless people build towers, host banquets, and watch those towers collapse. In the end, I summed up a few down-to-earth and truly valuable survival lessons for everyone struggling in the market:
1. Crypto's First Rule: Staying Alive Is Always More Important Than Making Money
The biggest misconception among newcomers is that they enter the market thinking only about how much they can make, never how much they can lose.
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There are opportunities in crypto every day, but once your principal is gone, even the best market conditions have nothing to do with you. As long as you preserve your capital, you will never run out of opportunities; if you can stay in the market for the long term, you have already beaten 80% of people.
2. Abandon Fantasies of Getting Rich Overnight; Compounding Is the Way to Go
Greed is the root cause of every major loss, liquidation, and deeply trapped position.
Always trying to capture the maximum profit and always hoping to turn your life around with one trade ultimately leads to the market harvesting you brutally.
Steady small profits accumulated over the long term are ten thousand times more reliable than getting rich through gambling.
3. Always Respect the Market; Do Not Fight the Trend
There is a logic behind every rise and a reason behind every fall.
Do not make subjective assumptions or think, “It has fallen enough, so I'll buy the dip,” or “It has risen too much, so I'll short.” Going with the trend and adapting to the market is the core of trading.
4. Position Sizing Is the Bottom Line for Staying Alive
Every devastating loss comes from overexposure or going fully invested.
Small positions provide room for error; large positions are gambling with your life. Without position control, even the most accurate technical analysis will eventually give the money back to the market.
5. Mindset Matters More Than Technique, and Patience Matters More Than Frequent Trading
Many people do understand the market; they simply cannot stand waiting.
They want to trade and take action every day, and the more they do, the more they lose. True experts spend most of their time in cash, waiting and only taking trades with a high degree of certainty.
Final Thoughts
After eight years in crypto, I have seen through human nature and witnessed the ups and downs.
Everyone who comes and goes is merely a passerby. The greedy and restless eventually leave, while only the steady and committed can endure.
The old me hit walls everywhere, suffered repeated losses, and felt lost and helpless. The current me sees through market cycles, maintains a steady mindset, moves forward steadily, and can also help a group of students who trust me earn consistent profits.
Crypto never lets down disciplined and clear-minded people. Those who are eliminated are always the greedy, restless, and disrespectful toward the market.
Market cycles will always repeat, and opportunities will always be there.
As long as you do not close your account, maintain your composure, follow the rules, and understand what to choose and what to give up, you will eventually obtain your own share of the results in this market.
