*I’ve been in crypto for 12 years…

Here are the painful mistakes I made (so you don’t have to) 🧵*

*Learn from my scars, not your own.* 🧠🔥

*1. Chasing Green Candles* 🚀🟥

*I bought BTC at 20k in Dec 2017... then watched it crash to6k.*

→ FOMO is a killer. The market rewards patience, not hype-chasing.

*Lesson:* Buy fear, sell greed. Always.

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*2. Holding Bags to Zero* 💼💀

*I held “promising” altcoins until they literally vanished.*

→ Projects with no real use case or devs will eventually fade.

*Lesson:* Don’t fall in love with your coins. If fundamentals die, so should your position.

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*3. Not Taking Profits* 💸🧻

*Watched a 15x portfolio gain turn into 2x in 2021 because I was “waiting for more.”*

→ Greed blinds logic.

*Lesson:* Take profit in stages. No one goes broke securing gains.

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*4. Going All-In on One Coin* 🎯💥

*I went all-in on a “game-changing” token. It rugged in 3 months.*

→ Overconfidence leads to disaster.

*Lesson:* Diversify across sectors — DeFi, L1s, AI, etc.

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*5. Ignoring Security* 🔓😰

*Lost 40% of holdings in exchange hacks and phishing scams.*

→ The worst pain isn’t losses from trades — it’s theft.

*Lesson:* Use hardware wallets (Ledger, Trezor), 2FA, and never click sketchy links.

*6. Copy Trading Influencers* 👤📉

*I followed a “top” Twitter trader. Lost 70% in a month.*

→ Most influencers profit from followers, not trading.

*Lesson:* Learn TA, fundamentals, and strategy yourself. DYOR always.

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*7. No Exit Plan* 🚪🌀

*In every bull run, I held “just a little longer.” Lost almost everything each time.*

→ Without a plan, emotions take over.

*Lesson:* Have defined price targets or percentage goals to scale out.

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*8. Trading Without Stop-Losses* 📉💔

*Tried margin trading without risk management. Got liquidated.*

→ Leverage is a double-edged sword.

*Lesson:* Always use stop-losses and risk less than 2% of portfolio per traden as int