Beginning: Stop asking 'where is the bottom', first understand 'why you always buy halfway down the mountain'
When I first entered the cryptocurrency world, I always thought 'after a large drop, it must be the bottom': a certain coin dropped from 100 to 10, I rushed in to 'buy the bottom', but it fell to 5; when it dropped to 3, I added more, and finally it fell to 1. I later understood: the 'bottom' in the cryptocurrency world is often a trap set by the market makers for retail investors.


Now I only follow the 'steady route', and I actually earn more than when I chased highs and cut losses. Today, I'm not discussing 'get rich quick myths', just sharing 3 money-making paths suitable for ordinary people, and a core skill to 'buy the bottom without falling into traps', even if you are a beginner, you can still reduce losses by 60% by following these.

1. Steady route: Invest monthly in these two coins, lying back and waiting for the bull market to double your profits. For 90% of people, the most reliable thing in the cryptocurrency world is not 'catching hundredfold coins', but 'not stepping into traps + earning certain money'. My simple method is: only touch BTC and ETH; these two coins are like the 'pillar' of the crypto market; no matter how hard they fall, they can still get back up.

  • 'Buy on dips' is 10 times more reliable than 'timing the bottom'
    Don't guess 'when the low point is'; set a fixed day each month to buy, for example, take out 10% of your salary to buy BTC after getting paid, no matter whether the price is 30,000 or 40,000 at that time. In 2019, I started dollar-cost averaging, investing 5,000 each month, and by the bull market of 2021, my principal of 120,000 turned into 1.2 million— the core of dollar-cost averaging is 'averaging down costs', even if you buy at high points, you can still profit in the long run.

  • Hold for 1-2 years, wait until the bull market comes to sell
    Bitcoin has a cycle every 4 years; buy during bear markets and sell during bull markets—this is the simplest logic for making money. BTC bought in the bear market of 2018 was sold in the bull market of 2021, returning 10 times; ETH bought in the bear market of 2022 also earned 80% during the rebound in 2023. Remember: the bull market of mainstream coins may be late, but it will not be absent; the key is 'can you hold on'.


Key reminder: Don't 'all in' on dollar-cost averaging; invest no more than 20% of your salary each month, even if you lose it won't affect your life—stabilizing your mindset is essential to endure the bear market's hardships. 2. Swing trading: for those with some experience, seize 'obvious trends' to make quick money. If you feel 'dollar-cost averaging is too slow', you can try swing trading, but the premise is 'understanding the trend'. The core of swing trading is not 'guessing price movements', but 'being not greedy when it rises, and not panicking when it falls'.

  • A simple method of 'going with the trend': look at the 20-day moving average
    If the price is above the 20-day moving average, it indicates an upward trend; buy on pullbacks to the moving average; sell if it drops below the moving average. Last year, I used this method to trade SOL back and forth three times as it rose from 20 to 100, earning 20%-30% each time, which was 50% more than just holding it.

  • Take profit and stop loss with an 'iron heart'
    Sell half when you make 20%, sell another half when you make 50%, don't wait for a 'higher point'; cut losses at 10%, even if you 'feel like it will bounce back', you must sell. I've seen too many people get stuck in positions for the long term because of 'greed' and 'luck'—swing trading earns 'certain small profits', not 'big profits from gambling'.

3. Leverage contracts: high risk, high reward, ordinary people should avoid them if possible.

Contracts are like 'roses with thorns', looking tempting, but easy to get hurt when touched. I've seen people use 10x leverage to make 1 million, but I've seen even more lose everything overnight, leaving no principal.

  • If you want to play, remember the '3 lives' principle

    1. Leverage should never exceed 3 times, and full position mode must set stop losses (for example, automatic liquidation if it drops 5%);

    2. Never invest more than 10% of your capital at a time, even if you get liquidated, you only lose 10%;

    3. Only trade when the 'trend is clear', avoid choppy markets (for example, opening contracts when BTC is sideways won't even cover transaction fees).


Truth be told: Among those making money from contracts, 9 out of 10 are 'temporary', and less than 1 can survive long-term. Ordinary people hoping to get rich through contracts are likely 'giving away money'. 4. Always stepping on traps when buying the bottom? Because you don't understand 'the market makers' tricks'. Many people buy the bottom halfway down the mountain, not because of 'bad luck', but because they were deceived by the market makers' 'fake moves'. I've summarized two of the easiest traps to fall into and one 'true bottom signal':

  • Trap 1: After a long drop, don't chase a big green candle
    If a coin drops for 3 months and suddenly rises 10% in one day, many people think 'it's the bottom' and rush in—actually, this is a trap set by the market makers to 'entice buying': they push the price up to let those who are stuck 'cut losses', so they can acquire more at even lower prices. For example, in 2022, a certain altcoin dropped from 20 to 5, then rose to 6; three of my friends chased in, and it eventually fell to 3 before stopping.

  • Trap 2: Buying after 'good news' is likely to get stuck
    If a coin announces 'it will be listed on a big exchange', and you think 'good news is here', you buy, only to see it drop even harder—market makers already knew the news and raised the price in advance; by the time you see the news, they are already 'offloading'.

  • True bottom signal: 'Pin bar + increased volume' after a sharp drop
    If the price suddenly plummets (for example, a 20% drop in 10 minutes), but quickly bounces back, forming a 'long lower shadow' (like a pin stuck at the bottom), and the trading volume suddenly increases (three times higher than usual)—this is the market makers' 'true bottom fishing', and retail investors can buy a little (don't go all in). In 2023, when BTC dropped to 15,000, this signal appeared; I bought a 10% position, and it later rose back to 30,000, making a 100% profit.

5. Last but not least: those who make money in the cryptocurrency world all understand that 'slow is fast'.

From total bottom fishing to stable profits, my biggest insight is: the key for ordinary people to survive in the cryptocurrency world is not 'how many opportunities to seize', but 'how few mistakes to make'.#稳定币监管风暴 #Strategy增持比特币