To be honest, many people around me have been asking a question these past two years:
"Do you think you can still make money in the crypto world? I missed it before, is there still a chance now?"
My answer may be a little disappointing, but it's very real – most people really can't make money.
Have you had a similar experience?
Speculating in spot, trapped on the top of the mountain;
Playing contracts, liquidated twice in a few days;
Chasing primary, the result is that the project goes to zero as soon as it launches.
In the end, you doubt your life and don't understand whether the crypto world has changed or whether you're not suitable.
Actually, you're not wrong, the problem lies in the fact that you simply don't understand the "underlying rules" of this game in the crypto world.
01｜Three Ways to Make Money in the Crypto World: The Road You Choose Was Already Difficult
Simply put, there are only three ways to make money in the crypto world:
Spot: Buy and hold, wait for the bull market to rise and then sell.
Contracts: High leverage bets on short-term fluctuations, betting right makes you rich, betting wrong makes you bankrupt.
Primary Market: Early participation, eating dividends, even doubling before launch.
Think carefully about which road you are taking?
Many people enter the market with spot, and may indeed make a little money at first. Later, when the market reverses, they are trapped for three years without being unlocked.
What about contracts? To be honest, that's a high-risk area for newbies. Most people earn a bit and then return several or even ten times more, ultimately being liquidated and exiting the market.
As for the primary market, many people don't even understand how to play, and they buy a token in a confused way, and finally get pulled into a Ponzi scheme.
To summarize: You're not not smart, you just went the wrong way.
02｜Why Can't You Always Make Money?
Simply put, the crypto world is a zero-sum game.
For every penny you earn, someone else loses money behind it.
Then tell me, can retail investors win against market makers?
What's even more heartbreaking is that it's not the coin that's the problem, it's the people.
This is not pleasant to hear, but it's the truth.
You watch the K-line every day, staring at the market for ten hours, and the analysts in the group are more accurate than the others. But do you really understand?
Have you systematically studied the basic knowledge of blockchain?
Do you understand Tokenomics?
Can you understand open-source code?
Do you know how the DEX liquidity mechanism works?
To be honest, many people's understanding of the crypto world is still stuck on "whether there are big Vs endorsing it," "whether there are airdrops," and "whether it can double ten times overnight."
You still want to make money steadily like this? That's really naive.
03｜In the crypto world, there is an 80% chance that you are a leek, this is not an exaggeration
Some people say, "The crypto wealth code is Bitcoin."
The question is: If BTC comes again, rising from a few thousand to over a hundred thousand, can you really catch it?
The answer is: not necessarily.
Because you simply haven't established the correct cognitive system.
Before each bull market arrives, retail investors are still sleeping;
When the bull market starts, they start to wait and see;
It doubled, and couldn't resist rushing in;
As a result, it reached the top and was buried for three years.
You think you missed the opportunity, but you actually lack the cognition.
Simply put, you think the crypto world is a place for speculation, but it's more like an arena for cognition and information.
04｜The Only Way Out for Ordinary People is Actually the Primary Market
You might ask, is there still a chance for ordinary people to turn over?
Yes, and there's only one direction – the primary market.
What is the primary market? It is when you participate in the project when it is just starting, or intervene before it is launched on the exchange, such as whitelist, private placement, pre-sale, testnet incentives, and node elections.
But note – primary is not blind gambling.
Not every primary market project can double your money. 90% of primary market projects are garbage.
The key lies in: Can you understand the project and distinguish the quality of the project.
05｜How to judge whether a primary market project is reliable?
Let's talk about dry goods, not metaphysics.
To judge whether a project is worth entering, you must at least ask a few questions clearly:
Is this project truly decentralized? Or is it just hanging the Web3 sign?
Is the token open source? Is there an audit? Is there code activity?
Is the initial market value high? Is there VC control? Is there a transparent allocation mechanism?
Is there a truly implemented product or roadmap?
Is there community consensus? Is the foreign community hot? How many real users are participating in testing?
Let me tell you the truth: don't always ask "who issued this coin," that's not the key.
Do you know who Satoshi Nakamoto is? You don't know, do you? Then why do you believe in Bitcoin?
We don't trust "who made it," but whether the underlying logic of the thing can run, whether the mechanism is scientific, and whether it has future trend value.
06｜Take FIL as an example, how would you judge?
For example, FVM (Filecoin Virtual Machine) that many people are talking about now,
You ask me how it is?
I'll just tell you a few things:
It is officially promoted;
It is the most important infrastructure in the FIL ecosystem;
There is a clear technical roadmap;
Development activity can be found on Github;
The community is also growing rapidly.
As for whether you believe it or not, that's a matter for the K-line. FIL has evaporated 99% since its launch, and 99% of people have lost money! Does no one make money? To be honest, don't dislike it! The fate of leeks is to be cut! If you have leek attributes, FIL won't cut you, others will also cut you back to poverty...
The logic of the crypto world is like this – if someone believes it, it rises; if no one believes it, it falls.
The key is: can you foresee the trend in advance and have the patience to understand a project thoroughly.
07｜Fewer Jumping Projects, More Focus: Only Chance for Ordinary People to Turn Over
Speaking of which, if you're still chasing hot topics everywhere and changing projects every day, then I can clearly tell you:
You will 100% not make money.
What you need to do is not chase trends, but "be friends with time."
Look for a project with a logical process, reliable mechanism, and clear roadmap.
Start running alongside from the early community, participate in testing, incentives, governance, until it is launched on the secondary market, and even later secondary development.
Thoroughly understand a project –
Understand its mechanism, ecosystem, team, development direction, and token design,
You will naturally enter, lay out, and leave at the appropriate time.
You don't make money by luck, you make money by cognition and accumulation.
The truly profitable people are always a minority
So, stop fantasizing about "buying the dip and doubling ten times," stop fantasizing about "someone taking you to fly."
There is no savior in the crypto world, only information gaps, cognitive gaps, and execution gaps.
The people who can really live long and well in the crypto world,
Are those who keep learning, keep reflecting, and keep accumulating project knowledge.
They don't necessarily run the fastest, but they are definitely the most stable.
You can choose to continue blindly surfing, or you can start focusing on one direction, one project, one system, and build your true "cognitive moat" in the crypto world.
Choosing the right track and thoroughly understanding a project is the only way for ordinary people to turn over.
As a senior old leek: Share some contract earning tips with brothers and sisters who are new to the crypto world.
1️⃣ Newbies don't short contracts, don't short when you are bearish.
2️⃣ Don't do cross margin for contracts, only do isolated margin contracts for single coins. Most newbies do cross margin, open many coins, can't calculate the liquidation price, and are easily liquidated.
3️⃣ Do contract grid trading, and use the money earned from contract grid trading to gamble on contracts again. You can only gamble on the premise of not losing money, keeping the principal as the first law.
4️⃣ Place orders under each coin every day, for example, place orders for Bitcoin to fall by 10%, and other coins to plummet by more than 30%. Repeat this operation every day, and there will be many opportunities to eat it in a year.
5️⃣ Recently, new coins in the last year or two can also be shorted. You can use 1% of your funds to short new coins, because 99% of new coins will fall. If you lose this 1%, don't trade this coin. List it on the exchange for contracts, and you can only short it if the funding rate is below 1%.
6️⃣ Grids can be done with Bitcoin BTC, Ethereum ETH, EOS, FIL, Trump, and WLD are relatively safe at present.
7️⃣ Watch for new coins dropping 30%~50% daily to open isolated margin and bet on a rebound.
8️⃣ Event contracts can also be done. If Bitcoin has risen or fallen by 10% today, then you can do the market. A confirmed rise means opening a long position on Bitcoin's event contract. Doing event contracts like this can yield even greater returns than doing unilateral contracts. If you do an hourly event contract, currently at 88888, and you open it 6 times in an hour, and all 6 times are above 88888, you can earn more than 40% of your principal. If you do a unilateral upward trend and it only rises to 88889, your return will definitely not be as much as an event contract.
Selling too early, it's really hard to grasp the timing.
Event contracts, feel a bit like gambling.
⏺ What is MACD golden cross?
⏺ Moving Average (MA)
If you're still losing money trading futures, this content is your "lifesaver" – understand these 6 points thoroughly to turn from being a harvested sheep into a hunter with a sickle.
I. Take Profit and Stop Loss: The Art of Controlling Greed and Admitting Mistakes in Time
Take Profit: Don't Think About Earning the Last Penny
There are no "forever rising coins" in the crypto world. Any market is a cycle of reincarnation (for example, SOL went from 20→200→30 in just 3 months);
Practical Rules:
✅ Profit 10% → Take Profit 30%, Profit 30% → Take Profit 50%;
✅ Use "Trailing Stop": After the price reaches a new high, move the stop loss up to 5% of the previous high (e.g., if ETH rises from 3000 to 3300, set the stop loss at 3135).
Stop Loss: The Courage to Cut Losses
Don't fantasize about "holding orders to get back the capital," in the LUNA massacre from 119→0, 90% of people died from "waiting a little longer";
Practical Rules:
✅ Immediately stop loss if a single loss ≥ 5% (1000U principal, cut if you lose 50U);
✅ Set the stop loss point at "1% below the key support/resistance level" (e.g., if BTC has support at 30000, set the stop loss at 29700).
II. Reject Frequent Trading: Don't Work for the Exchange
Fee Trap: Opening orders with high leverage (20x +) directly eats 1-2 points of profit through fees;
Win Rate Curse: People who trade frequently have a hard time exceeding a 50% win rate (Mathematical Probability: Tossing a coin is harder than this);
Practical Rules:
✅ Open a maximum of 2 orders per day, only do "understandable market conditions";
✅ Use "Range Trading": For example, if BTC is trading sideways between 28000-30000, only do unilateral market conditions after a breakout.
IV. Step by Step: Develop Great Skills with Small Positions
Don't fantasize about "getting rich with 100U principal and 100x leverage," 99% of the results are liquidation (2023 contract liquidation data: 80% comes from high leverage);
Practical Paths:
100U Principal → 5-10x Leverage → Goal: Stable Profit of 20%/Week;
Profit to 500U → 10-20x Leverage → Goal: Monthly Profit of 50%;
After Stable Profits → Increase Position Size (Remember: Position Size and Ability Must Match).
V. Light Positions are King: The Only Way to Avoid Black Swan Events
Black swan events are never late: In March 2024, BTC plummeted 15% due to fake ETF news, and those who were heavily invested were directly liquidated;
Practical Rules:
✅ Single position ≤ 20% of the principal (1000U principal, maximum 200U position);
✅ In extreme market conditions (such as the Fed raising interest rates), cut the position in half again.
VI. Unity of Knowledge and Action: The Ultimate Test of Overcoming Human Weaknesses
Knowing ≠ Doing: How many people understand stop loss, but are liquidated because of "holding on a little longer"?
Breaking Method:
✅ Write a trading plan: Write clearly "take profit point, stop loss point, position size" before opening an order, and paste it on the screen;
✅ Use robots to execute: Set stop loss/take profit as conditional orders to avoid emotional interference (such as Binance's "Conditional Order" function).
Final Reminder
The crypto world can indeed change fate, but the premise is:
You can control greed (take profit);
You dare to face mistakes (stop loss);
You know how to wait for opportunities (empty position);
You are willing to slowly become stronger (light position + learning).
Reversing the trend yields amazing returns! Follow Cheng Ge's rhythm closely and easily achieve wealth leap.
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