The current crypto market is no longer what it was in 2021. Once the ETF was approved, this place transformed from a playground for retail investors into a hunting ground for institutions, quant traders, and smart money.
Wasn't the bull market simple before? Just buy a small coin with your eyes closed, and you might double your investment after a nap; but now? As soon as you place an order, the K-line plummets. You grit your teeth and cut losses, and it immediately rockets up. You want to average down? It will just trap you another 20 percent. This is the trick of quant trading. Every penny you lose becomes theirs, either converted into big coins and locked up, or cashed out and gone. Who will stick with you through thick and thin?
Retail investors find it difficult, and there's an even more heartbreaking reason: the market is too fragmented. New coins are launched every day, and there are too many projects to count, leaving retail funds scattered. You invest 100 USD, which seems small, but when combined with millions of retail investors, it becomes a big pool—yet these new coins are essentially just air! You exchange USD for air, and when you want to swap back, you can only sell at a discount with prices fluctuating like a roller coaster. They take your USD and will never look back to provide liquidity, either investing in wealth management for interest, or converting it into stablecoins and lying flat, not caring about your life or death.
Do you think you can win by watching K-lines and chasing news? That's naive. The news is all set up by others, and by the time you see it, you're already standing at the last post of the buyer. Trump is even trading now; you, a small retail investor, going head-to-head with institutions? That's just asking to be taken advantage of.
Institutions excel at psychological warfare; they understand better than you when you're greedy and when you're fearful. When you hold onto your position, they will wash the market like crazy; when you learn to make waves, they will force a trend, making you either miss out or chase high prices and get trapped. In the entire market, the only assets that can be considered 'relatively fair' are BTC and ETH—too large for any single player to control. Other altcoins? They are all scripts written by the big players. Before you buy, they have already set their traps. You see the price rise and rush in, only to end up with nothing left.
The previous bull markets were so straightforward; holding onto chips meant holding onto profits, with trends consistently moving upward without stopping. But now? The market is filled with scythes; institutions cut retail investors, then retail cuts each other, and by the time they are done, retail investors have already become the meat on the chopping block, getting cut every time they move.
Feeling confused by the volatile market? Don't know how to get out of a trap? Or even feel like your operations are being led astray? Don't hold back, come find me to chat, and I'll help you sort out your thoughts~
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