Every trader has scars. Some wear them quietly. Some deny them.

Me? I put mine on the table — because each one was a tuition fee paid to the market.

I don’t regret making mistakes… but I refuse to pay the same bill twice.

Here are the ones I’ll never repeat — and maybe this spares you from paying in blood.

1️⃣ Chasing Green Candles

I used to sprint after every pump like a starving wolf.

“It’s just getting started,” I’d tell myself as I FOMO’d into the breakout.

Reality check? I wasn’t early — I was the liquidity exit for those who got in before me.

Most of those “genius entries” turned red in minutes.

Lesson: I don’t chase. I stalk. I let the market come to me — not the other way around.

2️⃣ Treating Risk Management Like an Afterthought

In my rookie arrogance, I thought stop-losses were for cowards.

“Strong hands don’t need them,” I told myself… until a single liquidation erased weeks of grinding.

That day, I learned: capital is oxygen. No oxygen, no game.

Now? Every position I take has a defined exit before I even click buy.

3️⃣ Overtrading Every Move

There was a time when I believed every candle was my candle.

I’d open ten trades in a day chasing waves that didn’t exist.

Sure, I caught a few. But the bleed from fees, exhaustion, and emotional tilt? Far worse.

Now I hunt for high-probability setups and ignore the noise. One clean win beats ten desperate swings.

4️⃣ Letting Bias Control the Chart

When bullish, I magically “found” bullish signals everywhere.

When bearish, every chart suddenly screamed collapse.

The truth? It wasn’t TA — it was my emotions with a ruler.

Bias killed more of my trades than volatility ever did.

Now I don’t bend the chart. I listen to it.

5️⃣ Pretending Market Cycles Don’t Exist

In euphoria, I swore we were going to the moon forever.

In despair, I convinced myself the market was dead.

Both illusions. Both expensive.

The market is cyclical — greed and fear rotate endlessly.

Today I trade with the cycle, not against it.

6️⃣ Refusing to Take Profits

I once sat on a 5x position, smiling like a genius.

I told myself, “Just one more leg up, then I’ll sell.”

You know how that story ends. What was once a fortune turned into a humble breakeven.

Now I scale out. Unrealized gains are just fantasies until you bank them.

7️⃣ Following Hype Instead of Truth

I used to buy because “CT was buzzing,” influencers were tweeting, and Discord was screaming “next 100x.”

That hype bought me rugs, pumps-and-dumps, and regret.

Now I don’t chase noise. I run my own numbers. I filter signal from static.

🔥 Closing Thoughts

Crypto doesn’t care about your confidence. It doesn’t care about your late-night grind or your “gut feeling.”

It only cares about discipline.

Every mistake I listed carved a scar — but scars harden you.

The mission isn’t to avoid mistakes forever.

The mission is to never repeat the same mistake twice.

Because in this game, survival isn’t just important — it is the edge.

If you’ve read this far, here’s your takeaway:

👉 Screenshot this. Tape it to your wall. When greed whispers or fear screams, read it again. Let my scars pay some of your tuition.