Excellent post, totally agree. My exit strategy: +50% sell 1/3, +100% sell 1/3 to recover the initial capital, remaining 1/3 sell everything at the highest.

Back in 2021, the loudest voices in the room — Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, PlanB, Raoul Pal, Cathie Wood, and many more — were all shouting the same thing: the market will keep climbing.

Retail traders listened, believed, and held on… until the bubble burst.
The problem wasn’t optimism itself — it was the lack of risk awareness. Let’s break down what went wrong, and more importantly, how you can avoid becoming exit liquidity in 2025.

The Hype Machine of 2021
Instead of warnings, most leaders amplified euphoria:
100x price targets, “New paradigm” narratives , Endless bullish conviction
What they didn’t provide were clear exit levels. Retail traders who trusted them got stuck holding the bag at the top.
Lessons From the Big Names
🔹 Michael Saylor preached Bitcoin as the ultimate inflation hedge. Great for adoption, but useless for market timing. Belief builds conviction, but exits require strategy.

🔹 PlanB & Willy Woo brought models like Stock-to-Flow and on-chain indicators. Charts looked scientific, but when liquidity dried up, they failed. Indicators can guide, but price action rules all.

🔹 Raoul Pal & Cathie Wood spoke about exponential growth and tech curves. Their vision was right long-term, but they underestimated short-term crash risk. A long horizon ≠ safe entry.

🔹 Elon Musk turned markets into memes. DOGE pumps and Bitcoin tweets moved billions. But those spikes? They were actually exit windows, not entry signals.

🔹 Cobie, Pentoshi & others reminded traders to cut risk and define invalidation levels. They didn’t perfectly “call the top,” but their discipline saved portfolios.
----------------------
What 2021 Taught Us
No one — billionaire, influencer, or model — can predict the exact top.

What matters is your system:
Take profits in tranches instead of waiting for “the peak.”
Secure baseline cash flow to cover life expenses.
Watch the right signals: ETH/BTC trend, BTC dominance, ETF inflows/outflows, funding rates, and open interest.
When multiple signals flip, trim exposure. Don’t argue with liquidity. It always wins.

The 2025 Cycle: Your Chance to Do It Differently
We’re heading into another mania phase. Retail will scream “100x more to go,” influencers will push wild narratives, and billionaires will double down on conviction.
But now you know what went wrong in 2021.

Stop waiting for the perfect call.

Build rules. Stick to them.
That’s how you survive the top — instead of getting buried by it.

#eyeonchain #CryptoRally #BNBATH900 #HEMIBinanceTGE #FamilyOfficeCrypto