When I scroll through the K-line chart of a leading exchange in the middle of the night, I always think of the boiling broth of Chongqing hot pot—underneath the seemingly calm red oil lies the ever-hidden boiling beef tallow. Behind the myth of getting rich in the crypto world are countless greedy souls who have been burned. The 39-year-old brother I encountered the other day turned 500,000 in principal into a five-figure sum over 8 years, and his secret to success was surprisingly just a phrase: "I'm not smart, I just don't get greedy." This saying is much like the wisdom of a Chongqing person cooking beef tripe: the real truth is revealed in the ups and downs.
The market is always repeating two stories: the infinite loop of greed and fear. When a certain virtual currency suddenly surges, the old players observe whether the bulls are "investing in new stocks," while newcomers are always fantasizing, "This wave can triple." The true traders often start calculating the distribution of chips when there is unusual movement in the K-line, just like a connoisseur can judge the doneness by the degree of curling of the beef tripe. Remember: a slight pullback after a sharp rise is the main force counting the wallets, while a rebound during a sharp decline is the bears counting your pockets.
I have spent countless nights lurking in the API interface of exchanges, discovering that the deadliest traps often disguise themselves as 'technical analysis.' Once, when the project party raised prices to offload, at the moment the MACD indicator showed a golden cross, I saw a gigantic order of 30 million dollars sweep across the buy wall like the Chongqing Yangtze River Cableway. Those inexperienced newcomers who tried to buy the dip were like enthusiastic citizens jumping into the river to save people during a heavy rain, ultimately becoming targets for 'flying knives.' Remember: when trading volume shrinks to the point where you can't even recoup transaction fees, the market is handing you an 'exit ticket.'
The true survival rules are hidden in the creases of human nature. I witnessed a spectacular 'stampede scene' during a project's crash: some people set their stop-loss at 0.0001, while others leveraged up to 128 times, these numbers are reminiscent of Chongqing people's obsession with the spiciness of hot pot. An older brother taught me the 'three bowls of noodles theory': understanding the fundamentals is like ordering food, analyzing the technicals is like blanching ingredients, and managing risk is like serving the dish—after all, the most dangerous part of eating hot pot isn't burning your mouth, but not being able to steady your own portion.
In this 24-hour boiling cryptocurrency world, I've seen too many people treat trading rooms like casinos, forgetting that at least in a casino there are dealers reminding you when the 'roulette has finished spinning.' The cruelty of the crypto world lies in the fact that it is always performing the 'Schrodinger's bull market,' and only when your account reaches zero will the outcome be revealed. Those who can survive are often the ones who know to close their monitoring software at three in the morning—they understand that the most dangerous candlestick always flashes before your eyes close.
The next time you see a sudden fluctuation in a cryptocurrency, why not learn from the wisdom of Chongqing people eating hot pot: first look at the soup base before ordering side dishes, remember to turn off the heat when it starts to boil, and most importantly—don't pour the entire pot of spicy oil into your mouth. The market will never change human nature, but wise traders can always find their own calm hot pot soup base amidst the waves of greed.
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