Main Thinking Patterns of People Who Almost Always Lose Money on Crypto Exchanges – and How Pro Traders Laugh at Them
1. "This is going to the moon!" (Greed + FOMO)
Pattern: A person sees a coin pumped 200% and buys at the top, thinking it will keep rising.
Traders' reaction:
"Another meal for the whales just arrived."
2. "I feel it's going up" (Emotions over logic)
Pattern: Decisions are based on gut feeling, Telegram rumors, or a random tweet.
Traders' reaction:
"His feelings — our profits."
3. "This is the bottom, it can't get worse" (Naïveté)
Pattern: Buys during a dip thinking it’s the lowest point, then watches it drop another 50%.
Traders' reaction:
"Each bottom for him is just a new floor."
4. "I'm in for the long run" (Excuse after loss)
Pattern: Holds a losing position for months, refusing to admit it was a mistake.
Traders' reaction:
"He's not a holder because he believes — he's just afraid to sell at a loss."
5. "This altcoin will make 100x easy!" (No risk management)
Pattern: Puts all money into sketchy coins hoping to get rich quick.
Traders' reaction:
"He should’ve gone to a casino — at least it’s honest."
6. "Got stopped out again, but I was right!" (Poor position management)
Pattern: Doesn’t understand volatility, places random stop-losses just because “someone said so.”
Traders' reaction:
"His stop-loss is our best entry signal."
7. "Trading is easy money" (Underestimating difficulty)
Pattern: Thinks trading is just buying/selling once a week without a clear strategy.
Traders' reaction:
"He still doesn’t know he’s trading against bots, hedge funds, and us."