8 Years of Crypto Trading: A Blood and Tears Summary: These 8 Rules Helped Me Survive

1. Position Size is Life

Don't go all in at once; divide it into 5 parts and play slowly. Use 20% of your position each time; if it drops by 2%, cut your losses. Losing 5 times means only a 10% loss, but if you win once, let the profits run. Survive first, then you can talk about making money.

2. The Trend is Your Friend

Rebounds in a downtrend are traps, while pullbacks in an uptrend are opportunities. Stop obsessing over catching the bottom and escaping the top; following the big trend is 100 times more reliable than blindly guessing tops and bottoms.

3. Avoid Coins that Spike

Coins that multiply several times in just a few days are 99% scams designed to take your money. There are only about 3% of coins that can sustain a major upward trend; if you jump in, you're basically a bag holder.

4. Use MACD Correctly

A golden cross below the zero line might be an opportunity, but a death cross above it means you should run. Look at the 3-day, 30-day, 84-day, and 120-day moving averages; when they resonate across these four periods, the market is at its strongest.

5. Increase Positions When Winning, Not When Losing

Adding to a losing position? That's just giving money to the market makers. Only add to your position when you're making money, and let the profits compound. Data shows the success rate of averaging down is less than 18%; is that a death wish?

6. Volume and Price Speak

A surge in volume during a breakout is real; high volume with stagnation at a peak means the market makers are offloading. Understanding volume and price can increase your win rate by 40%.

7. Analyze Multiple Timeframes

Use the 3-day line for short-term, the 30-day line for medium-term, the 84-day line for catching major upward trends, and the 120-day line for determining the big direction. When the cycles resonate, take action.

8. Review Daily, Summarize Weekly

Is your holding logic still valid? Has the weekly trend changed? Is your strategy still suitable for the current market? Keep 10% of your position to deal with emergencies; don’t wait until a black swan event to regret it.

Finally, a heartfelt note:

These rules are not foolproof secrets for winning but rather survival tactics. The crypto world is perilous; only the tough survive. You can choose not to follow them, but the market will teach you how to be human.