## A lament from an old investor
At three in the morning, I refreshed the trading interface for the 108th time, my finger trembling over the 'close position' button. This familiar scene is experienced by everyone in the crypto world—yet only a very few ultimately survive.
Over the years, I have witnessed too much magical reality:
- A college student next door turned 5,000 yuan into 500,000 in three months
- A millionaire smoked on the rooftop after blowing up his account overnight
- I once made 300 trades in a month, resulting in a loss of half a year’s salary
## The biggest enemy in trading: yourself
Data shows:
🔥 90% of losses come from overtrading
🔥 Frequent traders have a return rate 73% lower than 'lazy people'
🔥 Transaction fees often eat away more than 30% of profits
I used to be a 'trading maniac':
✓ Excited to buy the dip at a 5% drop
✓ Get anxious and take profits at a 3% rise
✓ If I don't trade every day, I feel uncomfortable all over
The result perfectly realized the 'buy high sell low' trap for retail investors
## The money-making secret of old hands: act like a retired bureaucrat
Those who really make money in crypto have one thing in common—surprisingly lazy:
☕ After positioning early, go fishing
📈 Open accounts only when the market arrives
😴 Usually too lazy to even open the app
The magic of this 'bureaucratic trading method' lies in:
✅ Avoid 90% of ineffective fluctuations
✅ Capture the real trend market
✅ Transaction fees reduced to nearly zero
## Why can't you do it?
Because the crypto world plays psychological warfare:
💸 At a 5% rise: fear of profit retracement
📉 At a 3% drop: fear of further decline
➡️ When the market is sideways: itchy fingers must trade
What’s scarier is that many people aren't even here to make money:
🎮 Treat trading like a game
😵 Treat anxiety with candlestick charts
💊 Placing orders is more addictive than scrolling Douyin
## My transformation journey
After I cut 80% of my trades:
💰 The account begins to grow steadily
😴 Significant improvement in sleep quality
📚 Take time to study truly important trends
After establishing trading discipline, those:
🌙 The days of staring at the screen at midnight
😭 Despair after a liquidation
🤡 The stupidity of buying high and selling low
Has all become a thing of the past
## The ultimate advice for new investors
1️⃣ Less trading and more profit is the truth
2️⃣ Use time spent watching the market to learn
3️⃣ Establish ironclad trading discipline
4️⃣ Remember: the market is always there, but capital is not always there
Those who can survive in the crypto world are not the technically best, but those who understand human restraint the most. Sometimes, not taking action is the most profitable action.
I am trader Sun, and it took me three years to learn from frequent trading to 'bureaucratic-style investing.' I specialize in medium to short-term contract trading, sharing investment tips daily with detailed strategy teaching! Remember: slow is fast, less is more.