Green_lamp

Okay, let me tell you how I understood it myself.
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Imagine a Google Sheet that everyone can look into, but deleting or 'quietly editing' — no chance.
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This is blockchain:
A transparent, honest, and public database where every sneeze is permanently recorded in history. No Ctrl+Z allowed 😅

A post that could save a lot of nerves and hundreds of deposits 🥲

When I first started — it seemed simple:
Bought cheap — sold high. That's it, I'm a trader.
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And then the market showed me the facts.
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And if I had understood this right away, maybe I wouldn't be living on instant noodles 👇

🔥 1. Trading without a plan

"Oh, it seems like it's going to go up now!" — and I jump in.

And here you are, sitting, looking at the BTC chart, and it’s like a swing after three shots — up, down, back and forth.
Where is all this going? Buy? Wait? Panic?
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Spoiler: if you’re without technical analysis — it’s like driving a truck with your eyes closed.
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I did that. Don’t repeat my mistakes 😅

🧭 1. The trend is like the wind in the sail

⏱️ What kind of beast is 'timeframe' and which one to choose?

Got stuck on the candles like a series, and realized: I understand nothing about what's happening.

Let's break it down from scratch 👇

📍 To start with — what even is a 'candle'?

The price chart in trading is built from candlesticks.
And each of these candles shows what happened to the price over a certain period:

When I just started, everything was mixed up in my head: coin, token, meme, metaverse…
And I was like: "Maybe, screw it?.."
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But if you didn't run away right away — consider it already yours.

So catch my spoiler on types of crypto — simple, with jokes, and without any complicated nonsense 👇

1️⃣ Bitcoin (BTC) — "The Dad" of the whole party 👑

So, it seems Bitcoin has decided to repeat its trick from the autumn of 2024.
Yes, yes — the same pullback that later turned into an 80% rise.
And here I am again sitting, looking at the candles… and it feels like I've seen this somewhere 🫠

🕯 History repeats itself. Or is it a bug in the matrix?

Bitcoin has bounced back from the $102,800 zone, amidst yet another geo-turmoil — Israel vs Iran.

> Spoiler: you don't need a NASA server or an MIT engineering degree to get into crypto. Just your brain, your fingers, and a little chutzpah.

🤯 I also thought that crypto is something for IT people

When I first started, I had just a phone, a couple of bucks in my account and zero rosy illusions.
And here's what I realized: you can enter the cryptocurrency literally in an evening, even lying on the couch with chips on your belly.

(and unfortunately, this is not a trailer for a new series)

Honestly? It smells like… gunpowder.
🧠 My inner radar (the one that has saved my investments more than once) whispers:
The States are about to start shaking Iran.

Format? Definitely not hugs.
At a minimum — missiles, weapons, blood in the news, and good old PR on the 'enemy' theme.

or
Why the Federal Reserve is not about freedom, but about a debt shackles

🗓 December 23, 1913 — remember this date. That's when the USA voluntarily (or not quite) gave up control over its currency.
Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, and voila — the Federal Reserve System (FRS) came into play.

And here's where the circus with fire begins. Ready?

I'll say it straight — it annoyed me too. Everyone around seems to be doing great, and I'm:
📉 "Bought at the highs",
😤 "sold at a loss",
🤡 and "took courses for $100 to realize that I understood nothing."

But at some point, I just sat down and organized everything.
Here's my personal analysis — how people really earn in crypto. No gloss, no tears, just facts and fire 🚬

Let's imagine you, like me, earn $900 a month and are slowly starting to get tired of this game called 'survival'. Every day is like Groundhog Day. Bills, routine, 'hang in there' and it's a loop.

💡 And here you think: 'What if I try to break through with crypto?'
That's what I thought too. And no, this won't be a success story like 'bought Shiba at the bottom and now I'm sipping coconuts in Bali'. This will be a journey. A real one. Without rose-colored glasses, but with a chance.

While others were panicking and dumping assets at -30%, I just...
📴 turned off the charts, went to drink tea and take care of my nerves.

My plan:

65% — in the market. Yes, risks. Yes, swings. But if you are not in the market at all — how do you plan to 'catch the wave'?

35% — in stables. To avoid selling a kidney if the market suddenly decides to breathe downwards.

Did you see this circus? 😅
The market went down — and it started: screams, panic, someone sold at the bottom, someone seriously thought that Bitcoin would die.
I looked at all this and thought: 'Are you serious?'
And then... I almost lost it too. 🙃

Well, alright, I collected myself, caught my breath, drew conclusions. I'm sharing with you. No tears. From the first person. 💼

💸 DCA into Bitcoin on steroids

or how I just threw in $100 a month — and got X2 without fuss

🧠 Hook

Summer 2023.
Everyone around is either saying "everything is lost" or "Bitcoin is about to skyrocket to the Moon".
And I? I just took and started throwing in $100 a month into BTC.
No fanfare, no "everything in Bitcoin", no panic. Just like a Netflix subscription.

My first crypto games 🃏

A couple of months ago, I sincerely believed that crypto was all about adrenaline and home casinos. 💸 It seemed like a couple of clicks in Binance — and I would be hit by a wave of luck! 🌊 In the mornings, I felt like a superhero: pressing a few buttons at night, and waking up a millionaire in the morning. 😅 And in the evenings — quite the opposite: I woke up in a cold sweat, looking at the red chart, and thinking: 'Where did I go wrong?'.

Well, let's get to the point. This won't be a trading academy, but a story of an epiphany where I got myself into a mess — but with conclusions that can save your ass (and your deposit).

📉 How I believed in technical analysis... and almost believed in Santa Claus.

When I first came to the market, I was thrilled by all these "resistance levels", "triangle patterns", "golden ratios" and other market geometry. I even bought courses, yeah — thought I would become richer than Buffett.

🎯 Do you know what I realized one morning over a cup of strong coffee and reflections on my declining portfolio?
That my crypto portfolio is not just a bunch of coins in an app.
This is a store. A real one. Not just with cookies and yogurts, but with SOL, AR, ETH, and all sorts of bold things that your friends haven't even heard of.

Honestly? Sometimes I want to scream: 'Funds are not people!' 🤯
Well, it's true. It's not Vasya from the exchange who saw the price $1.1 on TWT and thought:
— Wow, seems cheap, I'll grab a pack of coins!

No, my friend.
❌ For the fund, everything is different: rules, regulations, hundreds of Excel spreadsheets, and some aunt in glasses checking every number under a microscope. And they have lawyers breathing down their necks. 📚⚖️

Honestly? When I first got to a crypto exchange, I thought everything would be clear: analysis, logic, numbers. Yeah, right.
I was greeted by a pump and dump – these two market clowns who put on a show while newbies like me blink and lose money.

🔥 PUMP

or how they feed you nonsense under the guise of "golden opportunity"

Today I sat down to write again - because the market is going crazy, and I am going crazy with it. 😅

And here’s what I realized (yes, once again): we are all on swings, some with a smile on their face and dreams of a Lambo, while others - with tears in their eyes, looking at a red portfolio. 🎢

🎯 Bull market: everyone is a genius until the bear market starts