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I stared at the phone screen. 3 AM. My portfolio had dropped by 67%.

Six months ago, I felt like a genius. Every coin I touched turned to gold. Every decision felt right. Until they weren't anymore.

Do you know the things about cryptocurrency that no one tells you? It's not the technology that will ruin you. It's not the volatility. It's your own mind.

The night everything changed

In December 2021, I made a profit of $42,000. By March 2022, only $8,000 was left.

It's not because the market crashed. It's because I made every possible wrong decision.

• Sell in panic at the bottom
• At the top, due to FOMO(, fear of missing out ) buying in.
• To "get back in the game" for retaliatory trading.
• Double down on failing projects

I am not investing. I am gambling, just with a few more steps.

Your brain is not suitable for this.

It took me three years and a five-digit loss to understand: your instincts can kill you in the cryptocurrency market.

Every natural human reaction is wrong:

• When the price surges, you think it's safe to buy. That's precisely when you should be cautious.
• When everything crashes, you feel fear. That is exactly when opportunity knocks.
• When you lose money, you immediately want to earn it back. That's when you make the worst trades.

Your emotions are not only useless, they are actively destroying you.

Save my decision-making framework

After losing 80% of my portfolio, I did something radical. I no longer believed in myself.

On the contrary, I established rules. Ironclad, emotionless rules.

48-hour rule

Never buy immediately. Write it down. Wait 48 hours. If it still seems reasonable, then consider it.

Most of my worst trades happen in the first five minutes of excitement.

Boring portfolio

70% is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum. That's all.

Not sexy. Not exciting. Won't surge 100 times overnight.

But it won't reset while you are sleeping.

Learning Budget

10% for experiments. For learning. For money that may be lost.

This is tuition. Education has a cost. Pay proactively, rather than inadvertently.

Mistakes that every beginner makes

You think you need to know everything. Technical analysis. Token economics. DeFi protocols.

Wrong.

You first need to understand yourself.

• What will make you panic?
• When will you become greedy?
• How much loss can you truly bear?

Because if you give up on the first red K-line, no strategy will work no matter how good it is.

Skills that no one talks about

Patience is not waiting. It is not acting.

Stand by while others make money. Watch opportunities slip away. Accept the possibility of missing out.

This is 90% of successful investment.

Research is not about scrolling Twitter.

Research is understanding the fundamentals. Read the white paper. Check on-chain data. Pay attention to development updates.

If your research is only based on screenshots from influencers, you are not researching. You are praying.

Risk management is not about stop-loss.

Instead, it's about position management. Never invest money that could change your life. Keep enough cash to wait for opportunities.

Most people learn this only after losing everything.

Habits that change everything

Every Sunday, I will conduct a decision audit.

• What did I buy/sell this week?
• Why make that decision?
• Is it emotion-driven or logic-driven?
• What are the results?

It's not for judgment. It's for learning.

You will find patterns. Your trigger points. Your weaknesses. Your emotional patterns.

This habit has taught me more than 100 YouTube videos.

The Truth About "Correct" Decisions

You may make the right decision but still lose money.

You may also make wrong decisions and still get rich.

In the short term, cryptocurrency rewards luck. In the long term, it rewards discipline.

The goal is not to be correct every time. Rather, it is to make decisions that you can accept. Based on logic rather than fear. Based on research rather than rumors. Based on strategy rather than hope.

Beginner Roadmap

First Month: Learning the Basics

• What is Blockchain?
• How does a wallet work?
• What is a private key?
• Don't buy anything. Just learn.

Second Month: Simulation Trading

• Record hypothetical buy and sell
• Observe how your performance will be
• Pay attention to your emotional reactions
• It's still better not to buy anything.

March: Starting Small

• Up to $100
• Only invest in Bitcoin or Ethereum
• Practice using wallets and trading platforms
• This is not an investment. It is training.

The thinking model you need

Think in terms of years, not days.

Daily fluctuations are noise. Weekly changes are irrelevant. Monthly fluctuations are also almost unimportant.

If you don't think in terms of years, you are trading, not investing.

Assume everything resets to zero.

Every coin. Every project. Every investment.

If you cannot mentally withstand going to zero, you have invested too much.

Learn from failure, do not repeat.

Lost money to a scam? That's an education fee.

Falling for the same scam twice? That's foolish.

and one's own dialogue

Before every cryptocurrency decision, ask yourself:

• Why should I do this?
• What am I looking forward to happening?
• What if I'm wrong?
• Can I handle the worst-case scenario?
• Is this fear or greed talking?

This is not for getting rich.

but to avoid becoming poor.

is to slowly accumulate wealth, while others quickly burn it out.

It's to still be here five years later, while 90% of today's traders have already left.

Because cryptocurrencies will not disappear. But most participants will - go to zero directly.

Your current choice

You can finish reading this article and forget it by tomorrow. Jump into the next hot coin. Follow the next internet celebrity. Make all the mistakes that everyone will make.

Or you can decide today: I want to be different.

Not smarter. Not luckier. Just more disciplined.

The market doesn't care about your dreams. It doesn't care about your bills. It doesn't care about your FOMO.

But if you can control your own decisions, these things don't matter.

Starting today. It's not about starting to trade. It's about making a commitment.

Learning comes before earning. Patience surpasses action. Discipline is above emotion.

Your future self will thank you.

Or curse you.

The decision is always in your hands.

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