After spending a long time in the crypto world, you will gradually notice an interesting phenomenon: losing money is usually not because you're not trying hard enough, but because you're directing your efforts completely in the wrong direction.
Many beginners tend to fall into a strange cycle: they think that the more information they read and the deeper their research, the fewer their losses will be. So they spend every day scrolling through updates, following KOLs, and learning various trading terms and indicators. Indicators pile up, but the system becomes more and more complicated, and their accounts end up emptier.
In fact, you think you're making progress, but you're actually using "complexity" as an excuse for poor execution. Today, you chase a hot coin, tomorrow you switch to another idea, switching targets at a lightning-fast pace. You claim you're optimizing your strategy, but deep down, you're actually avoiding admitting mistakes. Every time you make a mistake, you try to dilute it, but in the end, you'll just wipe out your principal.
It took me several years to realize: most retail investors' problems are not about choosing the wrong assets, but about having too many choices.
Later, I simplified everything, keeping only a minimal trading model: focus on a single target + follow the trend + position splitting. Simple to the point of being a bit dull, but very stable.
There are only three practical points:
**Focus on one coin** (like BTC or ETH), don’t be led by hot trends; concentration is the underlying logic for making money.
**Only trade in the direction of the trend**, go long during uptrends, go short during downtrends, never chase bottoms or guess tops.
**Manage positions by splitting**, use small positions to test and verify ideas, increase positions gradually once confirmed, and cut losses immediately if you make a wrong judgment.
Last year, a beginner friend started with only $6,000 and stuck to these three principles. In one month, his account grew to $21,000. It’s not some luck myth, but the compound effect of discipline.
But most people can't learn this method because it’s too dull and boring — they have to endure waiting in cash, accept trading failures, and give up the illusion of getting rich overnight.
The ones who are truly eliminated in the crypto world are never the most clueless, but those who cannot control their desires.