Recently, the performance of two small tokens, TOKEN and ART, has been quite interesting. On December 29th, TOKEN surged by 165% to reach $0.0073, and ART also joined the excitement, rising 119% to $0.0009. But what happened next? The following day, both tokens disappeared from the top gainers list. Don’t be fooled by the absence of the leaderboard; in fact, they started to pull back.

This kind of movement is very common among micro-cap coins — a sharp rise to attract attention, followed by a slow decline. If you think about it carefully, you’ll realize: the market interest in these kinds of tokens is already very low. Why would a coin suddenly surge 165% in one day? Most likely, it’s the manipulators pushing the price. Once the hype dies down and no sustained capital follows in, the price naturally starts to fall.

The trading logic for these kinds of coins is actually very simple — move quickly and switch to the next target. If you were lucky enough to buy at a low point yesterday and saw a big gain, it’s time to sell. Don’t expect it to keep soaring tomorrow, because such rapid increases are not sustainable. From a probabilistic perspective, it’s rare for a coin to rise more than 50% for two consecutive days; the manipulators need to cash out too, so they can’t keep pushing prices upward indefinitely.

And what about those who haven’t bought in yet? Stay calm. Entering now basically means buying at the start of a pullback, which is not a good deal no matter how you look at it. The last issue is the information gap — retail investors simply have no idea what these small projects are doing, whether they have real applications, or how their token models are designed. It’s like gambling in a black box. Unless you have insider information, steer clear of these coins. If you really want to play, do it quickly — buy and sell fast, and never think about holding long-term.