If you have a principal of 10 million and catch a 10% move, you can easily make 1 million while lying back and waiting for the next wave. But even if you turn 100,000 into 10,000, it’s not even enough to fill the gaps between your teeth.



This is the harshest truth about the crypto market—poor people lose even worse, not because of bad luck, but because the bills of life and the anxiety of trading hit them all at once.

Most people get the direction wrong as soon as they enter the market. They treat trading like clocking in at work, thinking they're losing money if they don’t make moves every day. They wish their 100,000 principal could be used like a million, constantly watching the charts for opportunities, chasing hot trends, terrified of missing any volatility.

But what about the real pros? Their rhythm might be “sharpening the sword for three years.” They wait until the big trend is clear before going in heavy, using time to trade for opportunity. There are no gods in the market who can guess the top or bottom—only smart people who follow the trend.

Most people lose money because they ignore two key things: trend and position sizing.

It’s not hard to use moving averages to judge the direction—bullish when they point up, bearish when they point down. For short-term, watch the 5-day line; for mid-term, stick to the 20-day line. Let the trend guide you.

Position management is even more critical. The most common mistake retail investors make is “going all-in and opening a supermarket”—putting everything in at once, making it hard to advance or retreat.

Right now, both SOL and ETH are oscillating at key levels, Fed rate-cut expectations are brewing, and market sentiment is at a tipping point.

Are you ready to seize the opportunity?
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ThreeHornBlastsvip
· 12-11 18:44
Basically, it's a matter of principal. Can the gameplay be the same with 1 million and 100,000?
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RiddleMastervip
· 12-11 15:53
To be honest, having a small principal is the original sin; no matter how smart you are, it doesn't help.
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SchrodingerWalletvip
· 12-09 15:44
That's painfully true. I'm exactly that sucker who spends 100,000 as if it's a million.
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DegenDreamervip
· 12-09 09:56
To be honest, if you don't have enough principal, don't even think about making a comeback. That's the reality.
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FantasyGuardianvip
· 12-09 09:55
To be honest, having little principal is the original sin—no matter how good your operations are, it’s useless. Those all-in gamblers deserve to lose, staring at the screen all day is no different from being a gambler. Wait for the trend to become clear before taking action—that’s how you survive. Turning 100,000 into 10,000? Dream on. Small retail investors should just accept their fate. People are tired of hearing about moving averages and position management; the key is still having money.
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GasFeeCriervip
· 12-09 09:45
To be honest, 100,000 and 10,000,000 are two completely different worlds in this market. Capital really is the original sin, I guess.
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CommunityJanitorvip
· 12-09 09:44
So true, having little principal really means getting crushed by fate.
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ForkLibertarianvip
· 12-09 09:40
To be honest, principal is the original sin; there’s no way around it.
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NFTRegrettervip
· 12-09 09:30
That hits hard—the real sin is having too little principal.
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