This might be the most insane Solana trading story of this cycle.
A 19-year-old trench grinder named Cupsey.
Started with ~$2,000. Ended up netting ~$30.4M–$30.6M.
The numbers don’t even sound real:
• ~262,000 trades executed • ~67.7% win rate • 15,500+ different tokens traded • $56M+ in total volume • Average trade size often ~3 SOL • Most holds measured in minutes • ~95% of trades closed in under 60 seconds
Main wallet: suqh5sHtr8HyJ7q8scBimULPkPpA557prMG47xCHQfK
From Dec 20, 2024 → Sep 15, 2025: • 271 green days in a row • ~$113,469 average profit per day during peak run
How he traded: • snipes • tiny standard entries • ultra-fast closes • scanned hundreds of new launches daily • zero attachment to positions • not a “long-term investor” by any definition
Then on Sep 16… it ended.
Wallet drained. Game over.
Nova is suspected as the connection vector.
New wallet: 2fg5QD1eD7rzNNCsvnhmXFm5hqNgwTTG8p7kQ6f3rx6f
From Sep 16 → Dec 21: • +$145,237 realized • 1,248 trades total • ~12.9 trades/day • ~$1,496 profit/day
Same trader. Same brain. Completely different outcome.
So what was the real edge?
Skill? Automation? Survivorship bias?
Or just staying alive long enough before one mistake erased the run?
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This might be the most insane Solana trading story of this cycle.
A 19-year-old trench grinder named Cupsey.
Started with ~$2,000.
Ended up netting ~$30.4M–$30.6M.
The numbers don’t even sound real:
• ~262,000 trades executed
• ~67.7% win rate
• 15,500+ different tokens traded
• $56M+ in total volume
• Average trade size often ~3 SOL
• Most holds measured in minutes
• ~95% of trades closed in under 60 seconds
Main wallet:
suqh5sHtr8HyJ7q8scBimULPkPpA557prMG47xCHQfK
From Dec 20, 2024 → Sep 15, 2025:
• 271 green days in a row
• ~$113,469 average profit per day during peak run
How he traded:
• snipes
• tiny standard entries
• ultra-fast closes
• scanned hundreds of new launches daily
• zero attachment to positions
• not a “long-term investor” by any definition
Then on Sep 16… it ended.
Wallet drained.
Game over.
Nova is suspected as the connection vector.
New wallet:
2fg5QD1eD7rzNNCsvnhmXFm5hqNgwTTG8p7kQ6f3rx6f
From Sep 16 → Dec 21:
• +$145,237 realized
• 1,248 trades total
• ~12.9 trades/day
• ~$1,496 profit/day
Same trader.
Same brain.
Completely different outcome.
So what was the real edge?
Skill?
Automation?
Survivorship bias?
Or just staying alive long enough before one mistake erased the run?
CT - what do you think actually made Cupsey work?