The crypto world and life are actually quite similar — when you're young, you always think you can go all in, but the ones who end up getting hurt the most are often those who are the most confident.

When I first entered the scene, I had two thousand yuan, and I would spend every day flipping seven or eight K-line charts like I was on steroids, truly feeling like I understood the market pulse. The most common phrase I used back then was: "It will definitely go up tomorrow." Ironically, the market was rising every day, but my account was falling.

Until one day, an older brother’s words woke me up: "You’re not losing to the market, you’re losing to your own illusions."

That night, I sent him a screenshot of my losses, asking how I could survive. He replied: "Want to turn things around? First, learn not to shoot yourself in the foot."

From that moment on, I started to observe carefully, gradually discovering some overlooked patterns —

When a strong coin falls for a week straight, I used to just be afraid; later I realized that was an opportunity. When the market rises for two days in a row, I used to be ecstatic; later I understood that it’s actually very dangerous. Some coins suddenly surge by 7%; I used to desperately try to run, but later I found that there’s often a window to buy the next day.

The deepest realization is: when you’re staring at the screen until 3 a.m., trembling with hands as you watch the red and green flicker, you truly understand what "rhythm" is and how much it’s worth.

Once, I stubbornly held onto a coin that had been sideways for three days, refusing to let go, always hoping for a miracle. The older brother said again: "Persistence in sideways movement will eventually change; your illusions aren’t worth anything." I ignored him. On the fourth day, a sharp drop hit me, giving me a complete lesson — it’s not that the market isn’t moving, it’s that my mindset was trapped by myself.

Since then, I’ve engraved these lessons into my bones: whether the volume and price match, whether the trend is starting, whether yesterday’s pit can be filled today, where the head coin’s pullback is the bottom.

I’ve seen too many people, smart and hardworking, but always hitting the wall again and again at the wrong rhythm. To put it simply, it’s not that they’re incapable; it’s that no one has guided them to see the details that they’ve "heard a hundred times but never truly understood."

If you also want to walk steadily instead of relying on luck to survive, it might be worth thinking about. The path in the crypto world doesn’t require genius — it only requires you — willing to wake up.