Profit-taking framework from someone who's survived multiple cycles:
Never sell everything at once. Scale out in tranches as targets hit.
First 25% out at 2-3x. This covers your initial + gives you free ride.
Next 25% at 5x. Lock in real gains, let the rest run.
Keep 50% for the moonshot. Set trailing stops or mental levels.
Don't marry your bags. Conviction is good, delusion is expensive.
If macro shifts (Fed pivot, ETF news, exchange blow-ups), adjust fast.
Bear markets punish greed harder than bull markets reward it.
Take profit into stables or $BTC/$ETH, not back into shitcoins.
You can always re-enter. Missing 20% more upside beats losing 80% in a dump.
The goal isn't to catch the top. It's to survive and compound across cycles.
Never sell everything at once. Scale out in tranches as targets hit.
First 25% out at 2-3x. This covers your initial + gives you free ride.
Next 25% at 5x. Lock in real gains, let the rest run.
Keep 50% for the moonshot. Set trailing stops or mental levels.
Don't marry your bags. Conviction is good, delusion is expensive.
If macro shifts (Fed pivot, ETF news, exchange blow-ups), adjust fast.
Bear markets punish greed harder than bull markets reward it.
Take profit into stables or $BTC/$ETH, not back into shitcoins.
You can always re-enter. Missing 20% more upside beats losing 80% in a dump.
The goal isn't to catch the top. It's to survive and compound across cycles.