📈 In the early bull market, there’s no need to be afraid of missing out
Even if you’re currently in the early stage of a bull market, there’s no need to blindly chase the price just because you’re afraid of missing out. You can refer to the price action in the early phase of the 2023 bull market:
1️⃣ Market rhythm On the daily chart, prices keep chopping sideways and making new highs; after touching the upper band, upward momentum weakens, and the market first goes through a daily pullback; after the pullback ends, it rebounds again to test the upper band once more, and then comes another pullback at the three-day-line level.
2️⃣ Current outlook BTC will most likely continue to trade sideways in a back-and-forth manner, repeatedly probing new highs. Watch the resistance around 85,000 in the short term—if it gets rejected, it may first pull back to around 77,000; then, if it rebounds and reaches 88,000~89,000, another pullback at the three-day-line level may follow, and it could even revisit the 70,000 area.
So, missing out isn’t scary; chasing when the price is already high is. There will still be opportunities to buy the dip later.
3️⃣ Why do I believe Bitcoin will definitely see a pullback?
First, to shake out the long side and digest profit-taking. Second, the market needs time and space—it can’t rise in a straight line the whole way while letting everyone make money easily.
What the bull market lacks the least is opportunities; what truly tests people is patience. Don’t chase strength, don’t panic—wait for the dip entry point that belongs to you.
📈 In the early bull market, there’s no need to be afraid of missing out
Even if you’re currently in the early stage of a bull market, there’s no need to blindly chase the price just because you’re afraid of missing out. You can refer to the price action in the early phase of the 2023 bull market:
1️⃣ Market rhythm On the daily chart, prices keep chopping sideways and making new highs; after touching the upper band, upward momentum weakens, and the market first goes through a daily pullback; after the pullback ends, it rebounds again to test the upper band once more, and then comes another pullback at the three-day-line level.
2️⃣ Current outlook BTC will most likely continue to trade sideways in a back-and-forth manner, repeatedly probing new highs. Watch the resistance around 85,000 in the short term—if it gets rejected, it may first pull back to around 77,000; then, if it rebounds and reaches 88,000~89,000, another pullback at the three-day-line level may follow, and it could even revisit the 70,000 area.
So, missing out isn’t scary; chasing when the price is already high is. There will still be opportunities to buy the dip later.
3️⃣ Why do I believe Bitcoin will definitely see a pullback?
First, to shake out the long side and digest profit-taking. Second, the market needs time and space—it can’t rise in a straight line the whole way while letting everyone make money easily.
What the bull market lacks the least is opportunities; what truly tests people is patience. Don’t chase strength, don’t panic—wait for the dip entry point that belongs to you.
This may be the expectation in the minds of many retail investors. After all, who doesn’t want to wait for a “golden pit” and buy the bottom for a turnaround? But the market never readily fulfills the wishes of the majority. Now, every modest dip in BTC is often accompanied by emotional manipulation. The real big move usually does not follow the script that retail investors expect. This bull market cycle, by nature, will be different from previous cycles. In the past, retail investors drove it forward, with volume surges causing sharp blow-off rallies; Nowadays, the BTC coin supply structure has changed. A large amount of coins is gradually concentrated in the hands of institutions and Wall Street capital. The market is becoming more mature, and it is also increasingly susceptible to the rhythm of capital flows.
Bitcoin’s year-end 160,000 is just a target, not the limit!
In this current round of market activity, it actually feels very similar to the launch phase in September 2024, but I think—this time it will be faster and more forceful than back then. Why? Because the market’s positioning and chip structure has already changed. Looking back from September to November 2024, that round of market action happened to coincide with the U.S. election cycle. Bitcoin took about 20 days to complete a rapid surge, and then altcoins used roughly another 20 days to complete the main rally, making the whole market rhythm extremely sharp. But this round is different. As early as August, market signals had already started to appear. Once key levels were reached, the pace at which the rally kicked off far exceeded expectations.
You must rid yourself of all tedious, distracting clutter.
A trading career is radically different from ordinary life. Trading, at its core, is a minimalist way of living.
You should proactively eliminate unnecessary distractions from your life, keeping your private life simple and calm. Only then will you have enough energy to repeatedly make rational, composed decisions that are fully thought through.
In fact, trading and life influence each other:
If life is chaotic, your trading judgments are more likely to become distorted; if your trading routine is frantic and messy, it will also drag down your personal life.
So a truly mature trader should align their life rhythm with their trading rhythm.
Especially watch out for—decision fatigue.
What this industry fears most is not a lack of opportunities, but making too many meaningless decisions every day, and then—through exhaustion, anxiety, and impulsiveness—ending up with wrong judgments.
Trading doesn’t require you to make life complicated. Instead, you should remove everything that’s irrelevant.
Save energy for what truly matters: waiting, judging, execution, and controlling risk.
Traditional IQ tests measure language, logic, and spatial reasoning, but these don’t determine whether a trader can stand at the top of the market. True elite trading ability comes from three core qualities: First, probability intuition. Not predicting the future, but quickly judging win rates in uncertainty—knowing when to act, and when to wait. Second, emotional control. When facing massive unrealized losses, consecutive stop-outs, and market panic, still staying calm and not letting greed and fear take control. Third, pattern recognition skills. From complex price fluctuations, fund flows, and market sentiment, capturing patterns that others can’t see. These abilities can’t be replicated just by reading a few books or using a few indicators. It’s more like a “brain trading system” formed through long-term training— the prefrontal cortex handles rational decisions, the amygdala handles emotional responses, and truly outstanding traders can keep both in balance. So, in the end, what the market truly competes on isn’t only knowledge and skills, but a person’s cognitive structure, psychological resilience, and the ability to deal with uncertainty. Trading is a war between you and your own brain. A real expert wins themselves first, then wins the market.
When the market is quiet and the action is light, it’s the best time to enhance your understanding. Truly excellent traders don’t read books to look for a “sure-win shortcut,” but to understand: Why does the world run this way? Why does wealth come into being? Why do cycles repeat? Where will future opportunities arise? Ordinary traders study prices; great traders study the market; and top traders study—history, cycles, human nature, technology, and the future. The following 20 books are worth reading for everyone who wants to stay in the market long-term. Part One: Understanding the Past—How the World Was Formed
Bitcoin’s year-end 160,000 is just a target, not the limit!
In this current round of market activity, it actually feels very similar to the launch phase in September 2024, but I think—this time it will be faster and more forceful than back then. Why? Because the market’s positioning and chip structure has already changed. Looking back from September to November 2024, that round of market action happened to coincide with the U.S. election cycle. Bitcoin took about 20 days to complete a rapid surge, and then altcoins used roughly another 20 days to complete the main rally, making the whole market rhythm extremely sharp. But this round is different. As early as August, market signals had already started to appear. Once key levels were reached, the pace at which the rally kicked off far exceeded expectations.