A lot of people think paid subscriptions are somehow a big deal.
Most of the time, even in the public feed, I only talk about joining through my referral link. I don't like promoting paid subscriptions.

There’s really only one way to judge a trading blogger:
Do they trade live? Can they stay profitable over the long term? Can you learn anything from their trade-entry strategy? Can they help you make the right decisions when the market makes a big move?

Referral rebates are free, so people would rather use a referral link.
A lot of bloggers who don’t trade live—or trade at all—give you signals every day. They make way more from trading fees than they ever could from paid subscriptions.

If you choose to pay, I share my trades, and every one has a rationale.
If you choose some unreliable blogger’s referral link, all they’ll do is push you to place more trades and use higher leverage, draining your capital. Free is the most expensive option.

Why do I offer both paid subscriptions and referral rebates?
Both options give you access to my live trades and strategies, so you can choose for yourself.
① Referral rebates are fiercely competitive, and there’s only one referral spot. Big bloggers on the public feed dominate the traffic, so many people would rather follow them.

② A live-trading blogger only has a limited number of profitable trades to share in a year.
PPT bloggers have trades every day. Even flipping a coin, they can “win” 180 times a year.
Altcoin bloggers call out several coins a day and then post whichever ones go up.

They “win” 15 times in a month and shout every day about how much money they’re making, claiming they called the moves—but they have no live trades. I might only post two or three profitable live trades.

A beginner looks at that and sees the PPT blogger winning every day, so of course they think that blogger is better. Naturally, more traffic and referral business go their way.

Paid subscriptions aren’t all that lucrative, either.
I only had 30 members this year. At 500 each, that’s just 15,000 USDT. I can make that from a single trade.
That’s because I run a WeChat group, where people actually talk to each other—it’s not like those other groups where nobody knows anybody.
Friends I’ve gotten to know in the group come to hang out with me, and I spend more than that just hosting group members in person.
I also don’t take sponsored posts. I think I could probably earn more by doing those.
For me, a paid subscription is more like a barrier to entry. I want to filter for a group of high-quality people to trade with.

Last year the market was good and there were lots of new coins, so paid subscriptions really did bring in quite a bit. I didn’t kick out many long-time members when their subscriptions expired, either. This year, I’ve barely had any paid subscribers.