CryptoBull2s

In the high-octane world of cryptocurrency, everyone has a "war story." Mine takes place during the absolute mania of 2017.
I had bet heavily on Cardano (ADA), entering at $0.03. Within three months, the price skyrocketed to $1.20. My account’s floating profit hit 40x. Every morning, I woke up not to check if I made money, but to count how many zeros had been added to my net worth. I was already window-shopping for a Porsche, convinced that this trajectory would last forever.
I didn’t sell.
Predictably, the market corrected. ADA retraced to $0.20, wiping out 80% of my unrealized gains. The dream of a Porsche evaporated, replaced by the reality of a second-hand BYD.
That painful round-trip taught me the most valuable lesson of my eight-year career: In the crypto world, those who can buy are merely apprentices; those who can sell are the masters.
Over the years, I have moved away from emotional trading and developed a disciplined system for Take-Profits and Stop-Losses. It is designed for ordinary investors who want to survive the volatility without being glued to a monitor 24/7.
Here is the blueprint that stabilized my portfolio.
1. The Strategy: Staggered Take-Profit
Many traders lose money because they aim for the absolute peak. They want to sell at the very top, which is statistically impossible. My strategy focuses on capturing the "body of the fish" while ignoring the tail.
The Method:
The First Exit: When a coin doubles (e.g., rises from $1 to $2), I immediately sell 30% of my position. This recovers my initial cost. No matter what happens next, the trade is risk-free.
The Second Exit: If the coin hits 3x (e.g., rises to $3), I sell another 30% to lock in pure profit.
The Moon Bag: For the remaining 40%, I use a "moving take-profit" (trailing stop). If the price retraces 15% from its new peak, the system automatically liquidates the position.
This method allows you to ride the main uptrend without the psychological burden of wondering when to exit.

2. The Iron Rule: Stop-Loss or Bust
Survival is more important than quick riches. My golden rule is that a single loss must never exceed 5% of my total principal.
The Method:
The Seatbelt: I use "conditional orders" to automate this process. Immediately after entering a trade, I set a stop-loss order at -10% of the entry price.
The Mindset: Think of this as buckling your seatbelt. You don’t do it because you plan to crash; you do it because you want to survive if you do.
I once executed a stop-loss only to watch the coin price double shortly after. Friends laughed, calling me cowardly. I have no regrets—three months later, that same coin went to zero. They lost everything; I lived to trade another day.

3. The Counterintuitive Trick: Lower Expectations
We are conditioned to hunt for 100x gems, but the pursuit of the "jackpot" often leads to ruin. Recently, I shifted my mindset to lower my profit targets. By being satisfied with the "body" of the trend rather than the peak, I achieved a stable 35% profit this year—a number that outperforms 99% of traders who chase moonshots.
The Bottom Line
Over the past decade, I have seen countless stories of overnight wealth, but I have seen far more people exhaust their principal on the rollercoaster.
The traders who truly succeed aren't the ones with the best inside information or the most luck. They are the ones who execute their rules like robots.
Don’t worry about missing out; the market will always offer new opportunities. But remember: once your principal is gone, it is really gone.
Before, I was stumbling around in the dark. Now, with discipline as my guide, the light is finally in my hands.