Having navigated the crypto market for so many years, you’ll realize a very painful truth:
The deeper you learn, the faster you often lose.
This place is not a research institute at all; it’s a battleground of human nature and capital. Your in-depth analysis? Sometimes it’s just the most expensive tuition.
Watching candlestick charts, analyzing on-chain data, following KOL opinions—how do your accounts look? Blood red. As soon as a "data surge" signal appears, you rush in, only to be scared out by "main players dumping," cutting your losses. With this rhythm, the more you watch, the more confused you get; the more you think, the more afraid you become. Trading frequency skyrockets, but profits shrink. Many people have lost out on coins like $ASTER, $PYR, and $ETH due to overanalysis.
My path is different. From starting with five figures in capital to now holding a multi-million level, I haven’t relied on insider info or genius; just two strategies—tackle complex things simply, and do simple things to the extreme.
When I first entered the scene, I was also a "indicator fanatic." MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands—my screen was covered with all kinds of lines, looking like a command center. But what happened? After a full market cycle, my returns were the lowest, and my losses were the fiercest.
Later, I figured it out and deleted everything.
Now, I focus solely on one candlestick or one moving average. Spend 20 minutes each day reviewing the market, recording entry and exit points, repeatedly reciting the eight words: "Don’t chase highs, don’t catch bottoms." After sticking to this for a while, I became more stable. No matter how fierce the market gets, I stay calm, and I start earning money that "others can’t see the logic behind."
The most ironic truth in the crypto market is this: The ones truly making money are not the ones who know the most, but those who are best at "stopping their thoughts." The big players profit by creating information chaos; we must rely on simplicity to survive.
Someone asked me, "Do you still study those technical indicators?" I replied, "What’s there to study? I only study myself."
Because I’ve long understood: The market is always a tangled mess, and human desires are always hard to suppress. The only way to balance these two is to keep your rhythm simple and steady enough.
Coming out of chaos—do you have the awareness for that?
Ask yourself: Do you want to be the one who gets harvested for life, or the one who laughs last? If you’re feeling stuck or confused in trading right now, and want to understand the secrets of the crypto market and real-time frontier information, it’s better to pause and rethink—perhaps your next step is a turning point.
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BlockchainDecoder
· 7h ago
According to research, the core argument of this article—"over-analysis leads to trading failure"—actually has academic support in behavioral finance. It is worth noting that from a technical perspective, piling up indicators essentially increases the cognitive load of decision-making, which violates the principle of optimal information processing.
However, I would like to point out a few issues: 1. Sample size problem—can one person's success story represent the general market law? 2. Survivor bias is obvious; I haven't seen stories of those who lost money due to "stop thinking"; 3. Most importantly, the so-called "minimalist strategy" itself is also a kind of indicator, just with a coarser granularity.
From a technical architecture perspective, whether K-line and moving averages are truly "minimalist" remains controversial.
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Layer3Dreamer
· 7h ago
theoretically speaking, this whole "less indicators = more profits" thesis kinda breaks down when you consider cross-rollup state verification mechanics... like, if we're talking about market complexity, aren't we just swapping one signal chaos for another? the recursive nature of self-discipline vs. external data—that's where it gets interesting tbh
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LiquidityWizard
· 7h ago
nah tbh... "study yourself not the chart" is statistically significant cope. correlation between indicators and losses? actually pretty weak if you account for position sizing, risk-adjusted returns hit different when you don't yolo everything
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BTCBeliefStation
· 8h ago
That's right, the indicator fanatic is now mostly in the ICU.
Having navigated the crypto market for so many years, you’ll realize a very painful truth:
The deeper you learn, the faster you often lose.
This place is not a research institute at all; it’s a battleground of human nature and capital. Your in-depth analysis? Sometimes it’s just the most expensive tuition.
Watching candlestick charts, analyzing on-chain data, following KOL opinions—how do your accounts look? Blood red. As soon as a "data surge" signal appears, you rush in, only to be scared out by "main players dumping," cutting your losses. With this rhythm, the more you watch, the more confused you get; the more you think, the more afraid you become. Trading frequency skyrockets, but profits shrink. Many people have lost out on coins like $ASTER, $PYR, and $ETH due to overanalysis.
My path is different. From starting with five figures in capital to now holding a multi-million level, I haven’t relied on insider info or genius; just two strategies—tackle complex things simply, and do simple things to the extreme.
When I first entered the scene, I was also a "indicator fanatic." MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands—my screen was covered with all kinds of lines, looking like a command center. But what happened? After a full market cycle, my returns were the lowest, and my losses were the fiercest.
Later, I figured it out and deleted everything.
Now, I focus solely on one candlestick or one moving average. Spend 20 minutes each day reviewing the market, recording entry and exit points, repeatedly reciting the eight words: "Don’t chase highs, don’t catch bottoms." After sticking to this for a while, I became more stable. No matter how fierce the market gets, I stay calm, and I start earning money that "others can’t see the logic behind."
The most ironic truth in the crypto market is this: The ones truly making money are not the ones who know the most, but those who are best at "stopping their thoughts." The big players profit by creating information chaos; we must rely on simplicity to survive.
Someone asked me, "Do you still study those technical indicators?" I replied, "What’s there to study? I only study myself."
Because I’ve long understood: The market is always a tangled mess, and human desires are always hard to suppress. The only way to balance these two is to keep your rhythm simple and steady enough.
Coming out of chaos—do you have the awareness for that?
Ask yourself: Do you want to be the one who gets harvested for life, or the one who laughs last? If you’re feeling stuck or confused in trading right now, and want to understand the secrets of the crypto market and real-time frontier information, it’s better to pause and rethink—perhaps your next step is a turning point.