# Six Years in Crypto: 10 Actionable Tips

No stories, just straight advice.

1. **Principal is everything.** Losing 50% requires earning 100% to break even. Protecting capital is ten thousand times more important than chasing profits.

2. **Being in cash is a skill.** When you're uncertain, just hold USDT and do nothing. People who don't know how to stay in cash will never make money. $BTC

3. **Stop losses must be fast.** Set your stop loss the moment you enter. By the time you want to cut, your hand will be frozen.

4. **Don't hold losing positions.** Ten times holding recoveries don't add up to one liquidation. Holding positions is where losses begin, not end.

5. **Position size controls your mindset.** If your position is too large, no technical skill matters. One small move and you panic; one panic and you make bad decisions.

6. **Ignore small timeframes.** Looking at 5-minute charts too much drives you crazy. Only trade 4-hour and daily trends; noise is cut in half. $ETH

7. **Don't fear missing out.** Missing opportunities doesn't lose money; chasing highs does. There's always another opportunity in the market, but once capital is gone, it's really gone.

8. **Don't trust news.** Every positive or negative news you see was meant for you to see. Any useful information reaches your ear too late.

9. **Review yourself.** Write down every day why you entered and why you closed. Look back a month later and it's all the same mistakes repeated.

10. **Staying alive is most important.** Everyone who's lasted long in this market has made money. Those desperate to make a comeback usually crash. $BNB

That's it. Do three of these, you'll survive. Do five, you'll make money. I haven't met anyone who does all ten.