The barrier to profitability in crypto trading is steeper than most realize. You're looking at needing $50k daily just to break even—not to get rich, just to stay afloat.

Here's the kicker: your wallet bleeds money even when you're holding nothing. Gas fees, slippage, spreads, exchange fees—they compound faster than you'd think. A $10k gain on a position? Realistically, you're pocketing around $3k after all the friction costs.

That gap between nominal gains and actual take-home is brutal. Every trade eats into your stack, and most retail traders underestimate how much until they do the math on a profitable month and wonder where half the profits went.