#数字资产生态回暖 $ZEC How much U do I need to save up to have the confidence to meet old friends.

At 38, I had a property portfolio in Shanghai, a few nice cars, and assets in the eight figures. But all of this stemmed from a nearly collapse experience 8 years ago.

When I first entered the crypto world, I was a complete novice. I invested 50,000 U and lost it all—liquidation, zeroing out, and I even stepped into the trap of exchange scams. The hardest times were unemployment, breakup, and drowning my sorrows in alcohol. I almost gave up completely.

Strangely, I survived the big crash in March 2018. While many went bankrupt that day, I saw a turning point. It seemed like luck, but later I realized it was a set of methodologies forced out of me through those experiences.

**Four rules summarized from the wreckage:**

**Sharp rise, slow fall → Market makers are eating up chips**
The price surges sharply and then suddenly crashes, then slowly bottoms out. This is the main players harvesting retail investors. The true top usually appears at the moment of a violent rally followed by an instant limit-down.

**Sharp fall, slow rise → Beware of bait traps**
After a flash crash, if the rebound is weak, don’t rush to buy the dip. This is often the last bait. Many people lose all their remaining U here.

**High volume still pushing up → Keep watching**
If volume is still high and the price hasn’t stopped, there’s room for further rise.

**Suddenly no volume → Warning signal**
This is a real sign of an impending crash. Exhausted trading volume is more terrifying than the price drop itself.

**Small volume at the bottom → Don’t be greedy**
A sudden increase in volume could be a scam. Only sustained high volume indicates genuine main force entering.

All these lessons weren’t learned from books; they came from repeatedly paying tuition through liquidation experiences. The logic in the crypto world is simple: when others are chasing the rise or falling, creating noise, you learn to stay calm. Making money is never about luck; it’s about whether you can grasp the rhythm. Many, like me at the beginning, rush to recover their losses and end up losing even more. Later, I realized the market won’t run away, but our mindset can. Those who can wait patiently will ultimately profit.