$CLO Relying on salary to turn things around? These days, it's really too tough. I realized this over a decade ago, so I simply bet all my chips on trading. After walking many wrong paths, I’ve built up this bit of confidence today.

It's been ten years since I started, I’m in my early thirties now, and my assets are pretty decent. I start with a budget of at least two thousand when going out to stay somewhere. Not bragging, just facts. The peers around me who run factories or do e-commerce are far from as comfortable.

I've seen too many market conditions—bull markets, bear markets, surges, crashes—by now, I’m used to it. The reason I’ve survived until today isn’t complicated; I’ve stuck to a few bottom lines. It’s not about how skilled your technical analysis is; the core is just two words: know how to hide. Knowing when to hide well and when to make a move.

The most common trap looks like this: fierce rises and sluggish falls. Don’t touch this stuff. It’s typical of the manipulators accumulating positions, laying traps step by step, waiting for you to jump in. The opposite is true too—after a sharp drop, a weak rebound, don’t naïvely think it’s a bottom-fishing opportunity. Nine times out of ten, it’s the manipulators offloading at high levels, pretending to rebound to trick you into buying in.

Another detail many people overlook: when they see a sudden increase in volume at the top, many panic and cut their losses. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the top. Sometimes, the manipulators are just pulling the last wave. The real signal to run is like this—price has been high for a long time, but the trading volume starts to shrink. That’s when you need to exit quickly, or you’ll be the last sucker to buy in.

At the bottom, when volume increases, stay calm. Often, it’s just a trap to lure more in or a fake fall. If you really want to enter, look for several days of consistent volume, and the price holding steady without further decline—that’s the real signal.

Honestly, the crypto market is all about emotions. How the market moves depends entirely on how emotions drive it, and where do you see emotions? In trading volume. When you start thinking about jumping in yourself, that’s usually when the manipulators are about to escape; conversely, when you’re scared and want to run, they’ve already prepared to take your money and wait for the next sucker.

The crypto world just keeps cycling—cutting in and out, always the same types of people. People getting wiped out aren’t lacking talent; they just can’t control their hands. Those dreaming of overnight riches and quick turnarounds, none of them end up unscathed by the market.

I don’t think I’m particularly outstanding. But I’ve been constantly improving, watching, and learning new things. Making money isn’t luck; it’s the result of repeated reviews, pitfalls, and strategy adjustments. Relying solely on fantasies, chat groups, or gambling on luck, you won’t last more than half a year here.

Now, using data models to run strategies—systematic approaches—means riding the waves in the market. To put it simply, the crypto market is never short of opportunities; what’s lacking is people who can truly understand those opportunities.