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Hello guys!

Look I know how bad it is for us to see the entire crypto market. I even myself was concerned about my future if I just keep relying on crypto trading, bounty hunting, etc. I understand how you guys feel, because I feel the same way too. I had a gut feeling that crypto may not fully recover next year. This is why I want to share something for you guys to have a heads up just in case 2019 isn't what you are really expecting.

1 - Save a portion of your day/night job income and make it a habit

This is probably one of the hardest things to do when you're making a living with your day or night job. The first thing to do for yourself is learn how to PIF (Pay It Forward). Every time you receive a paycheck, start committing to yourself that you should reserve that specific amount to your piggy bank or so and never touch it until the time is right. Maybe you can use it for emergency funds, starting a venture, etc. Once you do that by disciplining yourself in this habit, there's no doubt that you'll be on your way to success.

Although there is nothing wrong if you just stick to your day or night job, but it's not an ideal way to become time and financially free. You can't simply just put all your eggs in one basket you know? Learn how to diversify by involving yourself to multiple income streams.

2 - Invest in a profitable venture and increase your cash flow

I admit that last year was our year. It's our breakthrough! However, this year had gone the other way around in which the bears are winning. I did #HODL some tokens, but I was also asking "What am I gonna do with my money sitting in my wallet or bank for a very long time?".

The goal was to potentially secure our future. I usually don't treat crypto as a full-time income source. Definitely not! They're just a fuel for us to be provided with additional needs and wants. Even though crypto could potentially "moon" when the time is right, increasing our cash flow was the right thing to do.

To do that, start investing in a profitable venture. I usually don't recommend investing in insurance though. They're not ideal for me. I usually invest in urban hog raising, which is agri-related and it isn't gonna saturate due to the demand of pork. Investing in BPOs, construction businesses, etc., as capitalist would also be other good options. Starting a traditional business isn't my forte. I don't want to stress out my first few years in doing hands-on. Leveraging is the key. Let the money work for you.

But hey, don't quit your full-time day/night job until your passive income coming from your ventures are bigger than that.
 
3 - Learn to live broke temporarily by cutting off your expenses

We all know that bills cannot be avoided. Yes, and all of us are feeling the same thing. However, if we want to survive, we should learn first how to live broke temporarily. You don't need to buy expensive shoes, clothes, TV or so if you're still struggling in your life. What matters is that you can still use them, right? There's nothing wrong if people see you wear same kind of old shirts, uniforms, pants and shoes too often. You don't need to go to Starbucks or any other expensive coffee or restaurants out there if your income is so limited. We can still purchase sachets of coffee at affordable prices.

As long you're not yet financially stable and your expenses are bigger than your income, it's not ideal for us to keep spending on some things that aren't important in our daily lives. You can only do that by learning how to get out of the rat race, in which your income is bigger than your expenses.

I am not an expert, but these tips are surely helpful based on my personal experience. They're gonna be difficult from the start, but if you keep going, everything will run smoothly.

"The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It's simple: to master money, you must manage money." - T. Harv Eker

I believe that in any case, if you are in this market means you believe in it and if I was not mistaken in this you need to buy more crypto currency on the drawdown.

Thats possible if everyone is going to believe that saving method. But not all people is paying attention in this simple but truthful idea of Saving, One thing is for sure if theirs a money left in the pocket the only purpose of it is to buy something just two? your needs and less needed!

Nice tips mate, btw I still belive that 2019 cryptocurency will be moon, also keep hold you Bitcoin or Altcoin/Alttoken don't let the fud control your mind. forget about crypto for a moment and spend your time with you family :).

Great tips. Many made a lot of profits in 2017 and lived like a King thinking the upward trend will continue so they were unable to save some for tough times like this year. Diversify investments into different markets is also a good idea.

At least 3 sounds more like an advice for the ones investing more than they afforded. But all in all, the advises are not too bad.
I would add one more "Get a second job". It's not a nice direction, but shit happens.

Good advice for anyone actually, especially the part about side income or night job. I have always tried ever since I was a student to have a small freelance job that you can do online. It doesn't matter how small the income is, but it should be something you do only a few hours a week that you set aside for lifetime savings. In my country of course we have pensions but in private jobs, this is only enough to last you 4 or 5 years maybe after your retire. Before I got into crypto, all this money went into my pension.

I would say though to make this habit, whether or not 2019 is a bull run. But don't put everything into cypto. Just enough to make sure you have some, and enough in a normal pensions account for your own retirement. Not to be rich, but to be secure for your family.

That's a great advice. There really isn't much earning without learning first. I'm actually doing most of the things you have listed.

Well, i like the tips immensely and i am already doing one of those.

I am saving abit, and already started carting away my portfolios too
Buying the dipper dips and watching my portfolio

In 2019, i recommend to be smarter, quicker and sharper
it will help your trades.

Market has really proven to be tricky in last couple of years and seems like it is slipping back to the point from where the rapid growth started, we all know for massive moves like dec jan last year market needs massive volume and inflow of huge funds, only hope at the moment seems to be the eth related upgrades and change of algorithm that may  create hype and people may invest big sums to take advantage of eth staking.

Wow.. what a great advised.. yes. i agree with the above posted topic / advices as posted. But i just have few additional input.  Invest only the amount you can afford to loss...learn the market of crypto currency, don't panic instead be patient, analyze the market status before making such decision.always protect your profits by cashing out as you feel possibilty of drops or early sign get off the market. Patient on monitoring the market.etc.etc.Let just hope everything will be a favorable market come 2019 and beyond...

That's true but as an experienced person in the crypto as a trader and i would like the buy more coin when it will have reached 2016 bottom price. it sounds good for me personally to take a big speculation on the crypto until a few years later dude.

Yes you've pointed right subject. I agree with you. There is a saying in my country: Live how like you will never die and be ready why like you will die tomorrow. So we always be ready for everything. We had a though time with cryptocurrencies and it is still continue. We don't know when it will be stop and rise again. So be ready for everything. If market will recover soon, then there is nothing to bad. But if it won't be ready and live your life.

if that happen, im sure we are will suffer more, and this time we need to find another real job to cover our loss in crypto.

Truthfully before we can see another year like 2017 it might take years longer ,like 3 to 4 years and those expecting 2019 might be disappointed once again and if I'm right many investors will leave crypto world and we might see another huge market drop

It was a great advise from OP and I would probably consider the things mentioned on his comments like minimizing expenses and people should learn how to adjust in the event if cryptocurrency will not be favorable and profitable in 2019. Somehow, I am still hoping that in the coming year, it will change the market direction that should be going for an uptrend market wherein at least people could grab back some of the loss investment if bullish market takes over in the crypto market.

Market has really proven to be tricky in last couple of years and seems like it is slipping back to the point from where the rapid growth started, we all know for massive moves like dec jan last year market needs massive volume and inflow of huge funds, only hope at the moment seems to be the eth related upgrades and change of algorithm that may  create hype and people may invest big sums to take advantage of eth staking.

oh shit ....
this is what I feel right now. in 2017 I got a big profit, a year later I became a poor ...

The best thing to do is not rely completely on cryptos for your future. Get up and do a traditional job. Be it in a office or a freelance work. No matter how boring and stupid it is, at least at the end of the month you have a fixed amount which could be used for your and your family's expenditure. If you actually see all these crypto projects, then you'll find that they all get paid in fiat and tokens/coins are just icing on the cake. So I guess we should take some hint from there as well.
Of course that doesn't mean leave the crypto world. Cryptos can be considered as long term investments.

 I think people have realise that we need to move on from this bear market story and lesson to adapt to the situation, I know we are very close to the bottom but not yet because when you move around the forum you still see people promoting obvious scam and projects like these need to be weeded out of the space for true clarify to come to the space

Very good advice to hold onto the coming year, It will be very disastrous still holding onto crypto alone with obvious sign of market reversal in 2019. A lot of mistakes have been made, a lot have resigned their day job to concentrate on crypto but it appears it is no longer all roses anymore. Those are good surviving tips and for traders always ensure to make good use of the stop loss and take profit buttons

Yeah and if it still goes on to next year, we would've been used to it already. By then all the unrealistic hopes and expectations that came from the 2017 run would have been exhausted and  the bull run, when it comes, would be a very pleasant surprise.

we are not just very close to the bottom, but we have almost one foot at the bottom. in 2019 there will be a small fall again and then we will see growth.

I believe that there will be no sense to panic, even if 2019 is a year of calm, we will be able to gain positions, invest additional amounts of money and then earn even more.

I am ready for the arrival of 2019, I know that the bull market will not come soon. I am a patient person, I am very willing to wait, even if the bull market may not come.

Thank you for your suggestion. I summed it up. Whenever the most insured investment is to use the spare funds to make cryptocurrency investment, it will not affect your normal life.

But the bull run is high chance to happen this year and I encourage everyone will be buy again bitcoin and altcoins.  But it is not sure if that really happen because it depends to us because we're the investor.

You can look to another project if you want but better to still here in cryptocurrency if the bull run will not happen this year and you can invest more to the coin that you think is potential and the price is cheap for you to get high profit.

Remember what ever happen to market we are gets benefits and that is important of unity not unity to sell.

if I'm simple, I will still work in the bounty, this year or the next bull run, I almost don't care. the important thing is to get the token from the bounty, then the hodl, and wait until it launches on the exchange. if the exchange rate is low, wait until the bull run actually occurs.

Like your case study, for me now, I have to do a real business to save money for buying more cryptos  ;D and wait to be a richman  :D

I believe that bull market will come back and hope it happens soon. 

Such a pretty good advice,we must learn to diversify. I guess many should have learn their lesson by now,so if opportunity present itself in crypto again,I am sure many will invest wisely.

I'm just gonna continue with the bounty programs so I can stack up on crypto without exposing fiat.
Worked very well for me plus, I'm able to sell some crypto and enjoy it from time to time.  ;D

Thanks for the nice tips. I will take the opportunity to buy more crypto if 2019 is not a bull year. I have some more coins to buy but my cash is so limited. So I don’t think I will miss the opportunity when I receive my bonus this year.

Forgetting about cryptocurrency is what you are about to say for short. Getting job for real or venturing to another form of investment while bitcoin is in the bearish market. Well it is not that easy to venture into another investment without some statistical evaluation and things to consider before joining in an investment.

Bounty is also good for the people who knows to find the best project and enought time to join on the all kind of campains which has high stakes.But my suggestion will be don't hold all your tokens for too long,just convert and keep it as other coins for having more security.

No, it is not entirely a bearish year since we had a really really bearish year on the 2018 so it does not make sense if 2019 still on the bearish.

I don't want to expect too high for the bull-run in this year. I only expect that this year, the price can be stable as high and it grows well. We can see the ETH hit is 600, and the BTC can hit about $8k again. Well, if there is no bullrun, I still want to select my coins whether they are worthier to invest or hodl or sell in the better price.

Even if the year 2019 does not meet my expectations, I see no reason to leave cryptocurrency.
ETH is gradually recovering, it is possible that the ICO market will be revived, which will give us the opportunity to earn, plus new technologies in cryptocurrency will appear.

I will wait for 2020 then, as the trend suggests that the digital age in any case will soon come, and now even look past the positive news, many large corporations release their products, begin to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the century has already come digital, just waiting for the go-ahead of the States of different countries

Anything can happen, the main thing is to continue trading and not to reduce their volume, if this happens, then there will be some problems, because the volume of trading demonstrates the activity of the community.

The message and the spirit of this thread is the reason I believe bounty hunting is not a job! During bull cryptocurrency market, I see a lots of people saying what they do at that time is to hunt bounty as a full time bounty hunter. We must work both online and offline to realize our dream of better life!

Wish that people would stop speculating on crypto as an asset, similar to stocks, but instead respect them as currencies and support the tech.
Atleast x5 to get back to the all-time-high.

if this year doesn't match my predictions, I might leave here. and left some altcoins that I still hold. while hoping that someday it will be a surprise in the future.

Even if growth this year will not be a good thing, the main thing is to stop falling. I will definitely buy more and more and more, but we must get rid of a large number of altcoins.

I have been doing this already since the start of the red months. I now start buying only what I need to keep going. It's kinda hard but though.

then what decision do you choose now, with market conditions like this ? is it according to your predictions? because I see you are still here, and I conclude that you still believe in crypto

Well, these are the basic recommendations for beginning investors. Unfortunately everybody remind them only in case of trouble or longterm bear trend :)
Hope the present situation won't last too long and we will see some positive changes in Spring...

I want to add that we should work hard and put all your effort in your work. You should also have decent job so once there is no bull run this year 2019 you can still earn good income. You should improve you trading skills so you can do day trading which help you to make 3%-5% profit.

indeed there is no guarantee that crypto will recover this year, so I am very grateful for the advice you have given to anticipate if this year is not what we expected and what I like best about your advice is "Learn to live a temporary life by cutting your expenses "
it's really a good sentence for someone who just fell

If the bull doesn't happen in 2019 we have to go with our destiny, we cannot do anything only the big whales have the ability to change the value of crypto currency and I strongly believe we can expect a bull run in this mid year hopefully.

I don't expect this year to at least some active movements. If the schedule will go in one channel, it will be a good coincidence, because there may be a fall.

In such complex situations we cannot know which way the direction will turn. There have been good increases in price recently and I hope there will be more. Today's little reverse move should not scare anyone.

I also store some of my holdings somewhere i can't access to hold for longer, and i have a part which i can send when i want if i need to buy something or if need urgent cash money.

the right choice, but,  why you do not take part in the world of commerce, I think this is a good time to make profits from trading.

yesterday the price of BTC was $ 4000 and now it is $ 5000, I think buying BTC to trade at $ 4500 is an option you can try.

Everything can happen during the year, in accordance with this, we can not predict what exactly this year will be, but I believe that even with the fall in 2019, it will be possible to earn with the help of short positions.

 I think we need not worry too much about the future of crypto in 2019. I have found that every year there are always many new events going on and that will be an opportunity for us to earn a lot of money. We just need to know how to keep our money safe. Do not leave the status of 2018 again. must choose investment in exchanges that support the stoploss command, which is the most necessary.

The prediction of bull run when it gonna happen it is very hard to determine but in this 2019 is not the bull run year i think i should hold my coins and waiting when gonna happen in crypto market, we should not make panic selling.

Its always good to spend money only on what you can afford to avoid unnecessary spendings ,if bullrun never happen this 2019 I will keep building portfolio for the future no matter what and the truth is Im not expecting any bullrun this year until next bitcoin halving

better find a job and start to work, earn something real, then if it is not enough, find extra jobs for the spare times. who cares of crypto currencies if it does not come at the time.

Sobirajust do the same thing that he did in 2018. Just sit and wait for another exit, I do not see.

I would still have my altcoins in my wallet, because I have no doubts that one day crypto currencies are going to be mass adopted. It is only the matter of time when such things are going to happen, so why should you be scared of a small price decrease?

I don't want to believe it because I'm tired of waiting for this moment. A lot of people and I will probably leave this industry because it's starting to seem like a fraud. We are waiting for an unfulfilled miracle. And every day we are told that soon bullrun. Let us not be fools and make an important decision.

I think we should wait anyway. Even if we do not see bullrun it is not a reason to be disappointed in the cryptocurrency. We need to continue to develop.

I completely agree. It is too early to draw any conclusions. And because the market has not yet stabilized. I also think that you still need to wait some time.

Well, the fact that we switched to a new attribute is a good sign. Even a small increase every day gives us and traders stability. Now a lot of poses are happening on the market.

The third point on this post really got my attention. Many people love to leave above their expenses and in my opinion the crypto market right now does not give room for such. That's probably one of the reasons many got rekt.. When the market was good they got carried away and leaved above their earnings and now that the market is bad they still wish to re-leave such life instead of weathering the storm.

I will continue to hope that it will appear soon. I believe that it is possible that in 2019 we will not be able to see bullrun. The community should get rid of future potential millionaires. If this does not happen, anarchy will begin.

Nothing to worry man, we can try trade on other category like forex, oil, comodities and etc. Just take it easy, just hold and lets find other job to waiting the bull run time coming.

We're on the same boat just forget crypto for the mean time and get back when the bullish market hits, keep holding and continue working hard in real-life because in the long run everything will be worth it.

Sign of bull is already shown up but still there is much to climb for the people to realize we are in the middle of bull run but that time you may get less profits so just start your investment now and maximize your benefits.

the current situation and this year is indeed different from the situation that occurred last year. because of the current situation, of course, there are already many people who already know crypto and of course they are involved in the world of crypto. so sometimes it makes crypto decrease. the problem is that the new crypto user sometimes doesn't learn crypto first, but just jumps into crypto

My opinion is short term investment is always been giving tension and stress for us so if you had some reasonable money long term investment will be most perfect and it will developed definitely at the end so if stable if the Run will not happened holding only the way available right now

It is best source of earning, no one actually know when the price will be high but we only can hope and wait for the right time, you can work with your job at the same time you can invest and hold, because it is like test of your patience if the price will not rise even at the end of 2019, holding is the best thing we can do ever, move with time and do what actually suits you.

Cutting off expenses and waiting for the bull is what we did by 2018. And for me, I have no problems if that waiting time would increase because I'm already into waiting since my early days in crypto.

While increasing my cash flow and looking for other avenue of income, I already did this so I think I'm prepared and it is acceptable for me if ever this year isn't the year of bull run.

in the situation we definitely need a run otherwise it will be very difficult for everyone to make and manage the investment but if it not happened there is no other way for holding only the way right now available for everyone to stay calm and composed.

These are very good recommendations. I think that we must save them somewhere on the working table, in a DOC file, to reread and follow these tips. However, I am waiting for the bulls.

who cares?

From what I can see 2013 peak it went down  2014, and sideways 2015,2016 and half of 2017.

Now we have 2017, down 2018, sideways 2019, 2020, half of 2021

so another 2 years of sideways then wake me up at 100K 2021.

Admittedly 2011 to 2013 was much quicker, but I think the cycles are getting longer......

he completely agrees, to wait and continue to work, it at me the mood, the market anyway will begin growth, let not in 2019, so in the following, or in several years, our patience and devotion crypto will bring good income.

I will hold it until I find it best. Hopefully by the end of 2019 the cows will run fast

Everybody is hoping to get a profit for this year. 2018 is so bad for crypto and some already forget their investments and already sold their assets even they have big negative profit. I already find a stable job and leave my investments and still hoping for a bull run this year.

No doubt about that bro but you just have to ensure that whatever coin you are holding will stand the test of time and will be good for future, not all altcoins are good for future, some are better left alone for trading and taking profit in short term, while some are sure that they will last more than 10 years but the most important of these is that you should ensure that Bitcoin has the largest part of your investment, this is the only investment that can cover up for you when other investment fails, so if you have some altcoins that you feel is not worth it, I will advise you quickly convert them to Bitcoin now.

Yea,I think you are right,diversify in investment is a good step to take in life,in case if one door close the order will be open and life goes on. For me crypto investment is a long term stuff.

Starategi that I deserve to do, honestly selling all the work at this time there is a difference in income far from the past years when the market was at its peak. inves is the most appropriate in my opinion seeing the market start to move up

As opposed to this thread 2019 has been doing well and looks like slowly but surely market sentiment has been changing from bearish to bullish, all the experts also seem to be turning bullish and we are now seeing predictions about the next peak so im positive and im sure market will grow nicely this year.

I see how the market is constantly changing and improving.
Now he is rising from the bottom and many players see this as a sign that the bull run will begin soon.
If they do not come, I will wait patiently and invest for the long term in the hope that I will soon be able to get the desired profit.

You have really sharing with us the best way to develop financial discipline.  I have been thinking on how to cut down my expenses and live on salary but I couldn't.  However it is very important we should be able to do this in other not to get into debt.  Self-disipline is the simplest way to get financial freedom.

It seems to me that the bull run will come this year.
This is indicated by many factors in the cryptocurrency market.
I really hope that this will happen in the second half of 2019 and then all my investments in promising cryptocurrencies will be justified and I will get a good result.

Sincerely, those who couldn't make the best use of the last bull run would be finding themselves to blame by now and in the same vein would have learnt their lessons and would not want to see brokenness again.
What I do at this moment is just continue with my daily business and manage the little money that comes in for me.

It's still finds for me. If 2019 is not a good year. I always go for the long time holding strategy. So I have no fear or disappointment about this. But I stil hope that good things will come soon and and fill everyone pocket. At this moment we need bull run but after that we need a strong base for that we need many general people have to join the community. We need more adoption for this market. I know there is many people who came to this market first and thinking that how to be millionaire by over night lowt their money and left the market with loss. So it's fine that bull run is coming or not. We all know it's going come. We just have to keep the patient.

Instead of me saving in a piggy bank i would rather invest by buying little quantity of any good and solid project bit by bit, afterall, it is said this year is accumulation year, so if there won't be any bull run forthcoming in this year, i can as well invest it on crypto and just forget about it for 2yrs, besides, it is money that i won't need for quite some time.

The third one really does not require a kind of teaching, it comes naturally, when one's income depreciates, he automatically adjusts the prevailing realities. It is really worth it have several other sources of income, some of us made the mistake of making it our only source while others resigned their day jobs thinking it would continue that way. The market has shown that it is seasonal, just take advantage of the good seasons and return when it reappears

Even if the bull run this year will not be, it is still not a reason to leave crypto.  I continue to study crypto and invest in it. There's no point in leaving everything I have right now.

yep! i also won't leave Crypto at this time.
even though i had suffered a lot of losses, but that was not my reason to run away and just leave it.

i am sure that sooner or later the market will improve again and i will get my money back.

Merit for you, that's a good advice and it's not only applicable in the bear trends it's also applicable in the bull run, people should not be 100% sure when they are making a profit in the bull run, it'ss till important that you save enough and live in modesty so when the next bear trend comes you are still ok.

2019 is not even the best year for the bull run to comes since there are so many bearish patterns as you can see in the chart. May expect some nice soaring moments in 2020.

Saving is the best approach to overcoming this year should it not turn out the way we had anticipated it fingers crossed it will turn out well.

Only thing to do is to have patience and hold just like we've been doing this past year. Such a delay can only mean a mega bull run is imminent, just wait for it

Being optimistic will bring you succeed after, if you are really positive and you have the glance of the future achievements then why quitting?
bull is just there waiting for the right time and even if it's not today things will come in due time, keep buying more and holding your assets
so you can be secured in terms of financial capabilities.

you also have to remember that there is something to learn in every sector.
so not only learning but even profiting. every cycle has its advantages and disadvantages 8)

That’s right, we just need to keep holding on, and probably keep accumulating more good coins, and when all these investments becomes ripe, we will be the happiest person on earth, so let us not hurry up and destroy what we have built by quickly selling off or panic selling.

We should see our portfolio as building, we don’t erect building in a day, and the class of structure we put in place and finance, will determine when the building will be completely erected. So, out portfolio should keep building up till we complete it and start getting the rewards and benefits from our investments.

No way to cutting the expenses. If the bulls does not come in 2019 that would mean that it was still not
time for it. There are so many opportunities to earn in crypto on the bearish market even more than on
a bullish one. When the market is bullish every newcomer can earn by investing in any coin.
On bearish market we can only earn if we adopt to the market situation  and we are ahead of the market average.

Why no way?

If someone is cutting his budget and expense it doesn't mean that he's really broke. This is my way of living ever since because I'm used to it and when that day came when I was able to buy things that I need, I'm keeping to live with this kind of lifestyle.

I don't want to live extravagant keeping a suggestion like this will depend on your lifestyle.

I agree with living frugal and putting a little bit here and there for your favorite coins. I know sooner or later the good times will come, and I'll be rewarded for having stayed in the market while everyone else dumped at or near the lows. The market will reward those with patience.

Making profits in crypto investment does not necessarily depend on the bull run of the crypto market but its all about your strategic plans used in minimizing ones level of risks whiles investing in the crypto space. The bull run in 2017 was just a plus for people who had a long term investment strategic plan.

I would prefer to invest in profitable venture crypto projects or trade cryptocurrencies. Fortunately, the crypto market is on the rise now and the expectation of profit from long-term investments has become positive.

One senator here in PH once said (about shopping) that even if it's on sale, if you don't need it- its's expensive. I'm trying my best to live with that and just go basic when it comes to buying anything at the moment. Its is one of those trying times specially for a bounty hunter like me when all you get are coins which will not even be worth 10usd. So hard.

This is still the best option for now and seems the safest, we just have to keep holding our funds and waiting for the right time to come, which the right time will not be hidden and that should be till ATH even if it won’t come until 2 years’ time.

Apart from holding which is not a bad idea, I think pending this time, it is best if every investors can also take some money to go into trading, this will help them to be more patients since they still have another means of making money on a daily basis, while also waiting for the main investment to become very ripe for them to harvest.

Oh quickly would this bull come. Alone talk. I now try not to participate in such topics and move with the market. We must learn to work with the market every day. And not in moments of rise or fall. That strategy is simple, squeeze everything from my ShitCoins.

I fully support your opinion. Patience is one of the greatest gifts. Who knows how to endure and wait, he will get the best. You should not consider cryptocurrency as the basis of life. It is imperative that in addition to cryptocurrency, you need to have another stable income. Cryptocurrency should be an investment in the future. Bitcoin is very popular, and I do not think it will ever be possible to destroy it. If not this year, then cryptocurrencies will soon be on the top spot.

This is a wonderful piece you have arranged, thanks for that. Saving a portion of whatever we have is always the right step in all aspects of life. Thanks so much and I hope most people will adopt these steps in all affairs of their lives. Also, I think this year will be better, nevertheless let's keep our fingers crossed.

That is right, reason why you see that most people that are so much after bull run are strictly investors, because that is the only way of making huge profit in crypto currency that they have been exposed to.

If you look at many traders, especially those who are day traders or short term trader, are the most patient investors when it comes to the matter of bull run, they hardly talk of it because they have other strategies they use in making money from the market which is through trading. So, we have other ways of still making profit, even in this fluctuation we see virtually on a daily basis, provided we have the right strategy.

Well you're going to be in big trouble if you rely most of your expenses in btc earnings either from trading or campaigns. That's why it's important that you have an actual source of income outside of it. The likelihood  of having a bull run this year isn't that high since i think what we're having now is a transition period from the bear market.

We cannot do anything if the bull market is not come in this year except still be patient and keep buying any profitable lower coin price because that is one chance for us to make a profit in the future. But some of us were buying the wrong coins because we cannot find the right coins and we are lack of information, so we did that. But as long as we can choose the top ten or top twenty, we will make a profit in the future because that list of coins can increase in anytime.

Personally I think that what I can do if bitcoin is not bullish this year, is what I have been doing, see that altcoin can have better growth due to the time and invest, and trade with the first 5 CMC coins following the line of less resistance, to take the direction that the market directs and to begin trading operations taking strategic positions to establish the obtaining of benefits.

My advice to all crypto fans is if bull run doesn't show up in 2019 don't lose faith and have endurance,im actually only expecting price stability in 2019 not bull run but it seems I might be wrong simple because  of how fast crypto is growing in 2019 so bull run might be nearer than we expect

I am still optimistic about crypto currecny growth in last year i mean 2018 i learned good lesson never going to  trade coins based on speculation . Now i am investing on currencies which is having real solution and long term vision and active team behined that that kind of project now i am investing . I think investing in good potential crypto also good option in 2019

The best way to survive in the face of something is to be patient. Patience in the sense of being able to manage emotions when things get worse. Because by managing emotions, we can automatically go through difficult things even if it makes you a little sorry. don't worry about the future that will be faced. Because whatever the market conditions, it would be better if we could adapt to market conditions.

Despite the situation of things in the market, this year, has been  a good one for investors. Not just for all investors, but those who have been able to learn their lessons from previous mistakes and challenges encountered in the market of 2018.
Well, I think a lot of things have challenged and it is evident that investors are now being careful and that is why we see so many shit coins without volume.

I think I like that your idea of trading the first 5 coin in top coinmarket cap while at the same time, buying other altcoins or coins with very good projects at dip anytime we have some little cash to spare when the opportunity arises.

It’s just that the idea of trading some coins while HODL is only limited to those that have the knowledge of trading, not many people can trade, so they have no choice that to just HOLD and when price drops, they buy more pending the time, the market improves generally. By doing this, they will not miss much of the trader’s activities.

The best thing you can do right now is to make use of this bearish market. Invest for long term. It may not reward you now but soon the time will be there when the investors of today will become rich because of their timely move. So what i suggest is to do a job now, get some money, don't use all of them, invest a portion of it in crypto and keep doing it till the time comes to get rewarded big.

The problem starts arising just when you start treating cryprocurrecy as a full time job. Start taking it as a part time job and engage in your other jobs with much focus. If you want to invest in cryptocurrency or involve in bounty campaigns, you can do it only by saving some time for it. Start with low investment. Do invest the amount you can afford. You just always treat cryptocurrency just as temporary job.

of course there will be no bull run in 2019 so everyone should follow the advice in the OP right now, but there are still many options to make money even on this crab market

It is better to do the opposite. You should trade the altcoins that has good projects because they are the one who has more volatility compare to the top coins in the overall market. You should buy the top coins for your long term investment because they are the one who are more stable than the other lower market cap altcoins that can provide you a steady profit in the long run.

Yes definitely we cannot predict the future anything will opening in this market so we need to be ready to face everything possible if the best and if the market is going like the same thing in the previous time we need to face the the problems also so I think your statement was very useful for me to get face everything.

I believe there will be a bull run by this year as we can clearly see some changes in the CMC value which means it is slowly pumping, most probably the value of BTC will increase in the 3rd quarter as well where as alts will follow accordingly. hopefully we can expect some changes this year and let's believe things will bounce back soon.

We all know that 2019 ain't the bull run year and personally I'm prepared since 2017 for this year and the year to come as I think even 2020 won't be the bull run year. We can start thinking of the bull run barely after mid summer of 2020 when things starts to move in a different direction maybe followed by a big bull run.

what do you mean by ''bull run''? btc growing to $8-10k? if so then ok that's possible this year.
but for lots of people bullrun means reaching previous ATHs which is absolutely impossible this year and unlikely even in 2020

There is no reason to speak with confidence about the lack of growth. I also think that there will be no bull run, but I am not saying that this will be 100%

Does bullrun mean new ATH? IMO this sentence is irrelevant to the facts. Besides, we can not know whether this year there will be bullrun. 2019 has just begun, and we have long time ahead (3 weeks in 2017 had been enough). In short, we do not know in advance, developments will show as time goes on.

Right now we are seeing the start of such bull run. Here some info about current one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5134494.msg50711619#msg50711619

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Mark my words, the end of 2019 will all bring us joy. I would suggest going heavy into crypto now before its too late, this will be one of the last times you can make fast money with very little effort.

we reached new ATHs several times in 2017 before those ''3 weeks''
that's the difference. we dumped so hard lots of people will still be rekt even when btc reaches $10-15k

For me, cryptocurrency is also not the main income.Although in 2017 I had thoughts to leave my main job,but something kept me and I am very happy about it.Do not forget that cryptocurrency is very volatile!About the fact that you can do without many things to save money You are very well written.Indeed, there are,, bad habits,, because of which spent a lot of money that could be saved.So I'm in 2019 (although already 4 months of this year behind) is not going to do anything actively in the cryptocurrency.I will wait for the bull run even if I have to wait not 1 year.

This is my second choice after day trading. For some people here in cryptocurrency in which trading is not for them, build up your portfolio and acquire more coins. It started already months ago where in the prices are very low and you can acquire coins at discounted prices. But, it's not too late slowly increase the volume of your investment on significant coins. Sooner or later it'll rise further until the end of more than a year of bearish period.

I don't think anyone should use bitcoin as a source of income for their living. Bitcoin is an investment, meaning you are taking some risks and you are willing to wait for a longer term until it becomes successful. Investing in bitcoin doesn't guarantee you a substantial return of money after a certain period of time and it also doesn't guarantee you a monthly income so keep working at your job in order to earn enough money to pay for your needs.

The best advice is the third one. And I don't exactly suggest to "live as if you're broke", but I suggest you to be content with the essentials. Luxury stuff and fun travels can wait till you get enough profits.  :)

Everything still be fine even bull run won't show up this year. Not totally we want it and having a small increase may satisfied for me rather than to have that bull run which will bring losses after. Honestly, I'm be good now, prices are it low and everyone in any level could buy.
But as the market shows consistency of moving forward, we might possibly see bull run this year.

Investing is part of failure, then I suggest to all do not lose hope if your expectations are come true, so patience is important and wait for next chance to earn profits by holding altcoins.

How long we should be waiting? I know it will have that advantage but it is quite no good to be in patient all the time. We don't to be stuck and wasted a lot of time just to keep in waiting, the market moves slowly and so it takes most probably a year before we will on the ATH again. And I never feel good for that long. Better to have some investment right now and even we gain small amount but it is good enough rather than of wasting our time for nothing.

It should be, 'failure is part of investing'. It is indeed part of investing because you are not always right and you should expect things like failure but you should not feel down and always keep on correcting yourself and soon enough, you will taste the joy of success by being determined person in terms of investing in this world of risks.

I actually just tried to find other means of earning money. 2 years ago I was a full time bounty hunter and i was able to gain a kot of moey thru it. Since the market crashed, I had to find other means to earn money. So, I find a job to sustain my expenses and do bounties and trading on my free time for extra income. I invest some of my extra money from my real job and buying crypto since the market price is cheaper. I hope I'll reap why I am sowing right now somewhere in yhe future.

I'm taking option number  3 - Learn to live broke temporarily by cutting off your expenses I'm down 50% of my expenses I have taken away some of the habits that I used to do like going out in a restaurant for dinner, watching movies in cinemas three times a day and still cutting my electric bills I'll make this a permanent habit from now on.

What I've been doing right now is in your first and second list. I've been saving some of my money and investing it to coins that I think have the potential to comeback once the market will bounce back again.

Though we have different goal but I guess we share the same target which is to earn some profit. Investment is kinda risky especially if we are not yet familiar to what we are doing. Looking and finding some reliable project is a very difficult task as we need to dig very deeply in order to make sure that we can choose the best one.
Lastly here is my style. As the cycle of the market is keep on repeating. Bear market then bull run.
Bear market = Buy (stock as many as you want)
Bull run = Sell (Choose the right time to sell)

Yes, the advice is not bad, many are sitting and waiting for the market to recover, and they really want it, I also think that you need to constantly evolve, look for new sources of income in order not to depend on market sentiment, to continue to invest in the future. I am sure that the world of cryptocurrency is soon to come, our world will change, and as a result all investments will pay off.

Not always cryptocurrency can generate income , especially if you are not a trader , I think you should look for something new , I for example invest in projects

What are you talking about? Bitcoin and crypto is only 10 years old. Have you been waiting for 10 years? If you waited from the start to 2017 it is only 7 years long. If you are like the people complaining like you are now, then you probably bought at 2018. So maximum time for you is just one year. If you cannot even be patient for 2 or 3 years then it is time to forget crypto.

This is really the best way to remain in wealth mate, one has to caught all expenses to be able to have savings, because it is only when you have savings that one can think of investment. You would agree with me that we have so many potential investors at the market door.

The only reason why some of them have not entered is because they don’t have much savings that can afford them to be able to participate fully, that is why most of them end up getting all these very cheap coins that are full of promises they cannot meet up with and end up dumping them.

then I will continue to wait and some altcoins i will buy more and maybe in 2020-2021 I will earn on it

One of the best thing to do if this year 2019 is not the year of the bull run market is to sell your coins and stop holding to recover some of your losses and go buy some coins then you can start trading. But before you start trading watch and ask some people who are tarting trading nowadays so that you may know and gain some knowledge from the experts on what strategies they are doing in order to gain profit and also you will know some tips on how they are getting rich and earning profit. For now I'm starting to explore trading in darb (https://darbfinance.com/?=crowd) finance to start gaining some money in order to lessen the losses I'm getting from the past few years. This is one of the alternative way on how we can gain some money and recover are losses little by little.

Everyone wants to be profitable in this market and they have to sacrifice a lot of time to be able to do it. This discounted market has made many people worse during the past year and they feel very depressed because they do not know what to do next. I have also experienced a lot of time of depression because the market has continuously decreased but this year seems to have become better when the investment trend is increasing and hopefully Bitcoin can reach 10,000$ again

The next bull run will be interesting to watch due to expectations by professional trader and investors. There will be a huge challenges on the charts in order tot squeeze the bears.

No need for any plan already we are at the bull run of 2019. ;D

Hopefully the positive movement on the bitcoin and other crypto currencies will keep increasing throughout this year.

I hope the bull season starts this year. But if the bull season does not start even this year, I will still continue to wait. I will participate in bounty campaigns during this time. And I will try to expand the my portfolio by trading with the tokens I gained from bounties.