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Hey guys, how was the weekend? Anyway, the market seems to be in a zigzag phase lately — there’s no sustained price trend anymore, and I’m wondering why. Still, I see some traders are managing to win. What’s the secret? And which pairs are your go-to that seem less volatile?

I’m asking because a friend pitched a trading opportunity to me earlier. https://i.ibb.co/WWpvHLyG/IMG-20250404-WA0100.jpg (https://ibb.co/bgR56kBQ)At first, I wasn’t interested, but I figured — what’s there to lose? So about those pairs: GUN, KILO — are they less volatile? Have you traded them before?

Regarding the overall market status, I don't see any problem with trading as long as we're profitable. Whether volatility is high or low doesn't matter as what's important is that there's still enough volatility for our day trading strategies to work.

As for the coins you've shown, I'm not familiar with them. They're probably new listings, and If you want to discuss them further, I suggest creating a separate thread in the Altcoins Speculation section.

For seasonal traders that is definitely hard to earn since most projects are downtrend but for day trader, if they got some experience then they can do some shorting and longing of tokens since its quite volatile to see the market movement now. But overall movement its most likely bearish. Personally I dont trade since the market is bleeding but waiting and holding some assets.

Whats there to lose? Are you kidding? Your money, your time, your discipline etc.

You need to change your friends, so they don't pitch you stupid memecoins. You might as well gamble, at least with a casino with reputation you know your odds are fair, and you can even prove it with some games, and win.

FUN is the only token I recognize there and its a scam, period.

You should get used to it because if you are trying out to observe then weekends is usually that not that volatile or lets say its really that making up some consolidation on which this is the time you will be saying that it isnt moving that much and it turned out that the market is that making some less volatility and this isnt something new. If you've been here on this market for a while then you have been get used to it and instead making yourself having that kind of being discourage on whats happening then it will be much better that you do make out some trading plans on what the market might do whenever weekdays do hit.

So into the question whether you do still trade or not? If you dont see any viable positions or entries then why would be forcing yourself on making up a trade? Patience will be the main thing that will be that tested up when you do saw the market isnt giving out some good movements but rather it is making up some sideways movement on which it will be causing up such boredom and ending up on rushing up on making positions. Patience would be tested out and if you cant be able to sustain then you are bound to make out some mistakes and errors.

Ser, the only "trade" to make in any cycle, and any part of the cycle is HODL BITCOIN. I am absolutely sure that MOST of our fellow plebs in BitcoinTalk CANNOT outperform Bitcoin. Therefore, why waste your time constructing a shitcoin "portfolio" if it will make less profit than HODLing Bitcoin?

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If your friend is naive, then OK. But if he/she is not naive and he/she is pitching that "trading opportunity", then I would question the friendship. 8)

I traded this weekend, and I would say that I'm at around breakeven during the last 2 days. :D

Yesterday, I can't see the trend... or maybe I'm just that dumb enough to not spot the trend hence, making loss trades. Today, it's pretty much obvious that the market is going to a downtrend that's why I took short positions here and there, and I made some profit for the day, but that's just enough to cover my yesterday's losses. Well, as long as I'm not losing money then I'm making progress. :)

What's there to lose? That requires you to trade using your real money and if you don't know how to trade, you might end up losing your money. :D I don't know what exchange has that kind of event, but I'll assume that's from Bitget, a popular exchange that has lots of traders. Imagine you losing around 100$ just to earn a few cents coming from that event. That's because there are many better traders out there that will join on that event.

As for those pairs, I'm not trading it myself, but you can see that if the 24-hr trading volume is low, there's a high chance that it will be more volatile compared to other coins.

Are you sure?
Have you looked at the chats this same weekend?
You are looking at shitcoins, but then you ask for trading pairs that are less volatile? It looks like you have misplaced priorities
Money/funds... that is what you are going to lose.

Traders and investors basically need volatility to make money, so price volatility should not be a problem. The problem may be when they have difficulty predicting price movements and the market becomes less liquid as expected, I mean prices tend to fall even though there is a positive sentiment towards growth.

In the current situation, I will not trade on newly listed altcoin. This is something I mostly avoid in trading, but anyone who is willing to take the risk will probably get the benefit. I don't usually trade on new altcoins, my tendency is to trade on old altcoins that already have good strength including their trading volume and their performance so far. But wait, the market crashed again today and merket caps are really down a lot, now at -8%.

new pairs means new volatility but also means price discovery phase, you don't want to trade perpetual on these pair but spot trading is okay.

current market is actually pretty good for trading, the discrepancy between S&P500 chart with bitcoin's is an obvious leading indicator.
I mean, when the tariff is what all you see 24/7 you'd expect sentiment to be bearish and market always on short mode.

the people who wins at time like this are the people who can read the situation and act accordingly and honestly there are tons of them.

New listing tokens are the most volatile assets. It’s either will pump hard or dump hard because it usually has the hype from potential buyers to purchased if there’s a trend or dump when old token holders from other exchange waited for the listing of big exchange that frequently create a trend.

On a market that zigzag its better to do grid trading since the price moves in a range which is great to have a consistent small profit.

The only thing needed is always set stop loss because there’s always a possibility to breakout on either side.

You don't say "less volatile" for a coin that barely listed for a month.

it's even worse situation to be in if these coin also held TGE and did an airdrop because now is the time for the airdrop receiver to dump their bag to the market and it can cause the price to plummet so sharply.

the reason that exchange incentivizes trading those pairs is to increase trading volume so the future market can work because the leveraged trade need high trading volume.

and also it's because the exchange subtly know you're most likely to lose hence to reduce your stress they give you some little cashback  ::). you know MM's manipulation happen pretty frequently at early listing like this.

I wouldn't trade any of the coin in that picture with 10 ft of pole in a market like this  ;D ;D ;D.

The Bullish trend slowly began to weaken after Bitcoin touched a price below 80K, then all negative speculations will make Altcoin suffer even more. For traders conditions like this are not profitable at all, they will continue to be brought down to the lower area and as long as they have not found the lowest point to buy, then I think trading in conditions like this is not a good choice.

Haha "Price Discovery". ::)

But what those people don't tell us plebs is, new pairs actually mean new opportunities to manipulate those low-liquidity shitcoins. Do you, as a pleb, actually believe that you have an edge over the people behind the casino? Don't play their stupid games, ser.

Protect your savings, just Buy And HODL Bitcoin. A Golden Opportunity is coming.

I don't trade new coins or a coin that is not moves good, spot or future trade because that will be too volatile and we don't know where the price will go. The pump and dump will happen to those coins so that can make us get in the trap and lose the money.

About GUN and KILO, that will need more research to find if those coins is good or bad. You also need to do the same to know more details so you can decide it later. Maybe you can search for the other coins that look better than those two coins so that will be more volatile.

New coins are tempting but always a high risk. Either they rise like crazy or fall like crazy. Even when I wait it to fall and stabilize, it keeps falling again out of nowhere. I have multiple times lost on doing long on a decreased coin hoping for a sideways or bullish market but the price of coin kept falling. On contrary, I tried some shorting on these new coins as well and again I got liquidated, this particularly for the PI coin.
But I don't just blame the new coins as even old coins are moving crazy these days.  >:(

As long as the market is moving regardless of the direction, I don't see why the traders shouldn't trade! Every movement is an opportunity. Same goes for the stock market as well. Bitcoin and many shares are available at a dirt cheap price right now. If you are not comfortable with trading, at least buy and hold for the future.

Also, now with Trump effect, we almost know the direction of the market. So go ahead, short, make money! It's no rocket science! However, I personally stay away from new coins and token because big money pump and dump games happen there. I try to stay within my known territory to lower down the risk.

Always been that a high risks when dealing up with those coins/tokens on their earliest days or weeks or even on launching on which you dont know on when the hype dies down. When it comes to profitability then yes it could give out that kind of chance on which if you do able to hit up the right spot and some mix of luck, then you would definitely make that huge money or profit. There are those time that the market is making up some sideways movement or doesnt move that much or less volatile. If you are someone who do wants actions all the time then you will get bored whenever this time do happen on which this could give out that kind of impression that the market isnt the same on what it was before on which this is very common for most traders. Even myself is guilty with this because there are those times that you do want to see some volatile price movements. Why wont be trading? You do have that choice on when you should trade and if you do find out that its not that interesting then you can skip anytime.

Since you've been able to observe that the market isn't that much in a hurry to sustain a trend and that it's in a zigzag situation, why don't you steer clear off the market then? It's not a must that you've to be in the market. Choose the best time to get into the market for profit. It's not a wise thing to trade in a zigzag (ranging) market. If you can't see clearly with pairs you know already, don't trade new pairs. Don't trade pairs just because friends introduced them to you.

From where I stand, the market is in a bear (not a bear season yet, anyway.) If I were to trade, I would be shorting the market and that would be on BTC/stablecoin (any of that) pairs. That's to be on a safe side.

If you know whaat you're doing any market state can be an opportunity. I mean even the small profits just build up and stack on top of each other and at the end of the day, would still be actual profit. A lot more compared to just sitting around and waiting for the "right" moment. Only applies if you know what you're doing though. Personally I'd like to say I do but my history says I don't, so I just don't trade in general. Times like these though seem like buy opportunities for me so I just buy every now and then whenever dips like these happen.

No comment on the coins though, idrk about them.

Oh yes, I agree; the market is being so unpredictable lately, like seriously—concerning the events you mentioned on bitget, I checked it out and thanks for that… I even stand a chance to earn 30USDT for the more trading activities I carry out.

Seem this exchange provides lots more opportunities for traders this down times—I’m taking my shots from the $Kilo pair, I see price at a key support zone now aiming above the recent high..DYOR

Dont put yourself in a hurry and this would be definitely the key, the primary mistake of people is becoming that impatient at the moment that they arent been able to make money or able to make up some trading positions. Come to think or bare in mind that not all day will be giving out that kind of good trading set up on which simply means that there are those certain moments or time that you do need up to take a break and wont be pushing any buttons to buy or sell. It is part of strategy that you should know on what are the things that you've been dealing on with and not just that hurrying just because you've been that not wanting to missed out some money making opportunity. When you are already experienced into this market then you will be getting used to into those times or moment that the market is moving sideways on which it will be giving out that hesitance on making up some positions on which this is that indeed normal. Therefore, why would be forcing yourself on doing so if you cant be able to find up some opportunity? It is understandable that whenever the market is sitting that dull and a bit idle then these are the times that you do find yourself making up those assumptions that this market is becoming that boring and not profitable already, whereas if we do try to look on the current condition then we are just that basically seeing these moment that the market isnt moving that much except that recently on which it do make out some price decline on which some people is already freaking out. Instead on seeing this as a disadvantage or negative thing, why they cant be able to see that this is the right opportunity for them to acquire or accumulate more?

They are tempting but this is a risk in investing in them because there is enough reason to do your research before choosing those coins the market is not favorable and when you buy and hold it is also a good thing because there are coins that you can buy and hold its not all altcoin that you will buy because when you buy and hold you will not make anything from it. and the research you make will be the one to give you the exact type of coin because people only judge coins by price there is no study they just make reckless decisions, but only with the right knowledge that the selection can be made because people don't even know how to make a choice.

There are a lot of coins coming out recently and you have to be calculative The will hype will bring buyers and when they have gotten what they want the next thing they will start dumping the coin and their investors will have lost a lot of money, and project like this are not advised to invest in the best thing is to make proper inquiry.

There are traders who have mastery in acts of trading highly volatile pairs, so even with a lot of volatility, they are still good and making profit. If you, an average trader, have difficulty in observing the trend the market is going to because of its volatility, and then it looks like the market is consolidating, it may be good for you to stay away from the market and wait for a break of structure and change of character.

Secondly, there are traders who have mastered their strategy, which is to stay winning now easily.

Most alrs are down 60-80% from ath. Holding won't really cut it these days. We need the market to be back imo..
You've spoken well. If I've been patient enough, I believe my win percentage would be higher now.. like my mentor use to say trading is a work in progress. Well I'll be putting my practice to use his the trading competition myself buddy mentioned. It's on Bitget and the chips are high given the current market conditions

I believe that even in turbulent times, there are opportunities for those who can navigate the risks effectively

We have different kind of traders in the market, we're talking about traders that know what to expect and following the high volatility of the pairs in the market. These categories of traders are always in full direction and ready to execute their plannings. There are traders who have equipped themselves to be very concrete and knowing what to expect in the marker. They're not afraid or get frighten by the bearish signs occurring in these charts. Trading can be made tough and also easy at same time, we have nothing to lose than gear upon our strategy for winning.

There are some people who chase those trading competitions, but the reality is, if you trade those coins and tokens, without realizing how and where they could go, then you may not make a profit, even if you win a reward, you may lose money on it.

The best way to move forward would be just considering how you could make money based on what you can achieve. If you could be more careful, then you are going to do better job at it, there won't be much trouble with it. Life isn't fair always, and in times like these, trading isn't easy and you may end up making a loss even if you tried to do everything correctly. These are one of those times where you may not end up with a better result, so you should be careful with it.

it's even more opportunity in the market if i'm being honest, unlike normal days where price might be stagnating a bit and lacking price movement, current market is like wave, going up and down, I personally have tried trading for these past few days using normal technical analysis and it's pretty effective, if you see from the chart, price always bounce back at support.

just be sure to avoid the days of massive dumping though like when trump suddenly make announcement related to the economy, because the market will become really turbulent, at that point technical analysis will become useless.

but it's not wrong to stop trading for the time being especially for people who're used to trading with moderate price movement. because if you don't know the way to make profit, you're more likely to lose.

For me, to win on this market condition it's better to stick to DCA as it's the only sure method to have much coin in your possession than trading, though there are people who are guru on future trading which they trade and make profits while the market is down. For those altcoins you listed well, I don't trust them as anything is possible and likely to happened as altcoin could be easily manipulated so it would be better to stick on BTC accumulation with time the market would recover and you makes double of what you have accumulated.

My weekend is stable, not loss much or profit big in trading. But yesterday, I made a nice profit from future trading where I did a long position in $75k and wait for a day and close my trade when reach the high price.

I consider that is luck for me to profit yesterday but I don't trade now and only see the market move. I don't know with the coins you mention @OP. But if you think the coin can give you the opportunity to profit, why not? But you must research and analyze for more.

Based on my experience, only those people who have early access or entry on the project are the ones who are profitable with this kind of event because they got allocated with their fund wallet already and to those who would like to make an entry at least get a background with the project which has potential most likely they are offering to the exchanges with pre-selling so at least people can get an oppiorty to accumulate tokens before they hold or flip whatever they want to.

Yes, that's right. Whatever the market condition, it depends on your mastery of the market. If you do master and are confident in taking opportunities when the market is like this, it's a good thing to make a profit, but if not, it's better to avoid the market and wait for the market to return to normal.

Because people's strategies in trading are different, so it depends on your confidence in your own analysis. Sometimes there are many big waves, the stakes are high, and sometimes there are almost no ripples (volatility). There are thousands of traders in the ocean, all trying to catch the wave (profit). The difference between those who succeed and those who don't, is that the winners take their time, wait for the best entry point, and exit cleanly and safely. If you try to follow every wave, you may be driven by emotions and the thrill of making a profit, which will lead to destruction. So the choice is your own belief.

For a trader, it doesn't matter what phase the market is in, as he makes money not only on a bullish trend, but also on a bearish one. Don't forget that there are also short positions. It is a recognized fact that the higher the volatility, the higher the profit is obtained from trading for those who know how to trade.

The volatility of different coins varies at different times. Because different companies give different updates about their coins, as well as different types of big investors make different comments, the price movements of different coins are seen at different times in the market. When you trade, it will not matter how volatile the coin is if you are an expert in trading and you can do very detailed analysis. But if you do not know how to do market analysis, then in that case, no matter how low the volatility of the coin you are trading is, you will not be able to profit from it in any way. And as you can see from the image you posted, if that is your intention, then this may be a wrong decision for you. Because you will not get a very big reward according to the amount of participation here, so if you lose in trading, you will always be at a loss.

I think the current market is more about a period of re-accumulation. Because many trading pairs are at their lowest prices at the moment. But if what is being discussed is daily trading then the current market is more suitable for Scalping. Because high volatility allows traders to take advantage of moments of rapid decline and increase to reap profits. As long as the trader knows what to do in current market conditions.

Regarding the trading pairs you mentioned, to be honest, I haven't tried them. And I personally am more interested in trading pairs that have a fairly high trading volume which is usually found in coins that have a large market cap.

Professional traders can always analyze what action to take in any market situation. Market situation is not a factor. Professional traders can analyze everything and predict the market situation in advance. Holders always look for dip markets and wait for the price of all potential points including Bitcoin to drop. And at that time traders get scared.

Even though the market cap of a coin is low, the trading volume of that coin is very high, which definitely indicates that the price of a coin is going up. If you can find those coins, you can get good profits by trading from them in a very short time. But how many people can find them?

I think that is if we are investing, because in investing you need to be early as much as possible to reap more benefits but we are talking about trading here and in trading, it is okay to be late since it was only the volatility is the ones that we are after here. You mentioned allocated fund there but anyone who is involved here have allocated their fund onto something.

Moreover, it is also possible to earn for free if the platform offer a free bonus, an airdrop or something similar to these. Whether we are a trader or investor, we can't go wrong doing a research or background checking. It helps us even better to earn or at least not get scammed.

In fact the crypto market is not stable and the risk is much higher if you do not have good knowledge about trading. Overall it is easy for those who have knowledge about trading to make profits in the future the coins you mentioned seem to be quite new I do not have knowledge about them. New tokens come out every day which have no real technology or use case people are trapped by just hype promises and the lure of sudden profits. From this investing in bitcoin is a much safer and future oriented decision than altcoins long term investment will get good results.

Knows on how the market on how it do moves? Thats too much if we do speak about knowing into the actual price movement. We do know that there's no one into this world would really be able to know on what would really be the price on the next minute. The only edge on here about on professionals is that they are having that those knowledge that they would definitely be doing on something on which that not other traders will be able to do so. It all matters about knowledge and on the skills that on a certain person could have because if you do sees up that this market condition is shit, then it would be understandable that you would be refrain up on doing something with it and trying out to divert yourself on trading up specially if the volatility is just that too much because of some other sentiments or factors that do really affects it out. So it will be basing up on how you do act out accordingly, but pretty sure that not all will be having on the same views and actions to be made on.

You should understand that a trader cannot predict what Trump's next statement will be, which may lead to both a pump of the cryptocurrency and stock market, as well as their dump. We have to admit that this person can send Bitcoin to the moon, but he can also halve its price.

It’s been crazy for awhile now in the market due to the Trump Tariff lately, ALT coins on a slippery slope as well except for XRP that has been between $3-$1.600..
Avoiding the market is safest for now rather than trying to catch trends that aren’t happening yet whilst this Trump Tariff’s trade war..

Keeping those altcoins aside, you should question your basics. Altcoins will never be as good as bitcoin and that you should not take advice in crypto from others including people of this forum. Form your own method of trading and concentrate on bitcoin, even if you dont like it, because it is the only coin that will give you profits.

Coming back to the title, there are methods to trade in any market.

When the market is going down, you buy.
When the market is going up, you sell.
When the market is going sideways, you wait.

Now there is no absolute buy/sell point, but a trickle down method when you keep buying as the prices keep dropping till you stop, but this is the basic. Again keeping one self limited to bitcoin.

The main reason why traders are able to make profits is because of their previous holdings. They have a history of buying at different price combinations and spread their strategy in such a way that they are able to make profits in any situation. I am giving advice to those new traders to keep buying and so that investment success is achieved from the beginning.

You should continue buying without expecting more and more profits at the beginning and as the holdings increase, your chances of getting profits will come closer and many can give profits in any market (bear/bull) situation.

These are the best times to make trades actually. When the assets get oversold, just buy because there is alwaya another dead cat bounce around the corner which will bring the profits with it. When the markets get too optimistic, sell some assets because it is too good to be true.

When the markets move flat, I can’t guess the next market move right usually. When these sharp market moves happen, it is much easier to make the right guess. (At least for me)

Needless to say, I made some nice profits last week. I am quite glad with the recent market movements.

The market behavior this period is as a result of on going TRADE WAR  between the US and other countries, the tarrif Donald Trump is imposing on country so a lot funds are changing hands and moving, people wanting to buy US bonds and those that are selling that go on , there are uncertainty as regards to Donald Trump is up to with it tarrifs, however you profit base on if you follow the news and not about what the structures and the candle sticks are doing because recently, they no longer get respected.

I think you are still yet to understand what trading is all about. The thing is, the most important thing here is you should be in the profit part of the market. There is no secret; it is the knowledge and strategy that the traders use to trade that is what is favouring them till now and nothing more. If you see that the market is not favouring you at the moment, don’t enter the market at that time.

To avoid losing your money, remember that when you are winning, that is when another person is losing, and when you lose, that is when another person wins. That is how trading works; it must not work for you all the time. Losing in trading is a normal thing that happens, so sometimes you will lose your money in trading.

This is not a completely correct statement, and it concerns only futures and derivatives trading. When trading on the spot market, everyone can make a profit when the price of a coin increases and, accordingly, the profit you receive will not lead to a loss from another trader.

I lost in this condition so I decided not to enter the market for trading in a short time, but I made some adjustments to buy especially at Bitcoin. I also want to listen to the secret of success so that it can be combined with the strategies that we live and until now I have not gotten the answer.

In conditions like some time ago maybe many people choose to buy bitcoin compared to several other coins. It aims to invest and they can hold bitcoin as an alternative step in achieving profits after the recovery process occurs.

It is specially better to trade in this market. Look at how much we moved, we have moved from over 100k, to near  70k and above 80k now, those are all big moves and trading during these periods are great. Plus, not everyone trades only bitcoin, we trade alts too and that means even bigger and wilder movements in the last 5 months.

So all in all, if you traded just in 2025 alone, you should be able to make some good chunk of money without much trouble with it for the long term. I know the movements didn't make holders happy, I am mostly a holder, trade with only a small portion of my money and I know as ah older I am not happy with the movement, but as a trader I am happy with the returns I am making at the moment.

A few days back I took a risk to trade and made some profits as well. You can say I took advantage of the volatility. If you are a risk taker, you can make money even during a bear and red market. But you should have patience, because in case the market dumps more, then you have to wait for a few more days or months to recover the price. I traded just during the dip, when I had a small profit, and then I was out from the trade. Again I am waiting to enter the market again and have placed some bids as well.

However, trading is always risky, especially when volatility is too high. If you don't have enough funds and reserve funds, then don't take too much risk. You may lose your capital either. Before jumping into trading, just learn as much as possible about how to manage the risk.

You're not going to win here if you don't have enough trading knowledge and skills. Don't blame the market for your losses, but rather embrace and think that due to its volatile nature, traders earn more. Therefore, don't look for a less volatile coin but rather choose a highly volatile one because that is the perfect pair. But it was not just the way to be profitable here. You also need to work hard, learn more, and make some market discoveries. But if you keep yourself rushing, you never achieve anything apart from losses and disappointments.

When the market moves, that is the perfect time for a trader to make money. If it is all stable, then it is perfect time for an investor. So a trader would prefer it to go up and down all the time to make money, even an inch of movement is good for futures traders for example, you could have just 500 dollars down or up on bitcoin and they could make tens of thousands of dollars.

Plus, the futures market in crypto has grown to a big size, which means that it is not just people who trade with a few thousand dollars, there are people who trade with tens of thousands, I have seen even millions risked at it. So that is a proof enough that we are not going to end up with futures being done soon, and they are happy with those zigzags

You can't make the market less volatile. Let us say it is always going high. The volatility of the market makes traders earn more. That's the fact that you need to know, OP. Real traders, despite the unstable situation of the market, never stop doing their job. To become a trader is not easy, and so it is no wonder that many fail. But we can't blame the market for our losses and failure, it was our fault. Maybe we are just too impatient and lack of knowledge.

The secret is always a secret; that depends on how a trader works on themselves. Even if we follow the footsteps of successful traders, this never means we will become successful as well. Why? We have differences, especially in decision-making.

Not only just that on decision making but also on risks management,emotional control,discipline and patience on which each person will be that different into this aspect because we are not that the same on these factors on which means that decisions made will be affected and its true that copying others wont be giving out that an assurance that you would be also successful as well because there are those factors that will be changing up the outcome on which you have been anticipated for it to happen. Once it do fails, then this is the time that you do made out those kind of disappointment and when it does then further decisions do happen on which it do simply depends on what are the actions that you are bound to do so and lets just that accept the fact that volatility what makes this market to be profitable. If it wasnt that being volatile in the first place then we wont be seeing any investor/traders lurking here but rather going into those other markets on which they can be able to make money. Therefore, instead on hating volatility its better to make advantage of it.

There are just that those people who cant be able to bare up or handle out the volatility on which at the moment that they do suffer up such loss, they do just simply turned their backs and never look back again because they are that losing up that so much. For the moment that the market do made out some sideways movement or lets say that it is consolidating then this will be that a test of patience, because on the time that you've seen yourself that hurrying up to make money but the market isnt moving on how it should supposed to be then it will pissed you out and this what makes up those rush decisions or actions on which it will be leading into those loses and once it do happens then you do say up some shit things towards the market that it isnt that profitable anymore. Whereas, you are the ones or reason on why you do find yourself making up such rushed decisions because you cant just that wait about on when to take up such actions specially at the moment that it do start to make out some movement or something considerable or significant ones.

I would not trade any altcoin which is not in the top 10 on coinmarketcap. And even then I would be careful.

If you are worried about the volatility, then you should wait it out until things calm down and you can trade without having to worry about giant losses.

Also, it looks like to me that you are posting in the wrong place, if you want to know more about certain altcoins there is an Altcoin discussion board.

It is difficult to analyze the market as the price is fluctuating many times and make us really careful if we want to trade. I am not too often to trade this month because I am not too good in analyze the market. I only enter to the market when I am feel that is safe for me to buy low and sell high. But I am trying to use not too big money to trade to prevent the loss.

I can suggest you to analyze deeper before you trade because some time, you will get more info about what is happen with the market. That help you to hold for a while until you can analyze and determine when you can enter to the market. I don't know about the coins/tokens you mention about because I am not yet trade them before.

The secret to winning a trade especially crypto per asset is luck, once you have luck on your side you may predict a profitable market even on red days, most time some traders don't understand the importance of the luck factor which makes them depend wholly on their analysis of the market.

If it is another asset class that is more stable than bitcoin, one can easily make attempts to predict them rightly, unlikely that we do the same with bitcoin so we need to be careful no matter what the level of our expertise is.

I don’t think the current market condition matters a lot, yes it’s always unpredictable, I guess that’s a how a volatile market is. But seeing that there are still profitable traders out there despite of how unpredictable the market is, that goes to prove that being a profitable trader is not influenced by how the current market is, but it’s on how the trader itself is good in managing trades and doing reliable market analysis. If you are at loss, the market has nothing to do with it, but everything reflects on how the trader manages his trade.

If not avoided, it doesn't matter because traders also need to monitor market conditions like now even though the moment to get a better opportunity seems to be absent because there is still a global trade tariff war between two major countries. And for the price of Ripple itself, it is currently around $2 which means it is still good enough for traders to buy it before the altcoin flies again to a price of more than $3. So you don't have to immediately avoid the market just because of this because traders do have to have time to watch the market even if it is not to buy or sell something.

Look at 2021 top 10, and then look at price today. Guess which coin is the only coin that is higher than both years today, hint, its not an altcoin.

I hate altcoins with passion, they bring no use to the industry, no use to sustainable markets.

But if you really want a gamble, then you can't look at Top 10. Has to be some stupid coin that's so low value and will pump for your profit.

People always tell that the price isn't sustained, while we're sitting mostly from $80k~above average despite that it has fallen under that for a while. We're still good and this time in the market really differs on how we look at them. For most of the investors, this is the good time to accumulate. And if there will be some trades, they'd be few and that's mostly about some selling off as well. Buying is uncertain for most altcoins but if it's with Bitcoin, you'll never get wrong having it at any season because you're doing the right thing and doing yourself a favor.

Traders that are professionals in trading find opportunity in any condition the market may be in. They may not get the market direction at first and may lose but because they’ve consistent money to put back after a loss, and they practice proper risk management also, it becomes very easy for them to recover the losses when they get to enter back into the market and predict well the direction it’s taken. Volatile pairs gives more profits but highly risky while non-volatile pairs give less profit but low in risk, so you’ll have to chose the one that works for you best.


There is much to lose, don’t say there isn’t much to lose. Those pairs you’ve mentioned are amongst thousands of pairs that gets traded everyday and I don’t see the reason why you should not try them out if you want to since you’ve made up your mind, just try and risk wisely though. I haven’t traded them before or heard of them, so I can’t tell how volatile they are.

I don’t see any wrong with how the market moves at the moment. There’s still good reason to trade on your own risk, or accumulate more bitcoin to add it on your portfolio. But never be too much confident that what we see at the moment will be the same the next day, volatility is what we have here so just anticipate what is unexpected.

Go and trade on the market if you see there is better chances to make you profitable, or just focus on buying and hodling bitcoin itself because it’s the safest option as always.

We're both thinking about that. But those that have a different thought sees that the market is in a bear market now. The confidence of them is with the price above $90k-$100k. I cannot blame them, that's a soft spot for Bitcoin and there's the assurance that their portfolios are up if we are on that price.

Both ways are good but if we want to avoid the too much pressure and stress that this market can give, it's best to buy and HODL.

It looks good for people who bought Bitcoin at a lower price but I bet those who jump in at around $100k  isn't happy for the current situation of the market.  But, yeah, instead of being grumpy, better to see the current market situation as new window that opens for investment.  This is also a good opportunity for those who bought at a higher price to lower down their entry price.  Besides analyst still say that Bitcoin bull run is yet to be finished.  Many still speculate that there will be another big push for the market before the year end.


Most altcoins are known to be a pump and dump scheme.  If one misses the boat in altcoin, he totally missed it since once it dumped, most don't have the ability to recover unlike Bitcoin which is proven through the year and it can be seen at its price history.

Yeah, they're the ones that are not happy with what's happening now. They've bought at the peak and yet the price isn't going back there yet. But I am sure that we'll see it again and if it won't happen for this year for which I am hoping that it will be before this bull run ends, maybe sometime on the next cycle.

That is true, I've missed a lot in the altcoins where I should have sold already because I am in profit but I thought that it might give me higher profits and so, I've held. It was a mistake that I've done for so many times with the altcoins that I've held and thought that they'll be able to be back but almost not moving anymore and made me losses instead.

The question is, is there anything that different? We've been always seeing ups and downs when it comes to price movement and this isnt that new anymore. It is just that there are people who are just that not wanting to see the market isnt that moving that much or not making any big candles and thats why whenever they've seen that the market is making up some sideways movement then they do become that having that disappointment and would be avoiding on making up some trades. Somehow its not that not bad to have some breaks when doing trading specially if you dont find yourself having some trade set ups.

You are the ones that will be seeing out whether it is worth on trying out to make up some position or you would be just that waiting until the market do make out some significant movement or whatever you've been that dealing into. We are the ones will be making out such decision. Just remember that dont tend to make up some force trades just because you've been that hurrying up yourself on doing so. Trade when you do see opportunities and if its there's not then you can just that simply move on and stop.

Dont try out to force yourself if you dont find opportunities because if you do make out trades or decisions on which it is that against your plan, then its literally a gamble.

Honestly, nothing is wrong with trading in this kind of market situation. This is not the first time we are experiencing this type of market in the cryptocurrency industry. It is a normal thing in crypto.However, it depends on individual analysis. Once someone feels they might get it wrong, it is better to stop trading for now. I know that some traders do not have deep knowledge about trading; they are just following positive news to trade. Those kinds of traders will often be afraid to trade.

On the other hand, a good trader who has solid knowledge about trading and can perform technical analysis will always see any market situation as a good opportunity for trading. They always know how to play their roles and can make profits.As for those who don't have deep knowledge of trading during this kind of market situation, I always recommend buy qnd hold some reputable coins, holding them for a short period, and selling when the market stabilizes and they feel it is okay to do so.

Traders are not required to only monitor the market performance of one asset, they must be smart at seeing opportunities in various other assets, although trading on well-known assets such as XRP tends to be preferred. There are opportunities that need to be taken in the market and they do not always come from the same coin, so traders must be able to monitor market conditions carefully for several selected coins so as not to miss these opportunities.

Monitoring market conditions is part of a trader's job, it is important so as not to miss opportunities. Investors are different, they only occasionally monitor prices, especially if they want to accumulate. If a trader does not frequently monitor market performance, then I believe the trader is not a regular trader and tends to be called a seasonal trader.

Yeah, I have met with people who had 170 different pairs. Most of them were USDT or BTC based, one side of the pair was either dollar or bitcoin, but he had 170 different pairs, about only 20 of them had neither usdt nor btc, meaning about 150 of them had one or the other. So he kept track of all of them and while that is great, it is also very very difficult. He was one of those "multiple monitors" kind of guys, and he had tracks on all of them based on chart reading and indicators, and gave alerts almost every minute on what is going on. That type of thing requires nearly formula 1 pilot level of quickness on acting what to do, and there is nothing wrong with any of this to move forward at all.

I think that's excessive. It's true that a person can manage a lot of charts and coins if they are watching them all simultaneously, but why do it in the first place? It's not like you can make trades in all of them, so instead of having so many cryptocurrencies under your watchlist, just pick a few that you know have good potential and that you mostly like trading in, and then monitor them by giving each more time and attention. This way, you won't have so much workload on your head, and you will be able to monitor the coins you've chosen in a better way.

I've also seen a lot of people having so many coins in their portfolio. I mean, diversification is a good thing, but overdiversification is not so good. Instead of buying 50 different coins investing $20 in each, you should buy 10 and invest more money in each so that if a few of them move up, you at least get some profit instead of getting dust amounts out of your investments.

Well we have reached 106k USD and hoping to climb further. However at this point as the All time high is being reached again, I suggest slowing down of the traders and watching it. Because a selling pressure will start as the price crosses this range and then it will crash back down.

Type of market dictates the type of direction you trade in. Not that you always have to stop trading and watch - which is an omnipresent option.

I rather go with the no altcoin at all method or a bit less conservative only top 5 altcoins. Even then they dont bring anything new to the table, bitcoin is enough.

You can hope that your altcoin will not delist on the market because that often happens. If your altcoin has a chance to increase back, you can hold on and hope that there will be the next time for the altcoin to increase. But if not, that will difficult decision you should take because you don't know what the future of the altcoin will be. It is about how we can find the right timing to sell the altcoin especially when the price suddenly jump to the higher price and no need to be greedy and expect the next highest price because that will not always happen.