5 Things I've learned day trading Bitcoin for 3 years (successfully)

[BitcoinForLiffe]

As someone who has been day trading Bitcoin for the past 3 years usually successfully, I have learned some valuable lessons that have helped me become a successful trader. Here are five key things I've learned:

1. Never trade against the market trend. The market trend is king, and attempting to trade against it is a recipe for disaster. Following the trend allows you to capture profits and avoid unnecessary losses.

2. Stick to your strategy no matter what. A trading strategy is a roadmap to success, and it's crucial to stick to it regardless of market conditions. Deviating from your plan leads to impulsive decisions and missed opportunities.

3. Use technology to your advantage. Emotions can hinder a trader's ability to make sound decisions, but technology can remove this obstacle. Using a crypto trading bot that operates on pre-set criteria ensures that trades are executed objectively and without emotions.

4. Listen to industry influencers but form your own opinion on the long-term direction. Industry influencers can offer valuable insights, but blindly following their advice is a mistake. It's essential to conduct independent research and form your own opinions about the market's long-term direction.

5. Risk management is critical. Managing risk is essential to a day trader's survival. I always set stop-loss orders and avoid over-leveraging my trades to limit losses and protect my capital.

Bonus tip: Keep it simple, don't complicate your trading even if it looks cool. It's easy to get caught up in fancy indicators and complex trading strategies, but simplicity is often the key to success. Keeping your approach straightforward and easy to execute will lead to success.

Questions?

[jeraldskie11]

1. Never trade against the market trend. The market trend is king, and attempting to trade against it is a recipe for disaster. Following the trend allows you to capture profits and avoid unnecessary losses.

We can still trade against the trend but we have to bear in mind that we have to exit immediately since the bias is in opposite direction. Trading against the trend has low probability for me than with following the trend but we can't deny that there are traders who are more profitable of trading against the trend.

3. Use technology to your advantage. Emotions can hinder a trader's ability to make sound decisions, but technology can remove this obstacle. Using a crypto trading bot that operates on pre-set criteria ensures that trades are executed objectively and without emotions

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Don't let the bot trade for you because the market movement is always changing. So trading with the bots will only good for beginners and it only good at the beginning, it will not work in the long run. Learning to handle an emotion is a must, so if you're having a hard time try to read the book of "Atomic Habits".

4. Listen to industry influencers but form your own opinion on the long-term direction. Industry influencers can offer valuable insights, but blindly following their advice is a mistake. It's essential to conduct independent research and form your own opinions about the market's long-term direction.

I agree with you. They're just getting paid to hype a project or maybe they have huge holdings with that coin that's why they are hyping. But even though we knew that he/she just hyping, but we can't deny that there's always have an effect to the price.

[BitcoinForLiffe]

We can still trade against the trend but we have to bear in mind that we have to exit immediately since the bias is in opposite direction. Trading against the trend has low probability for me than with following the trend but we can't deny that there are traders who are more profitable of trading against the trend.

The reason I added this part is because when you trade with trend your win chance is already higher. You can look at it as a really simple confirmation indicator

[MusaMohamed]

5. Risk management is critical. Managing risk is essential to a day trader's survival. I always set stop-loss orders and avoid over-leveraging my trades to limit losses and protect my capital.

Keep your life simple by don't use leverage. Don't do Margin, Leverage, Future tradings and your life will become more easily and less stressful.

Stop-loss orders can not protect your capital if there are lags on exchangers or Cascade effect on the market happens. With Spot trading, you can have loss too but you won't be forced liquidated and lose 50% or 75% of your capital by one liquidation.

Another order to protect your capital in Spot trading (I don't advise to use Margin, Leverage, Futures Tradings).
Stop-limit order
Awesome Crypto Trading

[babygun]

Good tips but I don’t agree with nr 4. I have yet to meet an influencer who offers valuable insights in crypto trading. For stocks, that can be interesting but crypto is different.
We need to stick to our strategy but its hard when you are new. When you see your profits grow, you can become greedy and not stick to your strategy anymore.

[Vaculin]

Good tips but I don’t agree with nr 4. I have yet to meet an influencer who offers valuable insights in crypto trading. For stocks, that can be interesting but crypto is different.
We need to stick to our strategy but its hard when you are new. When you see your profits grow, you can become greedy and not stick to your strategy anymore.

Sorry to disagree on you mate but i think OP is right in here. We should be more open-minded to listen to those reliable crypto influencers as they may have also brilliant ideas that will be beneficial for us. But it does not mean that you will stick to whatever they say, still you have to DYOR and find the right strategies that will work on you. But it's already a different story if you end up listening from untrustworthy influencers. That's the reason why we also have to do our part so we won't be deceived from crypto influencers like them.

[mvdheuvel1983]

As someone who has been day trading Bitcoin for the past 3 years usually successfully, I have learned some valuable lessons that have helped me become a successful trader. Here are five key things I've learned:

5. Risk management is critical. Managing risk is essential to a day trader's survival. I always set stop-loss orders and avoid over-leveraging my trades to limit losses and protect my capital.

In the last couple of years of trading, the lesson that stood out the most for me is the principle of risk management and how crucial it is in trading. I specifically learned that, if done correctly the trader need not loss because on the flip side of it is profitability over a long period of time. I could remember instances where my risk management strategies have helped me to make better decisions like looking that the risk and reward inherent in every trade before jumping in. I cannot overemphasize how much my trading discipline and consistency has improved over the last couple of years because I have been able to adhere to the rules I set for myself.

[palle11]

4. Listen to industry influencers but form your own opinion on the long-term direction. Industry influencers can offer valuable insights, but blindly following their advice is a mistake. It's essential to conduct independent research and form your own opinions about the market's long-term direction.

We have to be careful with this also. Industry influencers are also kind of the whales that want you to take a decision to their favour. They will hype a coin and get you to buy it but you get trapped down on it while they dump and buy limousine  . Industry influencers also are the telegram owners. They influence members to buy shit projects but you never know their plans. It is better to follow your instinct and not to rely on them.

[rat03gopoh]

3. Use technology to your advantage. Emotions can hinder a trader's ability to make sound decisions, but technology can remove this obstacle. Using a crypto trading bot that operates on pre-set criteria ensures that trades are executed objectively and without emotions.

There are some important things to know when using bots:
* there is no improvement in the trading techniques you learn and no evaluation for yourself.
* You will never control your emotions forever.
* you're not trading or not a trader at all.

[AakZaki]

Good tips but I don’t agree with nr 4. I have yet to meet an influencer who offers valuable insights in crypto trading. For stocks, that can be interesting but crypto is different.
We need to stick to our strategy but its hard when you are new. When you see your profits grow, you can become greedy and not stick to your strategy anymore.

Believing in influencers' bragging will only backfire. they are also looking for profit, we as their listeners will only be bait. They get paid to promote a new project or an existing coin to get people to buy it. Trading is not based on the advice of other people or influencers, but based on research, because without research we will not know what will happen later. At least we know some signs that the market will rise or not.

[Finestream]

Good tips but I don’t agree with nr 4. I have yet to meet an influencer who offers valuable insights in crypto trading. For stocks, that can be interesting but crypto is different.
We need to stick to our strategy but its hard when you are new. When you see your profits grow, you can become greedy and not stick to your strategy anymore.

Believing in influencers' bragging will only backfire. they are also looking for profit, we as their listeners will only be bait. They get paid to promote a new project or an existing coin to get people to buy it. Trading is not based on the advice of other people or influencers, but based on research, because without research we will not know what will happen later. At least we know some signs that the market will rise or not.

They say when you’re in trading, never trust anyone but only yourself. Never trust others to do your trades because  it will never bring advantage to you but will only make you as a useless trader. However, listening to some crypto influencers might not be bad at all, you just have to weigh things right if they can be trusted or not. At the end of the day, it’s not them who will lose but only yourself.

[bettercrypto]

Do you mean that for 3 years when you did trading here in cryptocurrency you became successful here in the crypto space? How can you say that? I'm just asking.

       Then I also just want to add something about the advice given by influencers in their contents that are made about trading, most of the influencers have no substance in what they say, you can see and notice that their motive is only for views. they don't disclose the important things in what they say and teach. I can say this because I observe what they say and understand and then in the end I realize that most of what they said is not realistic. You need to choose the one that you know really makes sense.

[Obari]

You've done well with your points @ Op and you actually nailed everything one needs to know in day trading and I want to place more emphasis on risk management, because no matter how perfect any strategy might or prove to be, without a proper risk management, the strategy might seem not to be working out, hence traders should always make sure to implore better risk management system whenever they're trading.

Another area of my concern  is with trading with emotions and a real time trader but understand that trading doesn't work with emotions and they should always keep their emotions aside when trading to allow for good financial decisions.

[AakZaki]

They say when you’re in trading, never trust anyone but only yourself. Never trust others to do your trades because  it will never bring advantage to you but will only make you as a useless trader. However, listening to some crypto influencers might not be bad at all, you just have to weigh things right if they can be trusted or not. At the end of the day, it’s not them who will lose but only yourself.

Listen and learn what is worth and don't follow any given investment advice or crypto buying advice. there are some influencers who do provide good crypto education for beginners and some only suggest buying certain coins. Filtering the influencers you follow might be better, so that you get more and more useful information.

[yhiaali3]

2. Stick to your strategy no matter what. A trading strategy is a roadmap to success, and it's crucial to stick to it regardless of market conditions. Deviating from your plan leads to impulsive decisions and missed opportunities.

Thanks for the good advice, but I disagree with you on number 2. In my opinion, it is not wise to stick to one strategy and not abandon it, no matter how circumstances change.

It is good to follow your trading strategies and stick to them but sometimes you have to change your strategy as the market changes or if you feel it might be a failure.

Sometimes sticking to one strategy leads to making mistakes and exposure to big losses, so in my opinion it is better to change the strategy in such cases.

[jrrsparkles]

I just want to talk about point 2, as a day trader we should be more flexible with our strategy so it doesn't mean we have to follow the strategy we planned for since we are talking about day trading and if needed don't hesitate to exit because it will leave us with minimum loss or else it will be huge and unbearable for some time.

Apart from every points are good and every traders can share their own here so it will help the upcoming traders to avoid any mistakes.

[Viscore]

They say when you’re in trading, never trust anyone but only yourself. Never trust others to do your trades because  it will never bring advantage to you but will only make you as a useless trader. However, listening to some crypto influencers might not be bad at all, you just have to weigh things right if they can be trusted or not. At the end of the day, it’s not them who will lose but only yourself.

Listen and learn what is worth and don't follow any given investment advice or crypto buying advice. there are some influencers who do provide good crypto education for beginners and some only suggest buying certain coins. Filtering the influencers you follow might be better, so that you get more and more useful information.

With constant research, you will know which of those influencers are highly educational or are not helping you at all. At the end of the day, it’s you who will finally decide whether to take their decisions or not. But I believe it will help you grow as a trader if you provide your own strategies and work on it. Trading is risky, that’s why you have to trust yourself more than anyone else.

[goaldigger]

With regards to point number 3, this can be a big help if you are a busy trader but since there’s a fees for this many can’t afford to have this and they are force to trade on their own. Day trading is very risky, I have done this and I can say that emotions will always be there and losing the money is very normal this is why I stop doing this and focus more on my long term investment strategy. Do trading once you can control your emotion, and have a good strategy.

[lalabotax]

As someone who has been day trading Bitcoin for the past 3 years usually successfully, I have learned some valuable lessons that have helped me become a successful trader. ...

3 years is not a short time, and there must have been a lot of good and bad experiences with trading. Various things like this, of course, should be able to help, at least share information so that it can be used as learning for many people related to trading. But sometimes, trading is not as easy as we see. You may be good at using such analysis and method, including the theme, but not for other people, this may be quite risky.So, it will depend on how we manage ourselves in trading, to be properly gaining the profits as always

[Ndabagi01]

You've made five excellent points. However, listening to influencers these days can do more harm than good. Influencers aren't concerned with the genuinely of a project, but rather with the money they will receive once the work is completed. They can easily deceive people with their sweet words, and anyone can fall into their trap. The best thing to do is to keep learning new things and to try to do your own research to find a better market guide.