How do people gain profit when crypto is dropping?

[Israelgogo]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even though crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a way to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

[btcltcdigger]

Well, your text gave me a slight headache, but let me see if i understood it correctly.
If you're into trading, then it's simple.
When the market goes up, you "long" it
When the market goes down, you "short" it.

You can make money in any situation if you're skilled and lucky enough. But these are futures trading, not spot trading

[Franctoshi]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

There various types of things you can as regards to your investment portfolio as an investor.
Firstly, you must understand and define what your objective with Bitcoin and cryptos are, then this way you will be able to get graps of what to do next with your investment.

We have spot trading
Future/leverage trading
We have Long, short, and mid-term Bitcoin holders.

Thenask yourself, which one do you want to belong to.

For those people you mentioned they profit while the market is falling, they are leverage or Future traders, they profit off the market whichever direction the market is headed to, if their predictions are correct and also loses if their predictions are wrong, Therefore, there's no escape route to loses, it's part of the game and you must understand this.

Lastly, Instead invest the amout of money which you can afford to lose so you don't get depression along the line when the Market is tanking. Because as a Holder of Bitcoin, you will face a time like this when your portfolio are all on red, and if it hasn't happened to you,  then you're not a Holder, or you're just lucky you tapped into the market at the right time.

[CryptoYar]

It is totally normal to feel lost or depressed trying to understand crypto especially when market is falling. You are likely feeling this way because you are focused on simply buying and holding where you only profit when prices go up.

However you can make money when market drops, mainly through short selling but this is very risky. Safer strategies include buying dip or staking/lending or focusing on long term project strength. Your feelings of loss mostly come from emotional attachment or lacking clear plan or investing too much.

To succeed educate yourself and try to manage your risk and always control your emotions and start witgt small investment. We know that crypto market is wild but with knowledge and discipline you can find opportunities even in tough times.

[boyptc]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

The reverse trade that typically what an investor does is to buy them at dip. If you solely trust the crypto you're holding, whenever it goes down we see it as a discount.

But it's hard for someone like you to do that when you're in that state. I think you have to practice yourself of being away at the moment and don't look at the market when it is depressing for you. So simply take a break.

And remember that you're not alone experiencing that. We all experience that but it's just so happen that we've been strengthened by this volatility of the crypto market and this is already nothing for us.

[Rashlyowl]

Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

If the market is falling, you have several ways to profit from it, as far as I know as follows:

(1) Short Trade

Short trading is the most mainstream & most sensible way to turn your fortunes around in the market when crypto prices start to fall. By doing this, you believe the conditions will get worse than before. Additional note, if you want to do this, make sure you do it on a reputable platform or you will end up with forced liquidation (market manipulation) by the platform. One of our local traders experienced this on MEXC, I wrote about it on our local board.

(2) Yield Farming & Staking

I don't have rich experience for this, just heard from people involved there that this method is good to do when the market is down.

(3) Do DCA

This is the easiest way, treat the price drop as a blessing, you will not get any real profit immediately, but over time you will feel that you are getting profit from it.

[Mia Chloe]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

The fact is they don't know exactly how far the market is going to go either to the upside or the downside what they do is just speculate based on their own analysis which could be either fundamental or technical. Technical analysis for courses more on repeating patterns of the market and that is why you have different types of technical analysis aimed at studying how the market works.
For fundamentals they move the market with a stronger momentum most times take for example microstrategy sells a lot of bitcoin , people will FOMO sell and based on fundamentals price will go down too.

[knowngunman]

Truth is, trading isn’t for everyone. And that’s okay. You don’t need to become a trader to survive or even thrive in this space. But if you do want to walk that path, start with humility. Accept that it’s going to take time, pain, and a lot of learning before you stop losing.

Will a trader ever stop losing? I don't think it's possible in the long run. The highest they can do is to minimise their losses as times passby and as they become more expert in what they do.

The misconception here is that some newbies were fed with wrong knowledge about crypto and believes the only way to earn from crypto is through trading. Although, irrespective of market movement traders can still make use of the opportunity to take the market advantage but that's not for everyone as it requires extensive knowledge to execute.

(3) Do DCA
This is the easiest way, treat the price drop as a blessing, you will not get any real profit immediately, but over time you will feel that you are getting profit from it.

Specifically mention Bitcoin in an explanation like this before someone will accumulate a shitcoins during market dump that will never rise again. Some people are quick to make use of whatever they read without further research and might attempt to apply this with some unknown coins.

[Salahmu]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

Is it from the trading perspective or the holding you are saying?, however you must have learned about this in the wrong way because when the market is moving against you definitely all you would be seeing is lost and there is no how you could be making profits as you are losing, although to see profit and recover from the lost you might have experienced from the market being against you is to wait for the recovery and if eventually it recovered and make more move then it can be say that you were ones losing but are now in profit. Although a limited knowledge on something most times should be hold till your understanding about it gets wide so that you wouldn't look naive on the market.

[btc_angela]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

You can make gains by doing this short day trading, but it's not easy as it sounds. That's why the best to do is just continue to buy during market dips as the price is very cheap. And if by chance it went and the price increase in the next couple of days, then you can sell them for a profit.

But there are more of us here specially in the bitcoin market that rather would hold long term. Some of us can go one full bull/bear market so that is 4 years. Maybe some of us less than that. But as long as you are making money then it's all good.

[348Judah]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

Nothing like reverse your trading or loss, once you opted in, its either you win or lose, but before we could go further, as a newbie, you're not expected to batch into any decision on crypto without being experienced in doing it, this will help you overcome series of challenges that may be coming along the way as you're progressing, but when things were not in the right state with you, any small chances for market reaction will always lead to lose for you because you will also follow the pace at which the market is running, except you have experience in taking patience and speculating more appropriately.

[Hatchy]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

It depends on what kind of investor you are the short term or long term investors makes profits from the market in different ways. For the short term traders, they spot possible reversals and fill in their positions on a short period of time and make profits even when the market is bearish or bullish.. the long term investors or holders can aswell make profits when the market is down but buying the dips and waiting for when the bull will return.

It's a very simple stuff that you can practice over time. Short term trading is way more riskier than the long term hold because if your prediction of the market is wrong, you can end up losing alot of funds that would have been enough to buy the dips and hold.

[Awaklara]

Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

I usually divide the money I allocate for investment into two. The first is directly used to buy, while the other becomes a reserve fund. So when the market situation is down, I have money ready to spend. It is a good offer to buy at a discount.
Of course, you must first control your emotions from panic. You cannot panic in a downturn and become impatient to immediately make a profit. Investment must be well planned.
Even though the price goes down, when you don't sell it, there should still be a chance that the price will return. You just need to be patient to wait. Some have the same experience as you because they are unable to wait for the right moment.

[collecttmaster]

The biggest lie sold to newcomers is that you can just "learn to trade" and print money. What they don’t hear is that even the best traders lose often. Especially in leveraged environments like crypto, one wrong move can wipe weeks of gains — or your entire stack. It’s literally impossible to avoid losses when you use leverage, because it turns market volatility into a landmine field. You don’t get to make mistakes. And guess what? Everyone makes mistakes.

Absolutely, the number of people that have lost money trying to trade or worse trying to use leverage is just crazy. You can't become a winning trader by trading as a hobby in your spare time. If you do win a lot, you just got lucky and need to be aware of this.

Real professionals - the ones playing options, futures, high-volume stocks - they often don’t even touch leverage. They rely on precision, timing, and deep understanding of macro conditions. Most of their edge comes from knowing when not to trade. That discipline is what keeps them in the game long after the hype cycles die out.

It is important to remember that you can't become a professional trader in your spare time. All these people do is trade, and there is a big gap between them and those that call themselves crypto traders.

[Cityhunter34]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

That is why is always essential to invest with the amount that you can afford to lose because it required time and patience. However, first thing that we all need before thinking of venturing into anything investment is the basic knowledge, but because of to get rich quick is actually the cause of many losses and depression most people are surfering today. More especially trading that are highly involved in so many risks, without a proper planning it will going to result to more losses at last.

[Die_empty]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

I don't understand how you can make profit if the making is going against you. Maybe you assume that you can make money when the value of your coins is dropping. You could make a gain from crypto when you buy the dip and sell if the price appreciates.

You should know that the crypto space is volatile. So you have to learn how to cope because the price will always go up and down. It is also risky, especially if you are buying altcoin and have a short-term plan. I advise that you invest only what you can afford to lose. Lastly, trading is a complex field of crypto investment, you would have to learn and master the area before investing.

[Su-asa]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

Anyone who tells you that the crypto market is friendly you just know that the person is either a big scammer or a lier, because the market sometime do not go the way you want it to. However I think you normally get depressed when the market is not on your favour because you normally use what you can not afford to risk on the market. Actually the market is risky, so that means anytime you want to buy you do it will want you can afford. And if you want to make money from the crypto space, you should chose a promising coin from the crypto space (BTC) then hold it for long term.

[AprilioMP]

What you need to know is that there are many types of crypto coins. If Bitcoin is only one which is abbreviated as BTC.
Of the many types of coins, some are good for long-term and short-term investment assets. There are also those that end up being disposed of like trash.
Regarding prices, not all can be expected to return.

[Wiwo]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

Is simple take bitcoin for example, if you buy .0.1BTC at the price of $107k and the price dropped to $90k perBTC, you will only lose when you exchange your bitcoin holding of 0.1BTC at the price of $90k, this is where the difference is.

You will only lose when you exchange your bitcoin below the amount you bought it, and if you keep holding, bitcoin will reclaim it statues back to above the amount you bought it, that where the profits comes in, so relax and hold amount of bitcoin that you can afford to hold for a long period of time.

[Porfirii]

Please is long I'm trying to learn about crypto generally but I don't seem to understand most things as if am left out. I leant that even the crypto market is going against you can still make gain out of the situation because to me am only experiencing lost and depression. Please what do I do whenever the market is experiencing deepening? Is there a to reverse your trade or investment at that point that will make you gain instead of lost?

My friend, I'm sorry to say this but if you're experiencing so much suffering during a paradigmatic bull market (a new ATH is just a stone's throw away) then I think that trading is definitely not for you (and you should even think about hodling during a long bear market).

Don't try to time the market and guess when the price will go up or down. You'll lose your money if the first happens, and miss the train in the case of the latter. Of course, do as you wish, but then don't say you weren't warned.