Your 2025 trading mistakes

[Charles-Tim]

My mistakes, were not buying some altcoins in early 2025 because I was completely focused on Bitcoin.

I do not think this should be seen as a mistake, altcoins are not what you think but you can truly be lucky. But there are some people that bought the coins that didn't increase in price while some bought some coins that fall in price. Some people bought altcoins this year and lose.

[Perfectbaby]

I have about 3 options selected which I think that mostly affects me.. and I would never want to toy with that again next year which I think I must make an amendment to it.

Overconfident; most times I may likely see that the market would gonna close in bearish candle but due to the confidence in me I would have to leave it with the hope that it would close bearish which could likely make me be in a lose.

Mismanaging weekly and monthly income: This is another area which I should be mindful and how I should be spending my weekly income because most times I usually ran into lose before the week runs out and most time, it's not actually encouraging as a someone who is starting his of journey and should be that economically in what s/he is doing.

Over trading: This is another area we need to work as most people would want to focused on making a particular profit, without knowing that they are running into lose. Over trading is not good and we should be managing any amount we have be it 1$, is something good at least 1$ x 31 days is actually 31$ and whomever that is making that amount without incurring looses is at a safe side.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I have always said it, trade with the amount of money that you can afford to lose. Going against this, thinking you can make money from trading has been the reason for this many mistakes.

Let us discuss about our 2025 trading mistakes which I believe coming newbies can learn from.

Most people are motivated by making quick money in trading, and this is a common mistake when engaging in trading. If someone doesn't engage in trading the right way, it will be difficult for them to engage consistently because no one can survive trading if they constantly experience losses. The amount of money used in trading should be based on their willingness to lose, especially for those who are learning, because nothing in trading can guarantee consistent profits. Take several steps, and most importantly, avoid overtrading and be able to manage their money well so they can continue learning and improving their skills.

[Arenga pinnata]

One of my mistakes in trading in 2025 was that I was too enthusiastic and arguably too excessive in trading.
I saw a lot of potential and jumped in too quickly. Although I ended up making a decent profit this year, there were moments when my positions were in the red, and I had to be patient and wait for prices to rebound. Fortunately, market sentiment in 2025 changed much faster than in previous years. As a result, some losing positions even turned profitable within just a few weeks. Market changes are so rapid.
I didn't even see a clear narrative this year, unlike in previous years.

However, I learned something, only enter when the market trend is clearly confirmed, either by chart patterns or other indicators. Don't rush just because you see an opportunity or potential, but look at the patterns more carefully, from the smallest to the largest time frames. Stay up to date with the latest news and pay closer attention to market sentiment.

[LogitechMouse]

My mistakes, were not buying some altcoins in early 2025 because I was completely focused on Bitcoin.

I do not think this should be seen as a mistake, altcoins are not what you think but you can truly be lucky. But there are some people that bought the coins that didn't increase in price while some bought some coins that fall in price. Some people bought altcoins this year and lose.

For this year alone, I will completely agree with this one.

I've bought some altcoin hoping that they will double or even triple during this year's bull run, but we've seen what happened to them. A complete disappointment, and even though many made money from investing into altcoins, majority of them didn't pump or at least reach our expectations. My mistake isn't buying altcoins, but investing into altcoins is one of my mistakes at least on this bull run cycle alone because despite of what happened with regards to them, I still believe in the fact that there are some altcoins especially those top ones where we can still make money from it. Altcoins like Ethereum, or even those other ones out there.

I bought altcoins this year, and lost after holding it for months. A felt a bit of regret about my decision, but that's part of investing. We lose, we lose. We learn from it, and move forward.

[michellee]

I made some mistakes this year which affected my portfolio. The mistakes are overtrading, over leverage, mismanaging trading funds, and overconfidence. But the biggest mistake I made was overconfidence which made me lose the momentum to profit.

Overtrading is the next mistake. From overconfident, I felt the market was still moving well as I predicted but suddenly, the move changed and I couldn't think, late to close my trades and take my profit.

Over leverage makes me forget when the market changes direction, which can affect to my trading movements.

And the last but not least, I guess. I am mismanaging trading funds and not sending them to my spot balance. I forgot to separate my profit from the future trading balance in my personal wallet, so I kept using it to trade.

[NINI2501]

man that overconfidence is a silent killer especially for a hero member who should know better by now haha, i have been there thinking i had the midas touch and then the market humble me real quick, the part about not moving profits to spot is something i still struggle with because it is so easy to just keep it in the futures wallet and think you have a bigger margin to play with, stay safe in 2026 and maybe set a rule to withdraw every friday no matter what

[Jatiluhung]

My mistake in trading this year was that I often missed the opportunity to sell when some of the altcoins I held had generated significant profits. I was overly confident in my analysis that market sentiment would persist longer. As a result, I held onto them for too long, preventing me from maximizing my profits. However, some war-related news in the middle of the year caused significant turmoil in the market at the time, forcing me to sell even though I was still in a profitable position. But I truly missed out on substantial gains. One of the altcoins I held even experienced a decline of over 20% in a single day. And it’s likely that nearly all altcoins faced similar declines at that time. If I recall correctly, it was news about tensions between Israel and Iran.

[Faisal2202]

I have always said it, trade with the amount of money that you can afford to lose. Going against this, thinking you can make money from trading has been the reason for this many mistakes.

Let us discuss about our 2025 trading mistakes which I believe coming newbies can learn from.

I am surprised a lot of people overtrade with overconfidense but surprisingly I am on number three haha as I trade in altcoins and that's when I started to make lose because I bought every token for altseason so it was not short term trading, I bought them at very high price as it was already altseason that time which I failed to understand and realize as I was expecting a bigger one and probably many others was too.

So now I am waiting in loss for the next bull season and luckily I bought some good tokens and I am sure they will recover the next bull run till then, I am planning on accumulating more stable currency to buy them more in bear season which has already as I don't want to realize this later haha.

[8rch7]

I want to share my experienced and the cryptocurrency trading mistake in 2025.

Firstly, I too scare when set up stop loss for my trading and get the fact for right now hold almost one year can't recovery yet with all my altcoin holding. Its lesson for all trader in cryptocurrency don't scare stop loss not problem you have loss around 10% until 30% but you get left 70% of capital to buy back other coin at lower price.

Second points of my mistake trading in 2025 not read fully the coins developer, its fatal mistake of trading in cryptocurrency I made because buying coins without check firstly who behind that coins project. Right now I hold Polygon coins as Indian developer of that coins and its very bad coins can't break out yet recovery back to higher price above $1.

[crwth]

What are the trading mistakes you make this year that you do not want to make next year?

I like this idea, asking what the possible improvements we can do next year that we have failed this year are. It's just a way to revisit the journey. Personally, I overleveraged, and it ate up my account in fees. I had held onto the trade for months because I didn't really want to lose hard, and since it wasn't yet my hard stop loss, I waited, and it ate up fees. It's overleveraging for me.

[Pandorak]

I think this has been the most depressing year since i entered the world of trading

This year, i suffered massive losses, stupidity and greed were the main reasons behind it all. One of the biggest losses i experienced was when trading meme coins. Initially, it did generate profits of tens or even hundreds of times, which naturally fed my ego. I thought, Why bother trading altcoins or Bitcoin when i can make easy money from meme coins? It was truly a foolish way of thinking, though i was fully aware that meme coins were worthless tokens, greed blinded my judgement. In the end, what i feared most came true. Many of the meme coins i bought suffered rug pulls, especially those on the Solana network. Instead of cutting my losses, i held on, thinking the price would eventually rise. Yet i knew these were worthless tokens that once they fell, had little chance of recovering. Once again, ego overpowered logic. As expected, those tokens turned into worthless dust.

Currently, i am trying to recover slowly from Bitcoin spot trading, even though the timing is not as good as the bull market yesterday. However, i am confident and believe that with the knowledge i have, i can slowly seek profits in Bitcoin by taking advantage of correction areas, especially since the current sideways market makes it easier for traders to profit from price differences. One thing i understand is that even when Bitcoin prices are falling, at least i am confident that in the future, Bitcoin prices will rebound and even reach higher levels, so it's just a matter of patiently waiting for that time to come.

[SamReomo]

So now I am waiting in loss for the next bull season and luckily I bought some good tokens and I am sure they will recover the next bull run till then, I am planning on accumulating more stable currency to buy them more in bear season which has already as I don't want to realize this later haha.

Buying useless tokens isn't a good choice for a trader and when you're at loss after buying such tokens then it's again not wise to average those tokens during bear market by adding more money into those tokens and accumulating more of them. It's better to forget about the losses that you made with those tokens and only trade Bitcoin and good alt coins.

[taufik123]

My mistakes, were not buying some altcoins in early 2025 because I was completely focused on Bitcoin.

I do not think this should be seen as a mistake, altcoins are not what you think but you can truly be lucky. But there are some people that bought the coins that didn't increase in price while some bought some coins that fall in price. Some people bought altcoins this year and lose.

For some reason he has to say that focusing too much on Bitcoin is a mistake, when on the contrary,
focusing too much on altcoins will destroy everything, as it did with my portfolio in 2025

Too focused on altcoins and unfortunately also on memecoins, I have suffered a lot of losses,
so I can no longer recoup those losses because the memecoins I had bought dropped even 95%, this is sad.
And for the top altcoins, it may be quite stable but still not reach the ATH because the price of Bitcoin is also not doing well.

[justdimin]

I do not think this should be seen as a mistake, altcoins are not what you think but you can truly be lucky. But there are some people that bought the coins that didn't increase in price while some bought some coins that fall in price. Some people bought altcoins this year and lose.

Even I agree with you, some people here are targeting brand new coins or tokens which got some better chances to be pumped for time being. It all means that we are still having experienced forum members who prefer altcoins for quick profits. I agree that altcoin trading or investing must need luck factor but some people believe into their strategy and still trading altcoins.

And for the top altcoins, it may be quite stable but still not reach the ATH because the price of Bitcoin is also not doing well.

Bitcoin may seem like not well for some traders' perspective but where you opened your position is very important. Traders who bought around the bottom of this cycle still holding their position with profits and still look for new ATH. But, this cannot be a case with altcoins and you must have exited by this time.

[Lida93]

Trading with overconfidence was a mistake I made not this year actually but about 2024. There were times I felt I have almost had everything in check going by my analysis but it turned to a colossal loss. I think much those experiences made me very cautious about trading in 2025. Wasn't frequent as before, diverted much funds to long term investment rather.

If you want me to add more to the poll, quote me and tell me what to add.

Trading while in an unstable mind due to lot of worries.

[Mpamaegbu]

Besides "Mismanaging weekly or monthly income on trading and "Overconfidence" listed in your poll, on many occasions I didn't take profits off the table. I saw unrealized profits that later went into losses. It happened to me in several instances and it never felt cool. It hurts. Not taking profits when due has cost me a lot of chances to better position for business. Ilt left me with little funds as I couldn't build from taking profit. This is a mistake I won't want to repeat in 2026.

[capokmerah]

My trading mistakes in 2025 were in the following points: Trading Altcoins and Overconfidence.

I invested in XRP at $2.50/XRP at the time. Then, due to an urgent need, I was forced to sell some of my XRP at $1.80/XRP.
Then, with confidence, I also invested in Memecoin, and today, the price of the memecoin I bought has also dropped. While I didn't invest much in memecoin, it was still one of the trading mistakes I made this year.

[GreatArkansas]

I can relate to "overconfidence," which is why I lost too much money this year. I'm just glad that the losses I did was covered by profits of doing DCA from Bitcoin, still, it's not good.
Another expensive lesson, I will not do it again. Too much confidence is really not good, even if you have too much capital.

[EarnOnVictor]

What are the trading mistakes you make this year that you do not want to make next year?

It's good to reflect on things like this, after all, it's part of self-evaluation in trading, and the poll you created has said a lot about people's issues in trading. I'm happy I was able to check only 3, which are: Overtrading, Overleveraging, and Mismanagement of trading funds. Although the last two work hand-in-hand, they are still important to be recognised as issues.

Strangely, I could see that Overconfidence currently has the highest vote, but I am happy that it is no longer my case in trading anymore.