Are you patient enough to do nothing at all throughout 2026?

[Vincom]

2025 has ended with BTC price failing to perform, and we enter 2026 with boring sideways movement and a lack of a major trend in the crypto market. Even though many KOLs are discussing a supercycle or a cycle with only a gentle 30% correction, I still believe in the crypto market's four-year cycle. This means, in my prediction, 2026 will be a turbulent year with the collapse of price charts for a series of tokens in the crypto market, similar to what happened in 2022 and 2018.

My experience in previous crypto winters has taught me that we shouldn't use unrealistic expectations as a basis for investing in this market. We need to live and invest more practically, focusing on capital and profit so as not to become fuel that helps this market grow.

As I've shared in many previous posts, my DCA-RDCA strategy was successfully implemented this season and brought me a 100% profit. This is an extremely satisfactory result when compared to bank interest rates of only about 4 to 5% per year. For 2026, my plan is to do nothing at all, I will simply stay out of the market to observe the crazy fluctuations and the triumph of fear.

This plan will help me preserve all of my stablecoins to use for the DCA-RDCA strategy once again next cycle, rather than suffering losses due to rushed investment decisions right when the market has a gentle recovery during the crypto winter. Of course, I might miss an opportunity if the crypto market truly grows and hits a new ATH in 2026. I am willing to accept that. I prioritize capital preservation over earning profits from crypto.

I'd like to get your opinion on this matter:

• Did you make a profit or a loss in 2025?
• What is your crypto investment plan for 2026?
• Are you ready to stay out of the market or will you try to make a profit this year?

[passwordnow]

Did you make a profit or a loss in 2025?

Profit and I am happy about that, although it's never gone to my mind what if I didn't sold too early from 2021.

What is your crypto investment plan for 2026?

Just the same and that's to have more BTC if I can. It doesn't matter how much I'll need to have but as long as I can afford to have more, that's what I'd do.

Are you ready to stay out of the market or will you try to make a profit this year?

Whichever will do to me but I am unlikely to get out from this market, why would I?

[Luke3bird]

2025 has ended with BTC price failing to perform, and we enter 2026 with boring sideways movement and a lack of a major trend in the crypto market. Even though many KOLs are discussing a supercycle or a cycle with only a gentle 30% correction, I still believe in the crypto market's four-year cycle. This means, in my prediction, 2026 will be a turbulent year with the collapse of price charts for a series of tokens in the crypto market, similar to what happened in 2022 and 2018.

In any year, KOLs can not make precise predictions and I don't trust any KOLs with their market predictions. Like a man who has highest IQ score, his predictions on Bitcoin price in 2025 are simply inaccurate. He has a highest IQ score, it does not make him like a God in Bitcoin market with ability to predict the market trend, movements and price rightly.

With Bitcoin, I know if I can buy bitcoin, hold bitcoin in some years, I will have profit and I won't need to listen to any predictions.

[asriloni]

Made profit last year, and i have a plan to only focus in doing retro and early trade on Alpha token. Eventhough the bearish trend is just getting even closer. however, the opportunity is always there. Doing nothing while market is always moving is just showing how dumb we are.

Even you can make a few percents every week by just doing spot trade on the market. So why avoid the market instead of learning to adapt it?

There are so many alts are trading at the 1d bottom candle, just buy it, then hope a god green candle will come, then sell it.

[Dickiy]

I'd like to get your opinion on this matter:

• Did you make a profit or a loss in 2025?
• What is your crypto investment plan for 2026?
• Are you ready to stay out of the market or will you try to make a profit this year?

Why do people like you never learn and patiently deal with volatile markets?
plus saying bitcoin failed to show the expected performance. What kind of performance do you want to see after the bullish season that bitcoin has done several times to touch the ATH and still feel it is not showing the desired performance.

First, yes we have made a profit
second DCA as usual because it has proven effective long-term investment.
and third the stock market is not suitable for me, but it doesn't hurt to open up a little space to learn about potential profitable assets. 2026 is just starting, so there is no need to rush to make a decision.

[programmer3666]

The kind of approach you have pointed out makes a lot of sense to smartly preserve capital is more important than just randomly chasing every given opportunity, the avoidable reason why so many people lose trades with a high capital base is that in the past cycle, they just jumped on trades without having a clear goal or plan. For instance, if a trader already makes a good amount of profit in the year 2025, then it will be very logical to try and take a step back and patiently observe the trajectory of the market in early 2026.

[Stalker22]

The year 2025 was never a dull moment for me.  I made a decent amount of profit thanks to my ability to ignore the hype of "moonboy" type influencers and just following my boring plan.  Most traders were losing their money because they tried to buy every dip instead of sticking to their strategy.

Moving into 2026, I will be very cautious right now because all the rug pulls and massive bull run has made a lot of people greedy again.  I am not going to completely "stay out" of the market, but I also will not chase those big green candles.  My bags are still packed and Im waiting for my exit.

I will not be staying out, that is something for those who are afraid of volatility.  I am staying in, just more intelligently.  This year I want to take my profit early and often because those paper profits do not pay the bills.

[nelson4lov]

Did you make a profit or a loss in 2025?

Some profit and some losses but it's net losses realized at the end of the year.

What is your crypto investment plan for 2026?

The plan is simple. For now, I keep taking a defensive stance and not go all in yet. The market currently doesn't have a clear sign of trend if it's up or down. It's just been choppy in the interim. What I plan to do is to be patient till we get that clear sign of trend. I know i would be late with this method but at least it'd save more some losses first before the wins eventually comes.

A clear sign of trend is anything similar to what happened when Tom Lee became ETH biggest bull in Q2 2025. Something around that nature.

Are you ready to stay out of the market or will you try to make a profit this year?

Maybe I might explore other markets but once crypto has opportunities again, I'll be there no matter what.

[TastyChillySauce00]

There are many opinion about the four year cycle, some just don't believe it exist anymore and some still thinks it's exist.

I personally on the side that thinks the four cycle won't be as obvious as before meaning there will be a dump, but not on a large scale unlike previous cycle.
What I did for 2025 is just trimming down some of my bitcoin position to prepare DCA if the worst case scenario play out.

And no, I don't plan on staying out of the market. There are many ways to make money from the market so I wonder why we should even stay out of the market in the first place.

[wozzek23]

The year 2025 was never a dull moment for me.  I made a decent amount of profit thanks to my ability to ignore the hype of "moonboy" type influencers and just following my boring plan.  Most traders were losing their money because they tried to buy every dip instead of sticking to their strategy.

Moving into 2026, I will be very cautious right now because all the rug pulls and massive bull run has made a lot of people greedy again.  I am not going to completely "stay out" of the market, but I also will not chase those big green candles.  My bags are still packed and Im waiting for my exit.

I will not be staying out, that is something for those who are afraid of volatility.  I am staying in, just more intelligently.  This year I want to take my profit early and often because those paper profits do not pay the bills.

Literally not, as there are lots of volatility and then there are some pumps that occur in the market. Hypes from someone or something, I think contributes in the market too but you can also benefit from them if you have a good experience already. Buying at the dip is not the problem but it is actually the right protocol. Maybe they only pick up a wrong coin and waited for too long?

2026 is a good start to change our habits and try to improve ourselves again if we failed in the past years. IMO it is also okay to be hungry for more victory and in terms of crypto, we only need to choose the right coins, for our efforts to not get wasted down the drain.

[coin-investor]

• Are you ready to stay out of the market or will you try to make a profit this year?

Investors have been in the market for so long that they will have a hard time refraining from investing, even when they should.
2025 has been turbulent, but investors are ready to absorb whatever 2026 brings. The market and industry have been uncertain for some time, and investors have not left or shied away from the market.
Possibly many will lose and gain this 2026, but you cannot stop investors from doing what they've been doing ever since.

[tech30338]

2025 has ended with BTC price failing to perform, and we enter 2026 with boring sideways movement and a lack of a major trend in the crypto market. Even though many KOLs are discussing a supercycle or a cycle with only a gentle 30% correction, I still believe in the crypto market's four-year cycle. This means, in my prediction, 2026 will be a turbulent year with the collapse of price charts for a series of tokens in the crypto market, similar to what happened in 2022 and 2018.

My experience in previous crypto winters has taught me that we shouldn't use unrealistic expectations as a basis for investing in this market. We need to live and invest more practically, focusing on capital and profit so as not to become fuel that helps this market grow.

As I've shared in many previous posts, my DCA-RDCA strategy was successfully implemented this season and brought me a 100% profit. This is an extremely satisfactory result when compared to bank interest rates of only about 4 to 5% per year. For 2026, my plan is to do nothing at all, I will simply stay out of the market to observe the crazy fluctuations and the triumph of fear.

This plan will help me preserve all of my stablecoins to use for the DCA-RDCA strategy once again next cycle, rather than suffering losses due to rushed investment decisions right when the market has a gentle recovery during the crypto winter. Of course, I might miss an opportunity if the crypto market truly grows and hits a new ATH in 2026. I am willing to accept that. I prioritize capital preservation over earning profits from crypto.

I'd like to get your opinion on this matter:

• Did you make a profit or a loss in 2025?
• What is your crypto investment plan for 2026?
• Are you ready to stay out of the market or will you try to make a profit this year?

BTC value did not fail its still up for the year, the only one fails are the people who chase the price of bitcoin, buying when its high and sell when low because they are panicking that the value will go down so much, not realizing there is a bit of correction.
My plan is still buy tokens that has good future and still performing well in the market, I'll buy when they are low opportunities are always in the bear market or when there is a small crash, while others panic, as investors we should know when to buy, not just by impulse.

[execijutiere]

This year, I believe that altcoins will experience a bull run without Bitcoin rising significantly. Altcoin investors are now exhausted, and we see that most altcoins have lost between 70% and 90% of their value from their peak. This means that, for example, people who invested $100 now have only $10 to $30 left. Given this situation, we can say that people who have suffered such losses will not want to get more involved in cryptocurrencies. Therefore, a mini bull run is essential to bring back investors who have fled the market.

[Frankolala]

The kind of approach you have pointed out makes a lot of sense to smartly preserve capital is more important than just randomly chasing every given opportunity, the avoidable reason why so many people lose trades with a high capital base is that in the past cycle, they just jumped on trades without having a clear goal or plan. For instance, if a trader already makes a good amount of profit in the year 2025, then it will be very logical to try and take a step back and patiently observe the trajectory of the market in early 2026.

Trading should be done with little amount of money and don't use high leverage. Don't ooen a trade when you don't understand the market. Be satisfied with your little profits and call it a day. Don't trade all the time, rest and access your trades if you're making profits. If you're constantly at loss, quit trading. I will continue from where I stopped in 2025.

[dzungmobile]

Trading should be done with little amount of money and don't use high leverage. Don't ooen a trade when you don't understand the market. Be satisfied with your little profits and call it a day. Don't trade all the time, rest and access your trades if you're making profits. If you're constantly at loss, quit trading. I will continue from where I stopped in 2025.

Trading is more risky than investment even trading with Spot market, while with other trading markets like Margin or Futures trading it is considerably more dangerous.

Trading with either Spot, Margin or Futures must be from very small percent of overal capital, as it is risky while you can not afford to lose all your money with anything for example with trading. Even you feel that you are a risk taker, it's not a smart thing to do with your money that is hard earned and you need to prioritize protection of your money and capital as most as possible.

Trading or anything else that can bring profit is good, but there is no chance of getting profit without risk of losing money.

[laijsica]

• Did you make a profit or a loss in 2025?

For me 2025 was an important and instructive year for the crypto market. Those who made the most profit from this market were those who were able to hold on to their holdings in previous years. I am accumulation Bitcoin for the long term so other crypto holdings were very limited. My profit from crypto was small but the profit was satisfactory compared to my capital.

• What is your crypto investment plan for 2026?

With the investment experience of the previous year, I have continued to buy for short-term trading along with Bitcoin holdings this year. Based on my own analysis of the crypto market, I am keeping strong cryptocurrency accumulation and plan to sell when I get a favorable price.

• Are you ready to stay out of the market or will you try to make a profit this year?

Although I suffered some losses in the last quarter of the year, I was able to recover it and made good use of the dips period. I expect the bullish season to start soon and expect high profits.

[abaeze]

The big truth is that the ideal job of investors is to invest when they find the right place to invest. To do this, they do not need to come to the market and file a declaration and invest, nor do they do it. On the other hand, if you look at their patience, they are the most patient than any other common person. So if the plan is right, those who invested in 2025 will do it in 2026 as well, but if the plan is not right, it is not the case that they will be able to make a profit by investing again in 2026.

[jossiel]

I'll skip the first question, it's possible that the majority of us here made profit on 2025.

What is your crypto investment plan for 2026?

To have more assets in my portfolio.

More assets means that it's not about diversification but to have more in quantity especially with Bitcoin and some altcoins like Ethereum, I think.

They're always been the best bet to have in this market because if you still don't own any of them and focuses on those unknown altcoins.

You have a chance to make it big there but that chance is pretty low.