Are Most Crypto Traders Actually Losing Money but Not Admitting It?

[JackWinston]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.

Exchange data over the years has shown that a large percentage of retail traders, especially those using leverage, end up in losses. The crypto market is highly volatile and runs 24/7, which often leads to emotional decisions, overtrading, and liquidations. Many traders enter without a proper strategy or risk management plan.

The reason we rarely see losses discussed is simple. People post winning trades, not blown accounts. This creates a false image that everyone is profitable. In reality, consistent profitability requires discipline, strict risk control, and long-term patience. Those who treat trading like a business survive. Those who treat it like gambling usually do not.

[TheUltraElite]

Traders will lose money if they are into non-spot trading. Spot trading at least hands over an asset to you that will be going to your account and can be sold again in future even if temporarily its price falls.

Those who are doing spot trading might end up with their money stagnant into altcoins, but avoid altcoins and stick to fiat<>bitcoin pairs and you should be good.

Also anything other than spot, like futures, leverage - these are all gambling. Taking part in them is a sure shot way to lose money.

[Hatchy]

Yes most time it's difficult to get in details of such information because they tend to hide their failures more often.. most crypto influencers prefer not to show the public their failures so as not to damage their images online.. I've seen a trader who posted a trade he took risking $1m on a single position only for the trade to be stopped out. When he was asked what happened to his position which was quite open to everyone, he claimed to have adjusted his stops to certain levels before he got stopped.. things like this aren't supposed to be so, it doesn't keep your image online but Tanish it.. in the trading world , only 1% of traders are actually profitable.. in the remaining 9% are those traders who already understand the market but still finding it difficult to keep their psychology in check..

[Ruttoshi]

Yes. From my little experience in trading and also how I have discussed with my fellow traders, it's clear that majority of traders are losing but wouldn't admit it so that, you wouldn't say that they're unprofessional traders. Instead, they'll claim that they understand the market and are making profits from the market. It's when they have lost it all, that's when they would say it because they they wouldn't be able to hide it anymore.

If you're losing in trading, the best thing to do is to quit trading because trading isn't for you.

[0xredhot]

Traders will lose money if they are into non-spot trading. Spot trading at least hands over an asset to you that will be going to your account and can be sold again in future even if temporarily its price falls.

Those who are doing spot trading might end up with their money stagnant into altcoins, but avoid altcoins and stick to fiat<>bitcoin pairs and you should be good.

Also anything other than spot, like futures, leverage - these are all gambling. Taking part in them is a sure shot way to lose money.

I would not say it is sure way to loose money on perpetuals (futures) obviously it is easier to loose it there because different rules apply to them, but as long as you stay away from liquidation price, you can hold futures even 3-6 months if needed until it goes back, but surely spot is better and easier to trade. The only reason I do futures is leverage whereas I can trade with $10k like I own, $200,000 obviously I never put full amount but like 30-40% which is still more than $10k to have enough margin.

I am also not gonna lie that I was down -$20k but I was also up +$120k in weeks, because it is true, so it is much easier to loose big money and also easier to make bigger money so it goes both ways.

But I agree futures are closer to gambling than spot trading unless you buy some shitcoin via spot and it goes to $0 then it is possibly considered both same.

Futures are good if some stock or eur (forex) does not move much then you can trade with 20-30x more than you own and make money on it with least risk.

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[rat03gopoh]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.

Losers will only share their stories if they want evaluation from a different perspective. Profits will only share their stories if they want something valuable from others for their achievements, such as selling signals, vip classes, prompts, etc. They are usually also content creators (which is more misleading).

True traders won't bother sharing their achievements because they naturally have no monetary value. They don't have time to answer questions.

[Humblevirus]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.

Exchange data over the years has shown that a large percentage of retail traders, especially those using leverage, end up in losses. The crypto market is highly volatile and runs 24/7, which often leads to emotional decisions, overtrading, and liquidations. Many traders enter without a proper strategy or risk management plan.

The reason we rarely see losses discussed is simple. People post winning trades, not blown accounts. This creates a false image that everyone is profitable. In reality, consistent profitability requires discipline, strict risk control, and long-term patience. Those who treat trading like a business survive. Those who treat it like gambling usually do not.

As some traders are losing money, that is also how some traders are making profits from trading. It is certain that the number of people losing money is greater than those making profits from trading and I believe everyone will agree with that.The truth is not that people are not showing their losses. Some people actually show their losses. Most of the people who are afraid of showing their losses are small traders. Big traders sometimes show their losses. When the crypto market crashed last October, many big investors who lost huge amounts of money complained about the market, and that was it.

But we should not expect everyone to share their losses, just as some people do not like showing their winnings. In fact, it is not a good idea to post your losses or winnings on social media, or even tell people about them, for security reasons. There are evil eyes everywhere, so we need to be cautious about every step we take.As long as someone is not an influencer, I do not see any reason for them to be publicly showing their trading activities.

[Charles-Tim]

Traders will lose money if they are into non-spot trading.

How about arbitrage? It is not as risky as derivatives and margin trading. Also how about P2P trading which many people rely on for profit making. I am not into it for profit but I have seen some people that told me they do it for business. So there are other types of trading that is not very risky, the risky ones are the derivatives and margin trading. Or in short, any trading that requires leverage are the riskiest among them all.

[BitMaxz]

Traders will lose money if they are into non-spot trading. Spot trading at least hands over an asset to you that will be going to your account and can be sold again in future even if temporarily its price falls.

Those who are doing spot trading might end up with their money stagnant into altcoins, but avoid altcoins and stick to fiat<>bitcoin pairs and you should be good.

Also anything other than spot, like futures, leverage - these are all gambling. Taking part in them is a sure shot way to lose money.

I don't think there's no risk on the spot; those who trade on the spot that can't handle emotion can also lose money.
Those people who think trading in spot can make them rich overnight will still end up losing if they are affected by FOMOs and FUDs.
Even if you stay in BTC if you bought BTC at the ATH zone because you think BTC is in demand and it can go much further, you are now suffering losing money if you keep holding until now.

Anything to do with trading has a risk, whether low or high; those who are not admitting they don't lose, that is impossible; there's no 100% win rate. All kinds of investments carry risk. Only those who succeed are those who can manage the risk.

That's why companies looking for traders through prop firms have challenges and evaluations. To become one of them, you need to have follow the strict rule of risk management, which is very important; without following it, you will never be able to pass what the trading companies are looking for.

If companies do it, it means it's normal for them to have some losses; at least they manage to cut losses in small amounts while making a high profit. That's why risk management is very important because it can lead to high profitability while risking a small percentage of your capital.

[suzanne5223]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.

I don't believe there's a trader that won't admit that s/he make losses, especially in this current market where the trends are changing sides at some point due to huge profit taking, and fud create through the US president's tariff increase.

Exchange data over the years has shown that a large percentage of retail traders, especially those using leverage, end up in losses. The crypto market is highly volatile and runs 24/7, which often leads to emotional decisions, overtrading, and liquidations. Many traders enter without a proper strategy or risk management plan.

Even the traders with a proper strategy and risk management plan are still making losses, but the difference is that they only lose the amount they can afford. Besides, this is the season when most traders quit trading and never do it again.

The reason we rarely see losses discussed is simple. People post winning trades, not blown accounts. This creates a false image that everyone is profitable. In reality, consistent profitability requires discipline, strict risk control, and long-term patience. Those who treat trading like a business survive. Those who treat it like gambling usually do not.

I believe the reason why most traders don't post the season they blew their account is that no one celebrate lost, and what people always celebrate is profit. Besides, when traders make losses, some people will also think the trader is unprofessional due to the lack of market understanding by some people.

[Hypnotizer]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.

Trading is first and foremost a risky activity and everyone knows, so whether traders admit or not we all know they sometimes lose money.

The reason we rarely see losses discussed is simple. People post winning trades, not blown accounts. This creates a false image that everyone is profitable. In reality, consistent profitability requires discipline, strict risk control, and long-term patience. Those who treat trading like a business survive. Those who treat it like gambling usually do not.

Most people that do show up and post most of their winnings usually are affiliated to some trading platform or are promoting their trading courses and the problem is that people love seeing actions and nowadays not everyone bothers to do much research about something before starting it….they just see someone making profits and they also start hoping to make a lot of money they’re all chasing fast and quick money

[Stepstowealth]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.

Yes I think there are more traders who loose trades than traders who are actually successful in trading, and that is normal because the complain about how trading is a scam is more than people who actually endorse it based on their results. There are many traders loosing trades and only making profit through selling online courses and teaching others, this is why you have to not be deceived by a person who says they are a trader, have an academy where they teach people and flaunt wealth, but none of their student have been able to show same wealth from trading.

[Findingnemo]

Some people are losing and some people are making money, that's how trading works so it is possible that retail investors are always got played into the hands of whales and they are not even realizing that they are making a mistake with their strategy.

[Japinat]

Well let's admit it, losses are inevitable in trading. As much trading professionals are still losing some of their trades, then the more losses we can expect from those newbies in trading. And I think this truth is not hidden, but probably for those trading influencers who acted like they are winning consistently, but they even find it hard to profit from their trades in reality.

But with continuous research and studies in the trading market, consistent practice and experience, and learning from those past mistakes and losses, trading will be quite easier to navigate and minimize the chances of losing while increasing the potentials to win.

[Potato Chips]

Nahhh, a lot of people also post their loss IMO.

I am guessing you're in a social media echo chamber. For instance, X.com is prolly the biggest crypto community, and we all know how the algorithm works. You start interacting to one particular post, and suddenly you would get the same type of posts in your face lol.

Be careful though, because there are so many fake BS on X.com for the purpose of engagement farming or just plain scammin'. I am always skeptical of what I see on X.com even on official accounts.

[Powerjumboo]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.

Exchange data over the years has shown that a large percentage of retail traders, especially those using leverage, end up in losses. The crypto market is highly volatile and runs 24/7, which often leads to emotional decisions, overtrading, and liquidations. Many traders enter without a proper strategy or risk management plan.

The reason we rarely see losses discussed is simple. People post winning trades, not blown accounts. This creates a false image that everyone is profitable. In reality, consistent profitability requires discipline, strict risk control, and long-term patience. Those who treat trading like a business survive. Those who treat it like gambling usually do not.

Yes, of course there are many traders who are losing money while trading in this volatile market but are not hunting, maybe for some reason or many will be afraid to admit it. I am an amateur trader because I do not consider trading as a professional because I spend very little time on the trading platform and when I lose money I trade very little but I do not admit it at all, maybe because of the pressure from my family because if the family knows that I have lost money by trading then they will put extra pressure on me. Also I am not revealing my defeat here, maybe because of laziness, but everyone has to accept that crypto traders are definitely losing money in this volatile market.

[LogitechMouse]

Yes, realistically, most crypto traders are losing money, even if they do not openly admit it.
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The reason we rarely see losses discussed is simple. People post winning trades, not blown accounts. This creates a false image that everyone is profitable. In reality, consistent profitability requires discipline, strict risk control, and long-term patience. Those who treat trading like a business survive. Those who treat it like gambling usually do not.

I've said it a few times here already that I'm still at a loss despite trading for around 2-3 years, and TBH, there's nothing wrong with it especially if you're self-learning.  There are some out there that spent more than 3 years before they became consistently profitable. Being profitable in trading really takes time. If you're self-learned, it will take years, but if you have a mentor that will guide you, it might take you a year or even lesser depending on some factors of course.

A few trader only posts winning trades because they want to be superior to others. There are even some who are just editing their PnL or even using AI to edit it. They want them to be seen as something that's always been profitable, and that's not always the case. That's why sometimes, I only watch those traders that are posting even their losses because that's what really trading is. It's not only wins, but they lose as well. For professional traders, it doesn't matter if they lose, but what's important for them is that they're winning more than they're losing.

There are many requirements to be a profitable trader, and yes trading is a business where if you want to be better, spend some money, learn more and just continue what you're doing.