Trading cryptocurrencies is not a casino and not quick money. It is a high-risk profession where 90–95 % of newcomers lose their deposit in the first year.
But if you approach the matter with a cool head and a clear system — you can earn steadily.
Here are 15 rules that actually work, verified by me and hundreds of other successful traders:
1️⃣ Always trade by the plan with Stop loss and Take Profit, TP
No trades 'by eye'. Without a stop, you are food for whales.
2️⃣ Never risk more than 1–2 % of your deposit on one trade
One failed position should not kill your account.
3️⃣ FOMO — your main enemy
When everyone is shouting 'it's the bottom!', 'last chance for ×10' — it's almost always a trap. Sitting in cash — good job.
4️⃣ ‼️Learn technical analysis to the level where you can see the chart and understand where the price will go in 10 seconds
Minimum: support/resistance, trend lines, volumes, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands.
5️⃣ Combine technical + fundamental analysis
The technique says 'where to buy/sell', the fundamentals say 'is it worth getting into this asset at all?'.
6️⃣ Diversify, but wisely
50–70 % in BTC/ETH, 20–30 % in strong altcoins, 5–10 % in high-risk (meme coins, presales, etc.).
7️⃣ Use multiple exchanges simultaneously
Bybit, Binance, OKX, MEXC, KuCoin + one or two decent DEX (Uniswap, PancakeSwap, Jupiter). Each has its own listings and liquidity.
8️⃣ Limit orders — your best friend
Never buy at market price during a pump (you pay the maximum).
9️⃣ Keep a trading journal
Each trade: screenshot of the entry, reason, result, mistakes. In 3–6 months you will see your weaknesses.
🔟 Keep 30–50 % of your portfolio in stablecoins during a bear market or uncertainty
Cash is also a position.
1️⃣1️⃣ Don't read news and Twitter analysts before entering a trade
99 % of them are either already priced in by the market or manipulation.
1️⃣2️⃣ Trading bots and grids are good, but only after you've consistently made a profit manually
First the head, then automation.
1️⃣3️⃣ Learn whale manipulations
Fake walls in the order book, stop hunting, spoofs — when you know how it works, you stop being a victim.
1️⃣4️⃣ Emotions — out of the market
Profit = joy - next time you risk more - loss.
Loss = anger - revenge - even bigger loss.
Trading = cold calculation.
1️⃣5️⃣ The best trade is the one you abstained from
Sometimes the most profitable day is when you simply didn't trade.
⚠️Always DYOR — this is not advice, but a necessity. It must be integrated into your trading system, like Risk management or journaling.
Why DYOR is always necessary!
1️⃣Trading is:
• Logic,
• Strategy,
• Emotional discipline.
2️⃣Without your own analysis, you:
– or trade on emotions,
– or trading based on other people's thoughts.
And this always leads to the depletion of your deposit.
Step-by-step learning system: from basics and technical analysis to your first conscious trades. Suitable for those who want to enter crypto trading correctly and without the typical mistakes of newcomers:
🚀 Crypto trading from scratch in 30 days — a step-by-step plan to learn and trade confidently