The essence of the crypto market is a zero-sum game. The shrinking amount in your account is the profit added to someone else's wallet.
But now the situation is even more heartbreaking. The vast majority of players are floating losses, and only a few types of people are truly making money: market makers accumulating positions, early entrants cashing out, and exchanges raking in fees. We retail investors are fighting among ourselves, which is essentially just working for others.
Project teams dump coins, exchanges charge fees, market makers lock in depth—within this ecosystem, we are at the bottom. The saying "meat rots in the pot" is correct, but the problem is, this pot no longer belongs to us.
So there are only two paths: either tightly control your position size to minimize risk; or simply lie flat and stop messing around. Looking at the BTC market, sentiment and faith are worthless; the real core competitiveness lies in cold, hard capital management and risk control.
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FlashLoanPhantom
· 6h ago
Really, the words may be rough, but the truth is straightforward: retail investors are the victims repeatedly harvested.
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NotFinancialAdviser
· 6h ago
It hits close to home, but why can't I just change it?
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SchroedingerAirdrop
· 6h ago
It's really heart-wrenching, but I'm still holding on haha
I've lost even my pants, and now I survive just by my small position
Faith? F*** your faith, it's been gone for a long time
That's why I only trade small amounts now, my blood pressure has dropped
The ones who always make money are those few people, we can only learn risk control
Lying flat might be the ultimate winner, I'm really exhausted
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ForeverBuyingDips
· 6h ago
Damn, this is reality
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Should have just laid low long ago, really
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Controlling position size is not wrong, I’m doing it right now
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Retail traders beating retail traders, the winners have already cashed out
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What’s the point of faith value money
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Still thinking about turning things around? Just stay alive first
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Fees are unlimited, we suffer losses to the fullest
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Bought the bottom so many times, still the biggest loser
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Better to lie down than to fuss around
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Fund management > all emotional stories
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MagicBean
· 7h ago
Damn, this is reality. We are just the little guys.
The essence of the crypto market is a zero-sum game. The shrinking amount in your account is the profit added to someone else's wallet.
But now the situation is even more heartbreaking. The vast majority of players are floating losses, and only a few types of people are truly making money: market makers accumulating positions, early entrants cashing out, and exchanges raking in fees. We retail investors are fighting among ourselves, which is essentially just working for others.
Project teams dump coins, exchanges charge fees, market makers lock in depth—within this ecosystem, we are at the bottom. The saying "meat rots in the pot" is correct, but the problem is, this pot no longer belongs to us.
So there are only two paths: either tightly control your position size to minimize risk; or simply lie flat and stop messing around. Looking at the BTC market, sentiment and faith are worthless; the real core competitiveness lies in cold, hard capital management and risk control.