Is there an illusion? Recently, no matter what coin you buy, it drops as soon as you enter the market, and it rises as soon as you cut your losses. Clearly, the market shows all positive signs, but you end up losing heavily, then turn around and curse 'the market is too bad' 'the manipulators are too shady'?
I dare say, 90% of retail investors in the crypto space have fallen for this point — treating their own thinking as that of the major players. What you think is bottom fishing is actually a pit dug by the major players; what you think is chasing the rise is actually a knife handed to you by the major players; what you think is a weak market is actually the major players secretly laying out strategies, while you are being led around by the nose the whole time.
Many people have been in the cryptocurrency market for six months or a year and still don’t understand a core principle: the cryptocurrency market is never about 'watching the market to make money,' but about 'watching the main players to make money.' Especially in the current fluctuating market, the more panic retail investors feel, the more excited the main players become; the more retail investors follow the trend, the more the main players harvest. This is the most realistic game in the cryptocurrency market and the root of why you can’t make money.
First, let me ask you two hard-hitting questions to see if you are being harvested by the main players:
1. Do you panic and sell at a loss every time you see the coin price plummet, only to find that the next day it rebounds or even directly pumps?
2. Do you see certain coins with positive news and increased volume, rush in, and end up getting stuck as soon as you enter, with the positive news turning into a 'trap for enticing buyers'?
The truth is, it's not that you have bad luck or that the market is weak, but that you have not seen through the underlying logic of the main players—the operations of the main players are always anti-human, while the operations of retail investors are always in line with human nature. This is why you are always one step behind the main players and always get harvested.
I once met a trader who managed over 10 billion in cryptocurrency (referred to in the circle as 'Xu Xiang of the crypto world'). He said something that has left a deep impression on me: 'Trading in the crypto world is essentially manipulating the emotions of retail investors; the more emotional you are, the easier it is to become our prey.' This statement reveals all the thoughts of the main players.
The main players will never share wealth with retail investors; their core goal is just one: buy low and sell high, harvesting retail investors' chips and making money from them. Their operations are never impulsive; they follow a complete cycle—accumulation, shaking out, pumping, and selling. Every step is calculated clearly, while retail investors often only see the excitement of 'pumping' but fall into the trap of 'selling.'
Take shaking out as an example: after accumulating, the main players will not immediately pump the market but will intentionally crash it to create panic, causing the price to fluctuate around 200%. They want to drive those retail investors hoping for quick profits to despair, forcing them to sell at a loss. What you think is a 'market crash' is actually the main players cleaning up floating chips to reduce pressure for subsequent pumping; the chips you sold at a loss were all picked up by the main players at a low price.
Let’s talk about pumping and selling. The main players never pump slowly; they 'rapidly pump and slowly drop'—they pull the price up sharply to a high point in one go, leaving retail investors unable to react and afraid to sell easily; but during selling, the price slowly declines, with each high point lower than the last and each low point lower than the last, creating a false impression of a 'bottom rebound' that makes retail investors think they can bottom fish, and then slowly sell off 80% of their chips. By the time you realize what’s happening, the main players have already made a fortune while you are left stuck at a high price.
Many retail investors like to operate based on news; they see certain big influencers recommending or certain media reporting positive news and blindly follow the trend. But what you don't know is that all the news you see is what the main players want you to see. The main players collaborate with media and communities to spread false positive news to attract retail investors, and by the time you enter the market, it is exactly when they start selling. This is why, when you operate based on news, you lose nine times out of ten.
Many people complain that 'the market is bad,' but the market has never been bad—the main players accumulate during fluctuations, profit during rises, and sell during declines. Regardless of whether the market is up or down, they can make money. The reason you can’t earn is that you are always using retail investor thinking to oppose the main players' strategies, which is like hitting a stone with an egg; how could you possibly win?
For a real example, recently, BTC fluctuated repeatedly between 30,000 and 31,000, with five false breakouts, quickly reversing after each breakout. Many retail investors chased the price during the breakout and sold at a loss when it fell, repeatedly getting slapped in the face. The main players triggered retail investors' stop-loss orders through this method, collecting a large amount of low-priced chips, and finally pumped the market directly, reaping huge profits. This is the mindset of the main players—they don’t reason with retail investors, they just play psychological warfare.
The cryptocurrency market has never been a place where you can make money just by relying on luck; it is a place where you can make money through thinking and understanding. The core of the main players' thinking is three points; if you understand them, you will no longer be harvested.
First, anti-human behavior: when retail investors are greedy, the main players will crash the market; when retail investors are panicked, the main players will buy; when retail investors follow the trend, the main players will sell. Always act contrary to retail investors' emotions; this is the core logic of how the main players make money.
Second, long-term layout is greater than short-term rises and falls: the main players engage in long-term layouts, accumulating, shaking out, pumping, and selling, which may take weeks or months, while retail investors only look at the rises and falls of one day or one hour, seeking quick profits, and ultimately can only be harvested.
Third, utilize information asymmetry: the main players always receive information a step ahead of retail investors. They will set up positions in advance, and by the time retail investors learn of the news, it is already the main players’ harvesting moment. Therefore, don’t blindly follow the news; learn to judge for yourself.
Many retail investors continue to lose not because the market is bad, nor because they are not trying hard enough, but because they are always opposing the main players, using retail investor thinking to contend with the main players' strategies. What you think is bottom fishing is actually the main players dumping; what you think is chasing gains is actually the main players enticing you; what you think is a weak market is actually the main players secretly accumulating.
In the current cryptocurrency market, the bear market leads to mutual destruction, negative-sum games, with exchanges, project parties, private placements, and retail investors being harvested layer by layer, and retail investors are the lowest level prey. To escape the fate of being harvested, the first step is to abandon retail investor thinking and learn to view the market from the perspective of the main players—when they crash the market, don’t rush to sell; when they pump the market, don’t rush to chase; when they consolidate, be patient and wait for the best opportunity.
Remember, there is no bad market in the cryptocurrency world, only retail investors who do not understand the thinking of the main players. Whether the market is good or bad has never been the key to whether you make money; being able to see through the main players' layouts and being able to break out of retail investors' cognition is what matters.
Stop complaining about the market being bad, and stop blindly following trends and chasing profits. Starting today, try to view the market from the perspective of the main players, understand their accumulation, shaking out, pumping, and selling. You will find that making money is not that hard.
Lastly, let me ask: have you recently been harvested by the main players? Do you often feel the market is bad and that you can't make money? Leave a comment saying 'I understand' in the comment section, let's break out of retail investor thinking, follow the rhythm of the main players, hold onto your chips, avoid the scythe, and make money slowly!#比特币升回7万