After failing in the crypto battlefield, how can one regain confidence and set out again?
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After failing in the crypto battlefield, how can one regain confidence and set out again?
When the day comes and your account balance rises, you'll suddenly realize: this "game" of investing has already become part of your life.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: Ian
Translation: Luffy, Foresight News
Recently, I've heard disheartening stories from many investors: significant drawdowns, even total losses. But don't lose hope. If you've ever been profitable before, you can do it again. I’ve been through similar experiences myself, so I’d like to share some thoughts on how to bounce back.
Treat Trading as a Game
Remember your first steps into the fantastical world of Elden Ring—how you were mercilessly defeated over ten times by Tree Sentinels before mastering the "kiting" technique? Remember that feeling when, after being stuck in Bronze for months, you finally reached Platinum?
After countless rug pulls, you finally scored your first 5x gain on a Memecoin. After months of grinding, you received your first substantial airdrop. These moments flood you with dopamine and a deep sense of achievement!
Step Away from the Noise, Return to Life
If you're currently feeling discouraged due to investment losses, consider hitting pause. Reconnect with real life—spend time with family and friends. Maintain a regular routine, eat healthily, exercise fully, and revitalize both body and mind. Treat these everyday activities—seemingly unrelated to investing—as side quests for self-improvement. Just like in games, completing side quests boosts your character’s stats, enabling you to face main storyline challenges more confidently.
Remember, the market never runs out of opportunities. As long as you stay sharp and prepared, you’ll catch them again. But first, you need a healthy body and a clear mind.
Return to the "Battlefield" with Strategy
When you’re ready to return to the investment “battlefield,” don’t rush in headfirst. Before starting, write down all the mistakes you made in the last cycle, and create a plan—including a strict risk management framework you must follow.
A solid framework should include rules for capital allocation and risk exposure, but most importantly, profit-taking rules. I’ve seen too many investors, after securing initial gains, get consumed by greed and recklessly reinvest profits into high-risk new projects—only to lose everything. Remember: only when profits are safely secured and converted into fiat currency—used to pay off debts or show appreciation to loved ones—do they truly become your wealth.
Team Up
If you don’t already have a team, find or form a small, trusted core group of high-quality individuals you can rely on. Going solo in a game is cool, but clearing it with a skilled, diverse team is better—and more fun.
Resource Management
Now that you’re refreshed and have a plan, how do you begin? In every game, you need resources to start the snowball rolling toward victory.
In Age of Empires, you have wood, food, stone, and gold; in League of Legends, you have gold and mana; in chess, you have pieces and time. In investment and trading, your capital and time are your resources.
In my view, when restarting or facing investment struggles, there are two ways to balance these resources:
1. Maximum Optimization Mode
You work in the Web3 space, ideally at a fund or research firm. This immerses you in the “game” 24/7. It’s intense and highly demanding—you’re always online, spending free time scrolling Twitter and Telegram. Every aspect of your life revolves around crypto. Insider information comes directly to your inbox, and opportunities pop up frequently.
You level up fast because you’re always at the frontier—but it’s exhausting. It’s easy to burn out. If you don’t deliberately reserve time for side quests (like returning to real life and maintaining health), you risk tunnel vision. This is the classic trade-off of maximum optimization.
2. Balanced Mode
If you can dedicate far less time to this “game,” this mode is for you. You might work in Web2—your area of expertise—or hold a non-research, non-investment role in crypto. You don’t spend all day on Twitter or lurking in Telegram and Discord channels.
And that’s perfectly fine! Lower frequency, but consistent resource generation. You can still win, just like the tortoise in the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare.
You won’t stress over every market fluctuation. You have time to think macroscopically, make more confident decisions, and avoid emotional missteps. You might simply choose to dollar-cost average into major cryptocurrencies and outperform the average retail trader. And if desired, over time, you can accumulate enough resources to fund your transition into maximum optimization mode later—enabling compounding, snowball-like growth.
Find Your Motivation
On this long journey of investing, ask yourself from time to time: Why did I enter this field? Is it for financial freedom and more life choices? Or to prove something about yourself? Whatever the reason, one day when your account balance rises, you’ll suddenly realize: this “game” of investing has already become part of your life—a sustained passion and relentless pursuit.
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