A lot of people I hear from (some I know) seem to always live on the edge when it comes to their money, moving from one idea and opportunity to the next as attention shifts between big ideas. They’re chasing the big outcome with blinders on, looking for that one big leap into riches. You only need to see the bias that develops and grows on X around themes, until it’s too late. I certainly did a lot of this in my early years.
Sometimes they get close and sometimes they temporarily achieve far more than expected. Success creates a hero complex that consumes them and the network effect of reinforcement compounds it. But because everything is always in such hectic motion, always at risk, one forgets how to formalize their win. What’s gained in one season or theme, is often quickly handed back before the theme runs its course, as all sense of discipline and logic escapes them. Then the cycle repeats, they move on to the next idea looking for that escape level wealth, and again suddenly believing it’s their only chance to make it big or a way to get it all back.
What I’ve come to appreciate later in life is that risk alone is not a wealth strategy. It's more akin to an income source. You need a compounding strategy running alongside the speculation, something relatively predictable and structurally boring. People shy away from this because it seems (on the surface) that you can’t get rich or leverage it. But without that parallel system, there’s nowhere for winnings to go except right back into the same volatile arena they came from. And without a home, your risk is just amplified to scale at another level, but without any newfound level of risk appreciation and with a belief that the idea will just keep on giving. The problem isn’t risk itself, it’s the absence of a place to crystallize the outcome of that risk and therefore it often runs it's course, the full cycle.
I think real wealth is something that is not constantly at risk. Something stable and dependable. Something that emerges at the point where volatility is converted into something that can quietly grow on its own. A mechanism that allows temporary wins to turn into a permanent foundation. Risk then becomes something that feeds the foundation versus something that is never quite yours.
The market doesn’t care what you think
It will rattle you, endlessly
So know why you’re holding something
What’s your time frame?
At what level would you sell?
At what level would you buy more?
What would make you change your mind?
Mr. Market has a way of stealing those answers from you
A transfer from weak hands to strong.
But you don’t owe him a reaction
He’ll always be there,
whispering, tempting, nudging you to act
Resist.
Do your own work
Do NOT outsource your thinking
Re-underwrite your position, again and again.
Update your priors
Loyalty? To what?
The only loyalty is to the preservation of capital
You owe that to yourself
and to every hard-earned dollar to your name
was a big week. stuck to the plan and managed to take profit on half my btc port at 125,420. unbelievable luck. nice 6x. second time taking profit this cycle (first was at 104). letting the rest ride. don’t think we’ve topped yet
@a1lon9 drop $10m on troll
Become top holder
Never let coinbase, robinhood, or binance have more than you
Win forever
And have the #1 meme in history on PUMPSWAP
jew mode.
Aiming for an October top in BTC, if I were to pick numbers, which we all know is a grade above guessing, I'd say $BTC $142,690, $ETH $6900-8K, $SOL ~$420.
NFA, it's a meme world we live in ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
one of my favorite memes of all time. tied to pump. pump at all time low. alon supports. chart looks insane. community is strong
trade less. $troll more
im feeling the sentiment change, communities and bag workers are being rewarded silently and many are beginning to believe again, every new chapter has opportunities ahead and I believe we are early to some really good coins
some of the recent coins outperforming have their unique narratives, but all have solid communities behind them
examples include but not limited to:
$Tokabu: the spirit of gambling resonates with a lot of the degenerate traders and now enter normie territory with some prominent poker plays rallying with the coin. Tokabu team has been relentlessly creating lore, raiding, and actively engaging in telegram/X groupchats - crackbrah.hl mode
$Troll: well the meme speaks for itself and props to @_Shadow36@xbtDLN and their whole troll army for continuing to believe in a goated narrative, incredible work and community.
$Chillhouse: the vibes are immaculate and @RiccoRosas gave a masterclass on memetics overall, supported and fudded by some of the biggest kols in the space, the coin has its own cult like following
$USDUC: incredible team, narrative and lore. @slingdeez has created a massive cult around the coin and bro works harder than most in the space, even managed to get @trading_axe onboard with the pfp and shi (ngl that was so tuff), and apparently niggas can even buy this on ETH somehow, which is something that’ll become increasingly popular over time imo (having options to buy cross chain)
$monke: monke business is real and honestly the @monkesol_ socials lead + community are one of the most hardworking and good-vibes ppl in the space. we haven’t seen a billion dollar monkey…… yet. :) infinite memetics
I’ll update with more coins that are appealing to wider audience and have amazing communities too, the aim of the post is to make u realise that the tides are turning, you’ll be able to money on Elon tweets and those always remain, but look out for bagworking communities with amazing narratives
generational opportunities await.
crypto is crazy because youll see a guy who you know has a net worth higher than most hedge fund managers and he'll be posting videos like this and the caption is something like "just committed rape on the blockchain"
I do not think there is anyone else in CT with a bigger fumble than me.
https://t.co/6tMrh95sQe
I bundled 22% of troll at 10k, made 9 $SOL, and sold it all.
Now? That bundle would've been worth over $20,000,000 dollars.
didn’t know it was possible to want a coin to go both up and down. want the 1000x but also need the dip to buy more (is broke)
$troll got me going crazy rn