Did the market fail you or you failed the market? To gamble is becoming very normal. At first, it seemed it was something for day traders but we have seen it break into the sport and entertainment world. From here, it gets difficult to tell someone which is which.
We ALL have our stories, it should have continued the pump; that news just spoiled everything. Do you know some people have stayed in the market with good news and bad news here and there and have in the end made good profits?
If you think it is difficult then the answer is obvious; ‘that is why everyone is not doing it’. I am happy a lot of people are getting to understand how the financial market gradually works. I happened to chat with my long time friend who used to drop some trading signals on his DM. When I asked him how his trading ambition is going, he said he is no longer into it. When I asked why he said he is not qualified to trade and that's the reality.
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It can be difficult for people to let go of pride and accept what is. His entire idea was the fact that he has been gambling with money not worth it in the market. Trying to use some few dollars to beat down those who have invested millions to billions; you are on a high side disadvantage. Some people who claim to be successful traders are nothing more than trustees; at the appointed time, a day's market misbehavior will sweep the ground clean.
In short, to even add to that, I can say it goes beyond just enough capital. Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway team are not just successful in the stock market because they invest billions. No, the reality is the fact that WB shows a lot of disciplined market tactics through patience while also focusing on small percentage shifts. How many of us even see overall 10% as growth.
As for my friend, the only saddening part about his story is the fact that he has learned this after accruing several losses. He doesn't need to tell me about the loss stories, I know. That saying; ‘experience is the best teacher and you just wish you could have learned through wisdom’. How will you prioritise knowledge when you feel you’ve just landed with the best trading tactics and for a while NOW you’ve seen some profits.
I also read through a similar post today. Someone on chain just dropped his TOP three picks for best performing crypto assets for 2026. How many of us see Ethereum as a good investment? This was his first pick. Ok, to many of us this will mean ETH doubling up in price or even rioting to meet up with the Bitcoin price. How we feel ETH is not meeting up with performance standard
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Before someone sees ETH as a good long term investment, it means he has Sat down to accept discipline. The fact is, in the long run, one can't ignore the growth of this project. His second pick was Hedera; reading through his article I can say this token has a steady growth potential. We are looking at more of big companies sustainable tokens here..
Lastly, he went for Solana, this was a crypto I predicted a price surge early last year and it happened suit. Many are still seeing growth potentials if actually we are not taking of 10x to 100x or even 1000x overnight or in six months to one year time.
This is a cryptocurrency that has real world use case. developers are jumping in to build projects upon it and one needs to understand how this will pair up with artificial intelligence. Maybe the real is not that we are actually ignorant; not enough is on its own the first trigger to ignorance. Of course, we also have to note that none of this crypto picks are investing advice, DYOR.
To conclude, let me add, I think the future will raise more disciplined investors. As I said, we are gradually understanding how the entire market activities works. It is only a pity we have most times learned from mistakes which equals losses. Maybe there is a need to strategize your investment journey from 2026?
