After eight years of trading, I realize that the true profit logic in the crypto world is not about trading frequency, but about whether you can truly "wait." However, many people misunderstand this waiting method.

Many people tell me, "I've been out of the market for three months, why am I still losing?" I ask back, "What signal are you waiting for? A golden cross on the moving average? Or a breakout in volume?" As soon as I say that, they usually get stuck.

**Waiting is not blindly wasting time**

Last year, when the energy storage concept became popular, I started positioning two months in advance. But this wasn't blind waiting; it was precise positioning. I focused on three specific signals: on the technical side, whether the weekly chart showed sideways consolidation with decreasing volume; on the fundamental side, whether the project partner’s power station was landing and the installed capacity data had been increasing for three consecutive months; on the capital side, monitoring the holdings of whale addresses on the chain, which suddenly increased by 20%, while exchange net outflows also continued for a week.

Before all these signals were in place, I didn’t move a single cent—while friends in the group shared their profitable trades, I simply ignored them. True waiting means having a clear hunting goal; on the other hand, passive emptying of positions is just an excuse to give up on oneself.

**Impulsiveness is human nature, but experts give themselves a "physical lock"**

I admit, the feeling of itching to trade after seeing sharp rises or falls is human instinct, not something that pure willpower can overcome. But the core difference between professional traders and retail investors is—professional traders use rules to completely "lock" their impulses.

I’ve tried many methods myself: removing trading apps is the most ruthless move—if I can't see real-time candlesticks, I naturally won't be tempted; setting automatic stop-loss and take-profit orders, forcing a position to close once the preset target is reached; or dispersing funds across different accounts, with each account only holding specific positions... These sound simple, but executing them requires real discipline.

From another perspective, most people ultimately lose money not because they pick the wrong coins or time the market poorly, but because they frequently operate in the right direction and repeatedly cut profits, turning their original winning rate negative.

So next time someone asks me, "How can I make steady money?" my straightforward answer is: first learn to wait, then learn how to stay firm when it's time not to wait.