MR. Tarun

A lot of people in crypto aren’t just fighting the market. They’re fighting the deadlines they invented for it. They expect a rally by next month. An ATH by December. Life-changing money before the year ends. Then price moves sideways and they feel betrayed. But the market never made that promise. They did. My approach is simple: focus on a small number of coins you actually understand. For some people that might be one to three spot positions. Personally I’m concentrating on one. That’s concentration risk I choose to take. It doesn’t mean everyone should copy it. I have conviction in the upside. What I DON’T have is a calendar telling me when it arrives. Neither does your favourite crypto influencer. We could chop sideways for months. We could get another violent liquidation wick before a sustained rally. We could rally first and flush later. Nobody knows the exact sequence. A good plan needs to survive more than one possible path. There’s a difference between: “I believe this asset has significant long-term upside.” And: “This asset MUST hit an ATH before the end of the year.” The first is a thesis you can evaluate. The second is a deadline that can turn into emotional pressure. Stay bullish if the evidence supports it. But stay flexible. You should be able to change your mind without feeling like you’ve lost your identity. Your job is to manage your capital. You don’t owe your previous opinion loyalty. If my coin hasn’t reached an ATH by December then I reassess. Is the thesis intact? Has anything materially changed? Does adding still make sense within my allocation? If the answers support it then I may have more time to accumulate. If the thesis has broken then a lower price isn’t automatically an opportunity. That distinction matters. My preference is to build spot gradually and keep cash available. Enough exposure to benefit if the move starts. Enough flexibility to act if better opportunities appear. Then I go live my life. Train Work Spend time outside Clear my head. Staring at every candle won’t bring the rally forward. It can just make me impatient enough to interfere with my own plan. As for leverage: The only situation where I’d personally consider it is after a major liquidation flush into an area I’ve already planned for AND a convincing reclaim or reversal. A liquidation wick alone isn’t an entry signal. The first bounce can fail too. I’d look to build a low-leverage swing position in stages with a defined invalidation and a fixed total risk budget. Every addition has to fit that budget. Those setups can offer attractive opportunities. They can also fail. Low leverage doesn’t make a bad entry safe. Until those conditions appear I’m comfortable sticking with spot and keeping cash aside. You don’t need to manufacture a trade because you’re bored. You don’t need to borrow someone else’s conviction. And you don’t need the market to validate you by a particular date. Prepare for the upside you believe in. Have a plan for the downside you might get. The goal is to be financially and mentally ready IF the market gives us the move we’re waiting for. Conviction in the thesis Flexibility in the execution Patience with the timing. 🤝