What's the Most You've Risked in Crypto?

[snowpega]

What I risk for cryptocurrency is 30%-40% of the total assets I own, including assets in the bank... then, I also spend time every day at least 20% of my total productive time, I spend it to care for the cryptocurrency I have... the rest I still depend on in real life like other people, who work and earn a living for the family.

cryptocurrency may not be my priority, but I will always defend cryptocurrency because it has helped my economy for more than 5 years.

Buddy, I don't get your saying, how do you risk in crypto? like you mean to say you do trade with to total of 30%-40% of the net amount you are holding in the cryptocurrency? and besides this percentage, you are holding all the amount in the spot for the long term? Is that what you wanted to say? Besides this, I believe one should invest 60% of his amount in the bitcoin and 20 percent of his amount in altcoins, and the rest of the 20 percent he/she should hold in the form of USDT so that if he/she finds any coming buying opportunity he can use this 20 percent amount for that buying.

Besides this, I will say there is no financial advice for anyone to follow but yes you can use this as your research reference. I also have majority of my funds in Bitcoin and minority of funds in altcoins. what about you?

[famososMuertos]

It's really a good question, one of those where you're with friends who have no idea what they're doing...

Pay attention to the example, with $100  make your investment, how do you execute it:
There are many options, but let's just start with two (only) as an example.
1.-You take the $100 and put it in a spot only at a return of 20%.
2.-You diversify $100 into investments of $5, with a return rate of 20%.

Option 1 will depend on when it is executed, and you may even have a negative value of up to 70%
.
Option 2 is executed every minute, every hour, every 24 hours, etc.

Then, I ask you, in which one do you have more chances of winning-losing.

Regardless of these results above on the losing side, nothing! should affect your finances, (or Peace of mind) your savings or destroy you mentally.

It is a bad habit to believe that an investment should always have the stigma that if no returns, it mean "dying."

So, you should operate within a comfortable loss range, the thing is that for the vast majority this does not happen, losing $100,000 should affect your finances in the same way, as it can affect others losing $1000, $500, $100.

It is a risky investment, losses are normal.

[MrSpasybo]

My biggest trade is around $1k a few years ago, which unfortunately didn't pay off because I enter at the wrong time. I still regret it but luckily I used the money that I can afford to lose, so my life is not affected that much. I started being more conservative with my risk after that though, trying to lower my exposure to leverage or other risky trades where I can lost more than $300 or more from a single order.

I've been doing DCA after that to accumulate sats, and I can say that it suit my profile perfectly. Managed to sell some for profit a few months ago while still having a decent stash, so it's good. I think experience plays a big part on how eager you're with making risky trades.

It's a coincidence, but I also entered the market with $1K investment in 2017 and made a significant profit. However, I lost most of those gains due to a lack of understanding of the crypto market in 2018 and 2022. At least, as of now, I still have some profits to continue staying in the market and practice DCA instead of going all-in like I did years ago.

I've also tried active trading whenever there were signals to optimize the number of tokens and profits, but I soon realized that I didn't have enough time and energy for that. My life isn't just about the crypto market; it also includes family, work, and personal enjoyment, so I can't lock myself into a full-time interest in the crypto market.

[bayu7adi]

Buddy, I don't get your saying, how do you risk in crypto? like you mean to say you do trade with to total of 30%-40% of the net amount you are holding in the cryptocurrency? and besides this percentage, you are holding all the amount in the spot for the long term? Is that what you wanted to say? Besides this, I believe one should invest 60% of his amount in the bitcoin and 20 percent of his amount in altcoins, and the rest of the 20 percent he/she should hold in the form of USDT so that if he/she finds any coming buying opportunity he can use this 20 percent amount for that buying.

of the total assets I own it seems you forgot to read that sentence... and the 30%-40% I mean, is in cryoptocurrency... that's the total of ALTCOIN and BITCOIN...

let's say if I have $300-$400 crypto assets, I still have savings in the bank around $600 for my personal needs...

that's what I risk in cryoptocurrency

[albon]

Want to analyze your point, yes of course there are still many people who only hold bitcoin. Because they know bitcoin is the best currency of all time from which you will get very short time patience results.
My idea of ​​trading is a risky illusion that will show you the possibility of profit and force you to trade even after taking repeated losses. It can be a gambling story in your life because here you will try to profit after losing repeatedly. So in a nutshell my step in crypto investing and trading is to buy the best tokens for short time. And welcome to bitcoin for a long time.

[Faisal2202]

Yo buddies, I've been mulling over something lately. I'm curious about how much we're actually putting on the line in this wild crypto world.

Do any of you hold a full Bitcoin, or even more? I'm betting at least one person here does.

And what about trading? Have you ever gone big, like five or six figs  big? Maybe for one of those trading competitions, I know Binance had a pretty intense one last year.

If you have made those big moves, did it freak you out at all? I mean, that's a lot of money to have in play all at once.

I'm not judging either way, just genuinely curious about everyone's experiences. What's your comfort level when it comes to crypto investments & trades?

I've never gone big like five to six figures but for me, 2 and 3 figures are big enough. I don't have money in five or six figures at the moment that's why I never traded that big but I hope to trade that big in the future when I have enough money but till then I am ok with small trades and small profits and small losses. If I had made big trades then I would definitely have freaked out and sometimes I think.

Why I did not trade big in this coin when if I had then I would be making five figures. But there is no benefit in regretting later, but to learn from it so you can't miss any opportunity in the future like this one you missed. It's not easy to time the market. I do have risked my money many times but made a profit and loss out of it.

[Wiwo]

Want to analyze your point, yes of course there are still many people who only hold Bitcoin. Because they know Bitcoin is the best currency of all time from which you will get very short time patience results.
My idea of ​​trading is a risky illusion that will show you the possibility of profit and force you to trade even after taking repeated losses. It can be a gambling story in your life because here you will try to profit after losing repeatedly. So in a nutshell my step in crypto investing and trading is to buy the best tokens for a short time. And welcome to Bitcoin for a long time.

Aside from all this mentioned you will agree with me that bitcoin is more suitable and less risky than every other coin in the market because if as a newbie you choose bitcoin over shitcoin then your bitcoin investment is somehow safe but you stand a high risk of losing your investment when you put the money away in altcoins.

So for sure when it comes to bitcoin, there is no limit to the risk I can take as long as long as the money is not money meant for something urgent and important, let's say if it is money that I intend to put away for a long period.

[LogitechMouse]

No comment about trading. I'm one of those traders out there who failed to make profit off of it. I started, stopped because I lost and that cycle happened 3 times. Ending was, I lost all of my money.

three times? did you at least learn from the first and second time? it is normal to make mistakes but you have to learn from it

but i guess trading is not exactly for you, there are still other ways for you to earn from crypto

Yep, I made some profits but in the end, I lost all of those profit plus my initial capital because of one single mistake - not putting a stop-loss.
Call me stupid, but I made that mistake 3 times hence, I lost all of my capital and got liquidated.

I know, I know that I always say that as investors, we need to learn from our mistakes. I just don't know why I didn't do it. Trading really isn't for me, and I agree with you that there are other ways to earn in crypto. Right now, I'm way less stressed now when it comes to investing in crypto. I'm just buying, holding and staking.

I believe there are some who are silently holding 1 whole Bitcoin here in the forum, and as for me, that's one of my dreams, but I'm pretty sure that my dream will forever be a dream, and will never be a reality.

being aware is a good thing but you should not just stop there

dream high but never stop dreaming your dreams have no deadline so as long as you live try to find ways to make your life better and for you to achieve your dreams

Well, I guess I'll try to pursue it, but not on my priorities.

[SmartGold01]

Did some work and I earned from it and that is the big move I have except for my earlier days investment where I gained 50 percent of my investment. That is, I invested when Bitcoin was around 20k plus then and when it rose to 2x I was pushed to pull it off but yet didn't do that because I believe that bitcoin future is bright and I can't just waste all my cherishable bitcoin for immediate gain and profits.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

What's your comfort level when it comes to crypto investments & trades?

When it comes to investing and or trading in cryptocurrencies, I have never really invested or traded an amount of money that made me freak out, in fact, in all of my investments, Ive always wished I had more money to invest, or trade with.

I've been in crypto for several years now, but I've not really made much in term of wealth, but then on the other hand, I have managed to acquire alot of good experience to the extent that even if tomorrow, I start to count money in millions of dollars, I don't mind investing and or trading with same millions, and this is simply because I am confident in myself and decisions that the money won't be lost, but will rather bring more profit to me.

[SamReomo]

Yep, I made some profits but in the end, I lost all of those profit plus my initial capital because of one single mistake - not putting a stop-loss.

That's the mistake that most traders make and that's the main thing why they lose their initial capital and take no profits with them. A good trader often avoid such mistakes by adding stop losses or by staying away from leverage trading.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Yep, I made some profits but in the end, I lost all of those profit plus my initial capital because of one single mistake - not putting a stop-loss.

That's the mistake that most traders make and that's the main thing why they lose their initial capital and take no profits with them. A good trader often avoid such mistakes by adding stop losses or by staying away from leverage trading.

The futures market Is not a place or market for baby traders, with my experience so far in futures trading, I can say that this is a market that requires the trader to ensure that him or herself is always of sound mind, has 100 percent interest and gives totally attention to the market, I personally like futures trading because it offers the ability to make alot of money in the shortest period of time, even though it's one of the quickest ways to lose money as well, but I hate trading futures because it's way much time consuming, opening a trade on the futures market simply means that you will not have time to do any other thing except monitor the movement of that market, specially when one uses a leverage, which is even worser of the trader used a high leverage.

So, one who can not beat the risk associated with trading the futures market should just focus on the spot market alone, which is not just easier to trade on, but much safer compared to futures.

[SmartGold01]

So, one who can not beat the risk associated with trading the futures market should just focus on the spot market alone, which is not just easier to trade on, but much safer compared to futures.

Most times I feels like also trying out something different from spot trading where I could start margin or future trading but going through some contents and post over here get me discouraging although I know I have to put more efforts to study but, it doesn't end there because people whom I seen to be experts in future still yell aloud for their lose then the fear grips me more harder because I can't control it neither be able to take that bold steps to involved myself with other trading. Yes, one must be prepared for future trading before venturing into it otherwise losing is inevitable.

[pawel7777]

I think a huge chunk of people who have >50% of all their funds invested in crypto (and are teenagers who only have few $ to their name) are the ones who got into crypto quite early and have never actually bought in with any serious money, but also never sold (or have sold just a little). Then, as the market goes up and crypto becomes mainstream, the once modest investment all of a sudden becomes the majority of the portfolio.
And it's hard to make a decision to sell something that already yielded you an amazing return, only for the sake of re-balancing your portfolio to "healthy" proportions.

[Jamal Aezaz]

At one time I did trading like $1,000 in one sitting, those where my early days trying to get my hands on this trading and trying to make money. However, it's not that easy if you don't have the experience. The thing is that I didn't lose all that money, but at the same time, my profits is not that big.

That's why I will always say that trading is not for everyone. Specially if you have don't like the risk involved, like having 5 or 6 figures trading at one time and then losing everything in one go.

At the starting stage one should not use such a big amount because there is a huge risk and one can lose such a big amount just because of a single mistake or choosing a wrong coin. If you have not lost that amount then it was just a lesson for you and you got another opportunity of trading but before doing so you have to give some time to the learning basics of trading.

Trading is not for those who are not interested in getting education and are not trying to know about the fundamentals at least. There are a large number of successful traders and it does not mean that they continuously win every trade but it means that they did not repeat their mistakes after losing due to making any wrong thing in trading.