In the crypto asset market, I've been tinkering for over a year, watching too many people feel joy and disappointment with every rise and fall. Gradually, I’ve figured out a few survival rules. The two most common ones—gritting your teeth and not chasing during rapid rises, and decisively cutting losses during crashes—most people have heard of. But the truly deadly threats often come from other factors, which are the key to whether you can survive longer in this market.

One of these hits many people hard: when high-volume trading appears at a high level, it’s basically a signal to withdraw.

Trading volume is like the market’s thermometer, accurately reflecting the true emotions of retail investors and major players. When a certain coin surges to a high level with suddenly increased volume, what does that indicate? It shows that the overall market sentiment has reached its peak, and a reversal could happen at any moment. I’ve seen a coin with amplified trading volume at a high, and the community was all excited, thinking it was a bullish signal, pouring money in to follow. But what happened? Within two days of the volume spike, the price plummeted, and those who chased in were all left hanging at the top.

Only later did I realize—high-volume trading at a high can only mean two things: one, big funds are quietly offloading; two, retail investors are making their last move at the peak of madness. Either way, it signals that the game is about to end.

There’s an even more direct lesson: never put all your money in at once.

Full position is the most deadly move in the crypto world, there’s no “one of” about it. My first two accounts went to zero precisely because of this—going all-in. When you push all your chips onto the table, once the market turns against you, there’s no room to maneuver. A slight shake in the market can turn your account from profit to loss, or even wipe it out completely.

Later, I set a strict rule for myself: only invest 50% of my funds, and keep the other 50% in the account. The benefit of this approach is that if the market suddenly crashes, I still have bullets left to buy the dip; if a black swan event occurs, I have a buffer to respond. Remember, surviving longer in this market is a hundred times more important than earning faster.