Many people are still using the old methods from the past, but the results are bleak. Have you heard of the dead-hold story in spot trading? A bunch of people have lost 80% or even 90% relying on this tactic, and they are still hoping for a miracle to happen.

The times have changed. The old advice was—don't touch futures, hold steady in spot, and time will give you the answer. That kind of talk might have been useful ten years ago, but in today's market, it seems naive. There are hundreds of cryptocurrencies on exchanges, and at most two or three can increase by 1-3 times; the probability that you catch these is almost zero.

So now, whether you're trading spot or futures, there is only one core skill: learn to swing trade. Take profits quickly, and being satisfied with a 10%-30% gain is enough. Sounds not much? But if you accumulate like this, small wins turn into big wins, which is much more reliable than holding onto a coin and dreaming of a spring and autumn.

Many friends I know are die-hard hold-forever types, and now they are basically all in loss. To turn things around, you need a tenfold increase. Honestly, that’s basically impossible. The crypto market is aligning more with traditional finance; volatility is shrinking, and the dividends are fading. The conditions for making money are just two: large funds and big swings. In past years, a few thousand-fold coins and hundreds of hundred-fold coins emerged during market rallies. Now, it's almost impossible in the secondary market.

Instead of dreaming of making dozens of times the profit to turn things around, it's better to focus on stable swing trading. That is the true way to survive in 2025.