Looking at the crypto market, many people fall into a strange cycle—chasing hot topics, watching prices, following emotions. For example, in major sectors like SOL, countless people jump in and out; the ones who actually make money are the minority. Why? Because most people are playing the same game: shallow consensus-driven speculation.



But fundamentally, investing is an information war. Those who grasp deep information can see through the market—researching tokenomics, team execution, on-chain activity data, and real-world application deployment. These dimensions are often overlooked by price chasers, yet they become the golden keys to making money. When shallow emotions diverge from deep facts, a window of opportunity opens.

How to operate practically? Instead of switching tokens every week, it’s better to focus intensely on 1-2 sectors. Taking the SOL ecosystem as an example, deeply understand its technical upgrade roadmap and the logic behind ecosystem project development. Even if you’re temporarily trapped in a short-term dip, you can distinguish whether it’s a temporary adjustment or a real problem. Strict stop-loss is important, but combined with deep understanding, it helps maintain rationality in a volatile market.

That said, cognitive advantage isn’t万能. The crypto market relies heavily on macro liquidity and narrative-driven factors. Sometimes, market irrationality can short-term drown out any fundamental advantages. So the final point is crucial: deep understanding is a necessary condition, not a sufficient one. Position management, cycle judgment, and risk control are indispensable.

Ultimately, investing is about paying for your own cognition.
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ContractBugHuntervip
· 01-09 13:17
Deep understanding can indeed help avoid pitfalls, but when faced with liquidity collapse, you still have to run.
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SoliditySurvivorvip
· 01-09 04:22
Well said, but I think most people simply can't "stick to it" and start doubting life before the cycle ends. I was caught in that wave of SOL, and only later did I realize that the key difference between adjustment and collapse isn't in the price. The advantage of cognition sounds impressive, but once you talk about "macro liquidity," all fundamentals become虚的. People who change their coins weekly aren't stupid, they just have a strong gambling instinct, just like me. Position management is indeed underestimated by many; I've seen people blow up even after thorough research because they were fully leveraged.
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SatoshiNotNakamotovip
· 01-09 03:58
Basically, most people are gambling, while a few are doing their homework. --- Deep understanding is indeed important, but when the market is irrational, everything is useless. Well said. --- Sticking to a track sounds simple, but how many can really persist? Most people still can't resist FOMO. --- Information warfare... Laughs, the information here has long been dug clean by big players. --- Position management is the easiest to overlook; as a result, you only regret it after losing money. --- So the core is: cognition + stop-loss + not being greedy. Only by combining these strategies can there be a way out.
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MetaEggplantvip
· 01-09 03:57
Well said, but too many people are still stuck at a superficial level. In-depth research can really help you see clearly, but honestly, when macro liquidity comes, everything else is useless. Cognition is useful but not万能, this point hit the mark.
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ChainProspectorvip
· 01-09 03:55
Well said, but I think most people simply don't have the time to research that deeply; it still comes down to luck.
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MetaverseVagabondvip
· 01-09 03:51
It sounds good, but it still depends on whether the macro liquidity can handle this.
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Gm_Gn_Merchantvip
· 01-09 03:48
Exactly right, it's a game of information asymmetry, most people are betting on the hype. In-depth research can really save your life. I was previously trapped for three months because I didn't understand a certain ecosystem's token model. Sticking to one or two tracks is indeed better than switching randomly, but only if you truly understand them. The problem is most people don't have the patience to study those boring on-chain data, they just want to follow the trend and quickly buy and sell, so they deserve to lose. Position management > everything, this is the most easily overlooked. This cycle, it seems that liquidity narratives are more popular than fundamentals. Wake up, everyone.
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AirdropBuffetvip
· 01-09 03:33
That's right, shallow consensus is indeed a big pitfall, but the real challenge is persistence. After following SOL for so long, I now realize it's not just about looking at the price. Position management is a well-known topic, but some still go all-in and gamble. Cognitive advantage is indeed not foolproof; in the face of macro liquidity, everyone has to bow their heads.
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