I don’t trade with leverage.
Not ×2.
Not ×5.
Not even “just a little ×10 because there’s a pump.”
Leverage is like a double espresso at midnight:
first, you feel like the king of the market,
then your hands start shaking,
and finally, you become the king… of the liquidation queue.
I chose a different path — counter-trend mean reversion
Simply put:
When everyone is panicking and screaming “crypto is dead, sell your kidneys,”
I open my calculator and check:
“How far below the 128-day moving average are we? Oh, interesting…”
When everyone is posting “to the moon 🚀” and buying on the last green candle —
I sell off.
No drama.
No PnL selfies.
Just cold math.
Mean reversion works pretty well during short-term corrections,
but when the market enters a full bear phase,
you have to settle into a long HODL —
like a bear going into its den for winter. 🐻❄️
The scariest thing in a bear market? Not the drawdowns.
Most people think the worst is -70%, FUD on Twitter, or red charts.
Nope.
The worst is boredom.
One day the system says:
“Enough. Cheap already bought. Now just sit.”
And you sit.
A month.
Two.
Sometimes six months, a year, or even two — depending on how it goes.
You’re in HODL mode.
No memes.
No motivational quotes.
Just you, charts, and silence.
The least interesting part of trading.
No:
daily profit screenshots“closed +300% this week”adrenaline from a 4 AM margin call
But also no:
cold sweat from a -15% gap downchecking your account every 7 minutesthoughts like: “maybe I should sell the car or take out a loan?”
Adrenaline vs. patience
Leverage — it’s a rollercoaster.
Screaming. Wind in your hair.
Then a sharp turn — and you’re already pantsless.
Mean reversion — it’s fishing on a calm lake.
An hour — nothing.
Two hours — nothing.
Then suddenly, a bite.
And you calmly reel it in.
Most people can’t handle this silence.
They want to “be in the game.”
I’ve learned to love the boredom.
Because boredom means you’re not losing.
The market punishes greed and fear itself.
And you just wait for it to swing back the other way.
Yes, sometimes it’s deadly boring.
But you know what?
You wake up, check the charts,
and realize: no liquidations, no panic — just you and your patience. 😎📉→📈
#MeanReversion #HODLStrategy