The market has plummeted, but you still have a chance to win it back

Original | Odaily Planet Daily Asher

Today, the overall cryptocurrency market is in a slump, with mainstream coins continuing to weaken in price, as if the entire crypto world has fallen into a winter. Bitcoin has dropped nearly 20% from its high, Ethereum has fallen nearly 30%, and mainstream assets like SOL and BNB have also not been spared, with the overall trend remaining weak.

Meanwhile, the altcoin sector is even more brutal, with a large number of recent TGE tokens halving in just a few days, and trading volume and liquidity declining simultaneously. The heat of the on-chain Meme sector has also rapidly receded, with funding sentiment cooling sharply. The once hotly discussed Chinese Meme sector has generally plummeted by 30% to 50% today, and the once boisterous market sentiment has returned to silence.

Whether you are a seasoned player who has experienced multiple bull and bear markets or a new player who has just entered the field, such a market situation can catch anyone off guard. This round of market adjustment is not an "accident" for a few, but a collective pain experienced by the entire crypto world.

The following five points may help you regain your footing in the fog.

1. Don’t rush to bottom-fish; take a moment to care for yourself

When the market crashes, what is most scarce is not opportunity, but calmness. Many people instinctively want to "bottom-fish" under the stimulus of continuous declines, hoping to quickly make up for losses. However, this impulse often marks the beginning of further losses.

At this stage, the most important thing is not "action," but "pause." First, turn off those constantly fluctuating candlestick charts, temporarily leave social media, and allow your nervous system to detach from panic. Give yourself a few days to do some simple things—have a warm meal, get a good night's sleep, exercise for half an hour.

You don’t need to make decisions in chaos; the real turning point will never be missed just because you took a two-day break. On the contrary, when you calm down, you can see which prices are bait and which are truly opportunities.

No matter how bad the market is, don’t rush to bottom-fish. First, adjust yourself, and then you will have the energy to welcome the next cycle.

2. Accept the reality of losses and calmly review mistakes

Losses are not a shame; they are a "rite of passage" that every investor must go through. What matters is not how much you lost, but whether you can learn something from it.

Once your emotions stabilize, take out a pen and paper and review your decisions during this period one by one. Ask yourself: Did I have too heavy a position? Did I blindly increase my position without a plan? Did I impulsively enter the market because I trusted others' information? Only by concretizing the problems and writing them down can you truly understand how you made those decisions. The purpose of reviewing is not to blame yourself, but to establish a system of "self-awareness." The market will not remember how many times you were wrong, but it will certainly reward those who can continuously correct themselves.

The pain brought by losses is the price of growth. If you can reflect, record, and correct mistakes from it, that itself means you are already on the road to recovery.

3. Rebuild your life first, then rebuild your account

During periods of severe market fluctuations, many people focus all their attention on price charts, neglecting the basic order of life. In fact, emotional stability often comes from a controllable life.

If you have recently been staying up late to watch the market, eating irregularly, and feeling anxious about the future, then please temporarily shift your focus from the "market" back to "yourself." Try to establish a new daily routine, waking up regularly, eating on time, and maintaining a certain amount of exercise. Let life return to a rhythm, and you will find that anxiety will naturally decrease, and your judgment will become clearer.

Often, the first step to "repairing your account" is not the next trade, but whether you can first repair yourself. Only when life is stable can the mind be stable; and only when the mind is stable can the numbers in the account possibly grow again.

4. Focus on things you can control

You cannot predict the next step of the market, but you can completely control your learning and preparation.

Try to understand the underlying logic of the market, rather than just chasing price fluctuations. Learn more about on-chain analysis tools (such as Nansen, DeBank, Arkham), observe fund flows, whale behaviors, and ecological hotspots. Read the white papers of high-funding projects, understand team backgrounds, and study real usage data, rather than relying on the emotional fluctuations of social media.

Additionally, you can establish your own research system, such as reviewing once a week and recording the logic behind each decision. Over time, you will find that your understanding of the market no longer relies on external factors but has built your own judgment. The most important ability in investing is not prediction, but cognition. Only by continuously expanding your cognitive boundaries can you find certainty in volatility.

5. Don’t rush to win back losses; patiently wait for the next cycle

The most common mistake after a loss is "revenge trading"—eager to make back losses, frequent trading, and blindly increasing leverage.

But the market never rewards anxious people. Truly smart investors know to let the bullets fly for a while. The market always has cycles; after a sharp decline, there will eventually be a recovery, and those who can "hold on" during the trough are often the ones who can laugh last in the future.

At this time, what you need to do is not to win back losses, but to stabilize. Stabilize your emotions, stabilize your cash flow, stabilize your execution. You can take on a side job or part-time work to temporarily divert your attention from the market, which also brings more security to your life. Once your economic foundation is solid, when you return to face the market, you will find that calmness and rationality are your most valuable assets.

Conclusion: If you are still holding on, you are already ahead

If you can read this far, it shows that you have not chosen to escape but have chosen to face the ups and downs. Compared to those who have completely exited the market, you are already braver and more mature. Because true growth is never a smooth journey, but choosing not to give up amidst chaos.

The market's downward cycle will eventually pass. Although the trough is long, it can best temper a person's patience and thinking. Those moments that make you anxious, those sleepless nights, will ultimately settle into valuable experiences.

Please slow down and take care of yourself. Adjust your pace, breathe anew, and set out again. Future opportunities will always arrive quietly, and when that moment comes, you will greet your own new wave with a steadier mindset, clearer judgment, and deeper cognition.