The real secret to making money in the crypto market is terrifyingly simple—they only trade three types of market conditions, and the rest of the time? They just sit back and do nothing.

It wasn't until my own account profits crossed the 8-figure mark that I truly realized: frequent trading doesn’t mean you’re a better trader; the key is to wait for the right setup before making a move.

Now my trading logic boils down to three rules, and I treat any market I don’t understand as if it doesn’t exist:

**First: Wait for a pullback after a strong breakout**
When a major trend has formed and there’s been a pump, a pullback is inevitable. The key is that the structure remains intact. Wait for a confirmation signal before entering—the risk drops immediately. Many people fail here—they chase after a pump and end up buying halfway up the hill.

**Second: Fake breakdown and rebound at the lower edge of a sideways range**
Note, I’m not talking about blindly bottom-fishing or catching falling knives. Wait for the price to drop and then rebound, and only act once you see clear support. Missing one opportunity isn’t a big deal, but buying the wrong one can be painful.

**Third: Shakeout acceleration within an uptrend**
As long as the support holds and market sentiment hasn’t collapsed, once the shakeout ends and the price breaks out again, the trade becomes easy—you can add to winning positions as it rises, and if things look off, cut losses immediately. Stay flexible.

To put it simply, trading skill doesn’t come from making tons of trades. If you don’t understand the setup, stay in cash. If you’re not confident, just watch. Mastering and perfecting a few setups you’re good at is more effective than anything else.

If you want to learn more about how to apply these three setups in practice and how to build a high win-rate trading system, I can share more in the future… or, of course, you can figure it out yourself in the market.