Hello, crypto family! Let's be honest — we all enter the market with the dream of getting rich. But why do 90% of newcomers lose their deposit on longs, while experienced traders often short? Let's break down the hard truth. 👇
🔥 THE TRUTH THEY HIDE FROM YOU
Long is a story about "I believe and wait."
Short is mathematics, psychology, and speed.
I’ll let you in on a secret: most choose short not because it’s easier, but because it’s faster and more predictable. You need to guess the rise, but you can calculate the fall.
📈📉 TWO REALITIES:
1. Long-investor:
· Looks for the "next Bitcoin" among a thousand shitcoins.
· Holds position for months, pays funding.
· Sees -50%, believes in "just a correction".
· Result: in six months +20% (if lucky).
2. Short-trader:
· Looks at the green coin at the top of the rise.
· Waits for overheating, enters short.
· Takes a 20-30% pullback in a few hours.
· Result: +15-25% per day.
💀 WHY LONG IS PAIN:
· Funding: you pay for waiting. 0.01% every 8 hours = 9% per month! Your deposit shrinks even without price movement.
· Stop-hunting: exchanges know where your stops are. Before the rise, they will trigger them to take your liquidity.
· Time: while you wait for x10, you can make 20 short entries with a risk of 1:3.
🚀 AND NOW ABOUT SHORT:
Yes, short seems scary: "What if the price skyrockets?"
But!
· Falls in crypto are always sharper and faster than rises.
· You see overheating on the chart — this is a technical signal, not a guess.
· You can set a take-profit at the support level and not sit for days.
💎 BALANCE OR FANATICISM?
I’m not saying "short everything". I’m saying — THINK.
· Long is for fundamentally strong assets over a long distance.
· Short is for quick money on impulses and overheating.
I use both methods myself:
➜ Short — intra-day on memecoins and anomalous candles.
➜ Long — only after halvings, on strong fundamental reversals.
❗THE MAIN QUESTION:
Are you ready to pay funding and wait for months when you can catch falling waves every day?
Write in the comments:
1. What have you earned more on — longs or shorts?
2. What’s the biggest mistake in long/short?
3. What asset is currently in your portfolio and why?
I’m waiting for your stories — both winning and painful! 👇
Don’t forget about risk management. Without it, both long and short are a game of roulette.
