The 3 Skills That Will Make or Break You This Cycle (Part 1/5)

Let me say this loud and clear:

Most of you will not make it.

Not because you're lazy.
Not because you’re stupid.
But because you’re ignoring the truth.

This bull run?

It’s not a playground.
It’s a meat grinder.
And the ones who survive, the ones who come out rich, retired, and respected, they’ve mastered something you haven’t.

Three skills.

Not one. Not two.

Three deadly skills.

If you miss even one, you're done.

If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve already seen what happens to the tourists:

• They buy tops.

• They sell bottoms.

• They fall in love with coins that never come back.

• They size in too big.

• They get chopped up in leverage trying to chase a 5% move.

And every time, they say the same thing:

Of course you didn’t.
Because you’re not playing the same game the winners are playing.

This market isn’t about luck.
It’s about stacking advantages until the odds are completely in your favor.

So what are the 3 skills?

Let me lay it out for you clearly.

1. An Edge

You need a real reason to enter a trade.

Not vibes.
Not Twitter calls.
Not some random breakout line you drew in five seconds.

A real edge is a repeatable, data-backed, emotion-free setup that works over time.

It can be:

• Rotational patterns

• BTC dominance shifts

• ETH/BTC structure

• On-chain inflows

• Funding + open interest traps

Whatever it is, you need one.

If you’re entering trades without a clearly defined edge, you’re not trading.
You’re gambling.

2. Risk Management

This one’s not sexy.
But it’s the reason 99% blow up.

Everyone’s a genius in a green market.
But the ones who last? They cut losers fast and protect capital like it’s oxygen.

Your edge is worthless without proper risk.

No stop loss?
Oversized entry?
Too many positions at once?

You're cooked.

Every graveyard in this game is filled with guys who refused to take a 10% loss and ended up holding a -90% bag.

3. Patience + Discipline

This is where most of you fail.

You enter early.
Exit too soon.
Chase pumps.
Get shaken out of good trades because Twitter made you doubt yourself.

You need iron conviction and steel patience.

Let your edge play out.
Don’t second-guess yourself because some influencer called for a crash.

The market isn’t here to make you rich.
It’s here to test if you deserve it.

Only the killers survive.
Only the ones with all 3 skills make it out with millions.

If you have one? You’ll lose.
Two? You’ll come close, but miss the life-changing gains.
Three?

Now you’re dangerous.

This week, I’m breaking it all down.

One skill per day.

No fluff. No theory.
Just raw, real lessons from someone who’s survived multiple cycles.

Tomorrow: I’ll show you how to find your edge, and why most people trade off narratives instead of data.

It’ll punch you in the face. But it’ll save your account.

You can sit back and “learn the hard way.”

Or you can start building real conviction right now, the same way our Discord members do every day.

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Stop trading like retail.
Start moving like a killer.

Let’s turn this bull run into your exit plan.

Victor