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You Want 100x Gains but Can’t Handle a 30% Loss?

Trying to do a 100x in crypto and being afraid to lose 30% is daft.

That’s like stepping into a boxing ring and thinking you won’t get hit.
Even worse—it’s like jumping in a pool and expecting to stay dry.

Do you get it now?

Losses aren’t something you avoid—they’re something you manage.

This is the Cost of Playing the Game

Look at the biggest winners in crypto history—every single one of them held through insane drawdowns before they made life-changing money.

🔴 Bitcoin crashed 93% in 2011.
🔴 Ethereum dropped 94% in 2018.
🔴 Solana lost 97% of its value in 2022.

Imagine panic-selling because of a 30% drop—then watching those same assets 100x over the next few years.

That’s what happens when you let short-term fear kill long-term vision.

You Can’t Have Massive Gains Without Massive Volatility

If you want safe investments, go buy bonds.

If you want life-changing wealth, you have to pay the price—and that price is volatility.

  • You don’t see the 10% dips. You see the long-term trend.

  • You don’t fear a 50% drop. You understand market cycles.

  • You don’t panic-sell. You have conviction in your plays.

Because at the end of the day, you have two choices:

1️⃣ Accept that drawdowns happen, manage your risk, and win big in the long run.
2️⃣ Let fear control you, sell early, and watch others make the money you were too scared to hold for.

Winners Know How to Manage Risk—Losers Let It Control Them

Let me be clear:

I’m not saying to hold bags blindly while they go to zero.
I’m not saying to ignore risk.
I’m not saying to YOLO everything into the market without a plan.

What I am saying is this:

👉 If you can’t handle the dips, you don’t deserve the pumps.
👉 If you can’t survive the pain, you won’t be around for the gains.
👉 If you can’t hold through uncertainty, you’ll never be part of the 1% who actually wins.

So How Do You Manage Losses?

🔹 Position size properly—Never put yourself in a position where a 30% drop wipes you out emotionally or financially.
🔹 Have conviction—If you don’t believe in an asset enough to hold through a pullback, why are you even in it?
🔹 Understand cycles—Markets go up and down. If you zoom out, you’ll see the bigger picture.
🔹 Keep liquidity ready—When everyone else panics, that’s when you want to be a buyer, not a seller.

The ones who get rich in this space aren’t the ones who never take losses.

They’re the ones who know how to handle them, manage them, and keep playing the game.

Final Question: Are You Built for This?

If you’re still scared of losses, ask yourself—are you really built for this game?

Because this isn’t a space for weak hands.

It’s for people who understand risk.
It’s for people who don’t get emotional over volatility.
It’s for people who are here to win, not just participate.

So, are you built for this? Or are you going to let fear run your trades?

🔥 Join the 9-5 Traders Community and play this game the right way.
No weak hands. No excuses. Just results.

—Victor