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You Will Lose Everything If You Don’t Understand This

The story becomes your excuse to panic.

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Digital Vault
June 23, 2025

I’ve said this a thousand times.
But clearly most people still don’t get it.

So let me say it again — slowly:

If you get bullish and buy every time the market pumps,
And get scared and sell every time the market dumps…
You will lose all your money.

Not some.
Not a bit.

All of it.

Let’s break this down.

Every single dip comes with fear.
And that fear always comes with a narrative.

This time?

Israel vs. Iran.

Next time?

Recession.
Inflation.
US election.
War.
Oil.
Bond yields.
Etc.

It doesn’t matter what it is.
What matters is this:

The story becomes your excuse to panic.

Here’s how the retail script plays out — every. damn. time.

Prices dip.

The news says something scary.
You tell yourself:

“War is bad. Prices are dropping.
War will continue.
Prices will drop more.
Everyone is scared.
So I should be scared.
I’m gonna sell before it gets worse.”

And then?

The market reverses.

Because the fear was already priced in.
The selling already happened.
You just sold into the bottom — again.

Then the cycle flips.

Prices start pumping.

Your feed is full of green candles.
CT is euphoric.
Everyone is posting gains.

You tell yourself:

“That project must be good.
Market must be back.
Everyone is bullish.
I need to get back in.
I can’t miss this.”

And you buy the top of the pump.

Again.

It never changes.

The tokens change.
The narratives change.
But the emotional trap?

Identical every cycle.

Here’s the cold, hard truth:

The best buys will feel terrible.

They will be surrounded by fear.
They will feel unsafe.
They will make you hesitate.

Why?

Because lower prices always come with fear.

And you need lower prices to buy dips.

So if you want to feel “safe” while buying?

You’ll only buy tops.
And you’ll only lose money.

That’s it.

So how do you win?

You learn to flip the script.

Fear is no longer a sell signal.
It becomes a buy signal.

You stop letting emotion lead your execution.

You detach from narratives.
You stop responding to Twitter sentiment.
You stop asking how you feel.

And instead?

You build a plan.
You know your ranges.
You execute like a machine.

I teach this to my 9-5 Traders daily.
Because if you don’t get control over your fear and greed,
You will get harvested by someone who has.

The market is designed to extract from the emotional.

And reward the rational.

Don’t be the product.
Be the predator.

— Victor

P.S.
You don’t need to be a genius to make it in this game.

But if you’re still getting pushed and pulled by every tweet, every pump, every dump?

You’re not a trader.

You’re a target.

Fix that.