Rekt: The term that defines the suffering of the crypto trader

In the crypto world, when someone says they’re “Rekt,” it basically means their account is wrecked. It comes from “wrecked” (destroyed) and it’s how the community says: “bro, you really messed up in the market.”

It’s not just any loss; we’re talking about significant drops due to bad trading decisions or because the market just hit you with an unexpected blow. Liquidation, financial ruin, margin call… it’s all the same.

The interesting thing is that crypto folks use it almost with dark humor. It’s like a meme shared among traders who know that in this volatile and unpredictable market, we’ve all been (or will be) rekt at some point. It’s shared more as battle empathy than as an insult.

Moral of the story: Rekt is the natural state of the ambitious trader who doesn’t set a stop loss.