The hardest lesson in the crypto world: it's not about how much you can make, but when to stop $STO

In 2020, I had a friend who invested $5,000 and caught the bull market, turning it into $100k in half a year.
We all said, take some profits and cash out. He laughed: Why rush? I want to reach $500k.
Later, the market reversed. $100k became $30k, and $30k dropped to a few hundred. He stared at the screen without saying a word. Eventually, he never opened the trading app again.
I’ve also had my own failures $RED
My account once hit $600k, watching the profits soar, and I had that impulse — to go for a million. But after a pullback, it dropped straight back to $200k.
Those days, I was completely stunned, pushing through during the day, and at night, all I could think about was that candlestick.
That’s when I realized: in crypto, it’s not about how much you can earn, but how much you can take out.
Too many people get trapped in greed for “just a little more.” They think they’re making money, but they’re actually just waiting to lose it all. True experts never greedily go after the last piece of meat.
Later, I set a strict rule for myself: when my account doubles, withdraw 30%. When it triples, take out half. The money I earn must be cashed into my real account. It’s not about being timid — it’s about understanding. No matter how beautiful the numbers look, if you don’t withdraw, it’s all an illusion.
You ask me how much is enough to earn? There’s no standard answer. Because human nature is never satisfied. The difference is: some people cash out before reaching the peak, while others only wake up after falling all the way down.
The cruelty of crypto is this: those who survive until the end are not the ones who earn the most, but those who dare to stop at the halfway point.
The market is always there, opportunities are always there. But if your principal is gone, the game is over.
Now I only believe in one thing: if you can earn, you must also be able to hold on.