Ben Simpson (speaker) explains his crypto investment approach, attributing sustained high returns to disciplined risk management, portfolio allocation, timing within market cycles, and active profit-taking. He cites specific performance figures (56% annualized over three years; ~2,700% over seven years), contrasts small ‘hype’ trades with large-capital, position-sized investing, and gives examples such as rotating multiple altcoins into Hyper Liquid (which he reports up ~125% since February) while the altcoin average is down ~21%.
Questions this video answers
56% per year
About 2,700% over seven years
About 15 altcoins a year ago; now about six
Up ~125% since February
Altcoin average is down ~21% since February
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I've averaged 56% returns every single year in crypto over the last three years. I'm up about 2,700% over the last seven years of being in crypto. Completely transparent, every single trade that we share. Why is that the case? Well, first of all, some people might think, well, that's not very good, Ben. The reality is, in crypto, you need to not only build your assets, buying and making money is easy. It's selling and protecting your crypto, which is the hardest thing. You can make crazy trade. You can make thousand percent returns, but unless you sell, unless you grow your entire portfolio, you're losing. All right? So many people share these big wins, these massive 10x returns, but guess what? They put like a thousand dollars in there. They're not making any substantial returns. The reason I've been able to make wealth in crypto is by looking at risk and reward. It's growing your portfolio through the altcoins that we've been looking at and growing based on where we are in the cycle. But then you need to sell down and take profits, all right? You also need to sell your losers, all right? And you need to go in with size. I made 56% compounding returns based on huge amounts of capital. Right? Not just little, you know, fiddly dollars. All right? To do that, you need to be doing it in a way where you're managing your portfolio allocation. You're taking profits at the right time. In the last bear market, I only held Bitcoin and ETH. Alright, a year ago, I had like 15 altcoins, now I have six. It's changing and updating based on the times. This cycle is playing out very differently. Hyper Liquid is a perfect example. I sold five or six or seven different altcoins back in February and rotated them all into Hyper Liquid. Since February, since I shared with our clients, up 125% since February. While the others, which is the altcoin average return is down 21%. On average, altcoins are down 21%. Hopefully that's, that's getting your head, all right? Hyper Liquid is one example. It's up 120%. One of many, many, many altcoins we've been able to invest and get into based on getting access before everyone else. Hyper Liquid just got access to Robinhood while everyone is now buying. You're already too late, all right? You need to be accessing the tokens before everyone else. And that's where we made the most of our returns. That's what we teach with our clients. And that is why the click shift way is the advantage.
