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Two things I’ve learnt from trading $1.4 million over the past year. #crypto

Name: Two things I’ve learnt from trading $1.4 million over the past year. #crypto
Uploaded: 2025-09-12T11:04:19+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Ben Simpson
Description: Ben Simpson (speaker) says he traded over $1.4 million in his crypto wallet during the past 12 months and offers two core lessons: (1) "don’t rely on…

12 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Ben Simpson (speaker) says he traded over $1.4 million in his crypto wallet during the past 12 months and offers two core lessons: (1) "don’t rely on meme/very low market-cap coins" because 500x gains are effectively improbable for most investors today, and (2) "take profits / have an exit strategy" — without an exit plan you risk giving back gains (he references "round trip my first cycle nine years ago"). The video is a brief, practical advisory aimed at crypto traders.

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Over $1.4 million.

Over the last 12 months.

Nine years ago.

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I traded over $1.4 million in my crypto wallet in this portfolio over the last 12 months and these are the two things you need to know. Number one is that you don't get wealthy from buying meme coins and trying to hope that's 500x it is not possible anymore. You can do it if you're right in the trenches and you're getting into very very short locat market cap projects. But it is very hard to do. Number two is you need to take profits I round trip my first cycle nine years ago. If you don't have an exit strategy, you cannot grow a large portfolio because you give it all back. Get an exit strategy. Don't gamble on low cap coins. Grow your wealth and make some money.