Traders share their plans for the ‘tornado’ to come

With as much as 130 million people introduced to cryptocurrencies since the end of 2021, millions of investors could soon be looking at their first crypto bull run, with some suggesting it could come as early as 2024.

However, unlike the current bear market, a bull market is “unlike anything else you’ve ever experienced” according to Ben Simpson, founder of education platform Collective Shift.

“It’s complete and utter chaos. It’s just a tornado.”

In August, Cointelegraph spoke to hedge fund managers, heads of research at digital asset companies, and other crypto traders to understand how they’re preparing for the upcoming bull market and some of the learnings they could pass onto newcomers.

Get in, get out

Simpson said one of the biggest mistakes that new crypto traders make is holding onto their crypto bags too long — most often caused by getting caught up in the euphoria that they could make more.

“My first cycle, I didn’t have a plan. I rode it up and rode it all the way down back in 2017.”

Instead, Simpson said it could be helpful for investors and traders to write down a clear investment goal and understand what assets are in their portfolios — with a hard-set sell price for each one.

Setting hard market exits may reduce the possibility of losing on an investment as “once the music stops in a bull market it stops really quickly,” said Simpson.

There are literally tumbleweeds rolling across Crypto right now.

No Engagement
No Price movements
No interest
No investments

I suspect a big move is coming soon.

Prepare accordingly.

— Ben Simpson (@bensimpsonau) August 16, 2023

On the same note, CoinShares head of research James Butterfill told Cointelegraph that dollar-cost averaging — periodic small asset purchases or holdings sales — could mitigate the volatility of cryptocurrencies, whether it’s a bull or bear market. 

“Implementing dollar-cost averaging can help lower the average purchase cost and diminish the influence of volatility on one’s portfolio,” Butterfill said.

Avoid memecoins

CK Zheng, co-founder and CIO of hedge fund manager ZX Squared Capital recommends investors to look into the more well-established and recognized cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).

Butterfill argued Bitcoin behaves similarly to other alternative assets and has “remarkable diversification benefits, surpassing assets like gold, commodities or real estate.”

Bitcoin vs “top altcoins” from 2013.

Bitcoin the honey badger. $BTC