From rugs to small wins, rolling into Phase 19

Meme trading always feels like I’m signing up for pain with a side of chaos. Phase 17 was my wake-up call, $PUMP looked like it was about to rocket, only to rug faster than I could react. $TROLL lived up to its name, giving me whiplash with every fake pump, while $CARDS quietly became the only coin that actually held its ground. It didn’t make me rich, but it kept me alive when everything else was nuking.

Phase 18 didn’t exactly calm down either. $SPARK came in hot, flipping charts into horror-movie jump scares, and $KOGE once again baited me into entries that looked perfect until they weren’t. Somehow, $CARDS still held its role as the “safe” bag, and even though most of my screenshots looked cursed, I ended the round with 10 BGB (about $50). Not a moonshot, but enough to prove survival mode pays off if you keep grinding.

Now Phase 19 adds $XCX and $WOD to the mix, alongside $PUMP, $KOGE, and $CARDS. At this point, I’ve stopped chasing that one magical 100x. Instead, I’m treating it like an XP grind, rotate through the lineup, test setups, and focus on stacking small wins rather than betting the farm on one coin. The Onchain Challenge on Bitget has been my way of staying disciplined. Even when I lose on a trade, the structure makes it feel like part of a bigger progression rather than just another L.

Curious how everyone else is handling this. Are you still going full degen for moonshots, or have you switched into survival and strategy mode like me?