My Profit (or Loss) Trading Crypto – 2022 to 2025

I’ve been involved in crypto trading and investing since 2022, and honestly, the journey hasn’t been pretty, at least not at the beginning.
I came into crypto like a lot of people: excitement, big expectations, and way too much confidence for someone who didn’t really understand the market yet. I thought watching price charts for a few weeks and reading Twitter was “research.” Spoiler: it wasn’t.
2022–2024: Learning the Hard Way
2022 was mostly random trades, FOMO entries, panic selling, and holding bags longer than I should’ve. I didn’t track things properly, but I knew I wasn’t doing great.
2023 was when the losses became very real. I finished that year down around $12,000.
Some examples:
Bought SOL at ~$38, sold at $24 out of fear
Bought APE at ~$5.20, watched it bleed, sold around $2.90
Overtraded futures without proper risk management (huge mistake)
2024 somehow managed to be even worse. I ended the year down another $15,000.
This was mostly because:
I kept chasing pumps
I didn’t stick to stop losses
I traded emotionally instead of logically
At that point, I seriously questioned if crypto just “wasn’t for me.”
2025: The Turning Point
2025 is the first year I actually became profitable, and the difference wasn’t luck — it was education and discipline.
At the start of 2025, I made a decision: either I take this seriously, or I stop completely.
I started actually studying crypto:
Watching podcasts almost daily
YouTube videos focused on market structure, risk management, and psychology
Reading articles and researching projects before investing
Journaling my trades (wins and losses)
From March 2025, I also subscribed to Salvatore Crypto Signals. The signals themselves were solid, but honestly, the biggest value for me was education. I used their 24/7 customer support constantly asking about setups, why a trade worked or failed, how to manage risk, and even basic crypto questions.
It genuinely felt like having a private crypto mentor, and that changed everything.
Some 2025 Trades That Made the Difference
Here are a few actual examples:
Bought BTC at ~$41,800, sold at $53,200
Bought ETH at ~$2,250, sold at $3,450
Bought SOL at ~$62, sold at $118
Smaller alt trades with strict stop losses instead of “hoping”
I stopped trying to get rich overnight and focused on consistency. I risked less per trade, stopped revenge trading, and accepted losses quickly instead of letting them destroy my account.
The Result
By the end of 2025, I finished up $26,000.
After being down for three years straight, that number meant more to me mentally than financially. It proved that I wasn’t just gambling anymore, I was actually trading.