Flipping through my year-end trading records and looking at that dense stack of buy and sell orders, I suddenly realized something: after a whole year of hard work, my returns actually underperformed BTC spot.

This year, I chased the rune hype and bet on all sorts of new BTC ecosystem trends, thinking I was catching every wave at the right time. But in the end? I paid plenty in fees, exhausted my time and energy, yet my account balance barely grew. Looking back carefully, I found that at least 30% of my trades were pure FOMO and panic selling, just following the market's mood.

Where did I go wrong? I thought about it for a long time.

The BTC ecosystem is evolving way too fast now—one day there's a new Layer 2 network, the next day everyone's hyping the data availability narrative, and the day after that, fraud-proof-based solutions become the new hot topic. By the time you figure out one concept, the market has already shifted to the next trend. It's impossible for an individual to keep up with this level of information density.

Eventually, I came to a realization: most people (myself included) don't need to be smarter than the market; it's enough just to keep up with the market's rhythm.

That's why I started paying attention to index-based allocation strategies. The logic is simple—you don't bet on a single asset. Instead, you use algorithms to automatically rebalance, so your holdings always cover the most active assets in the BTC ecosystem. No emotional swings, no human error—just like a robot fund manager executing strict discipline.

For most retail investors, rather than spending time watching the charts and studying a bunch of technical docs you can't understand, it's better to accept your own limitations and focus your energy on things that are truly worthwhile. The market rewards those who know how to leverage tools, not those who flail around blindly.