How did you start trading in bitcoin?
I started trading with $5k, where I normally purchase when the price of bitcoin is low from the market and hold until the price increase to my satisfaction before I can release them for sale. I was not in competition with any trader in the market, than to focus With the result I got from my personal research which is still keeping me going as a good trader.
I don't rush to sell when others are rushing to sell because the price of bitcoin just increased.
You are doing the right thing, people should not be in race with other traders, specially newbies who see that people make a ton of profit, they tend to try to make a lot of profit as well but they fail, because reality is that you can't really make a huge sum of money from trading just because others did, obviously others could make a lot more money than you and you should not try to reach them.
The way to trade is to get in with a good set of mind and if you can find a good place to buy something you should buy and when it goes up too much and you think you should sell then sell it, if you do this without caring about anyone else, you could make a decent amount of profit. Unfortunately newbies see 5x profits made by others and they think they should make that kind of profit as well and they fail, because you are never going to make the same amount of profit as someone who got in earlier.