In the process of trying to be a future whales you could lost everything,trust me this got me no where and I realized that I've lost tons of money because I was never contented, be smart and always take advantage of any project that brings you profit, do not stare at your wallet and say 'im gonna be rich in 3 years later' this is 1% out of 100% chance that it's ever going to happen, remember, been rich isn't the most important part of our lives but living a good life is.
I do try to take profit but it is not easy either because you never know how long a new project will take to break even and then grow higher for some decent profit also there is no scale or percentage increase one can expect as some coins will simply moon with multifold gains while some will only be able to post a 10% gain and then back down.