From $1,000 to Six Figures: It Took me 5 years
I started with just $1,000. Five years later, I'm in the mid-six figures.
My apprentice went from $5K to $10K in 90 days using these exact rules.
Here's what works when every dollar counts:
1. The 5-Part Money Rule
Split your capital into 5 equal parts
Only risk 1 part per trade
Stop-loss at 10% = just 2% portfolio risk
Even 5 losing trades only cost you 10% total
But winners? Let them run 20%+
This is how you survive 100 trades—not just 5.
2. Trade With the Tide (Not Against It)
Downtrend? Bounces are traps—don't catch knives
Uptrend? Dips are gifts—buy them
"The trend is your friend" isn’t a meme—it’s survival
3. Avoid the Pumped & Dumped
Coins that just spiked 50%+ in hours? They chill or drop for days after
Wait for the flush before considering entries
4. MACD: Your Timing Secret Weapon
Golden cross BELOW zero = potential rally starting
Death cross ABOVE zero = time to trim profits
Ignore this, and you’ll buy tops/sell bottoms
5. Volume Tells the Real Story
Breakout at lows + rising volume = strong buy signal
Price stalling + huge volume = smart money exiting
If volume disagrees with price, trust volume
6. Only Ride the Winners
Trade coins already in uptrends (not "it might go up")
Use these moving averages:
3-day = short-term momentum
30-day = swing trade trend
84-day = major bull/bear zones
120-day = long-term bias
7. The Golden Rule: Never Average Down
Adding to losers = fastest way to blow up
Only add to winning positions
"But it’s cheaper now!" is how bags are born
8. Weekly Trade Autopsies
Every Sunday: Review all trades (winning & losing)
Note what worked (do more)
Note what failed (stop doing)
This habit alone 10x’d my results
9. Discipline > Everything
Set take-profits (greed kills accounts)
Honor stop-losses (hope isn’t a strategy)
Emotional trading = donating to smarter traders
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