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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