**From $1,000 to Six Figures: My 5-Year Journey**
I started with just **$1,000**. Five years later, I hit **mid-six figures**.
My apprentice went from **$5K to $10K in 90 days** using these exact rules.
When **every dollar counts**, here’s what **actually works**:
### **1. The 5-Part Money Rule**
- Split 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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