Survival Rules of Trading: From Margin Call Crisis to Stable Profit in Practical Review
Core Understanding: The market survival rate is only 10%, your primary goal is to become a survivor
I once experienced a series of margin calls, with only 3000U left in my account, losing over 100,000 dollars. But it was this collapse that allowed me to reconstruct my trading system, ultimately achieving a capital recovery from 3000U to 50,000U. The following are the hard-earned survival strategies:
Three Major Survival Rules
1. Focus on familiar assets, abandon excessive fantasies
Only trade highly liquid assets (such as ETH/BTC), refuse the temptation of “hundredfold new coins”
Deeply study key levels: accumulate market sense through historical data, accurately predict spike positions (such as common liquidation areas for ETH at 2220/2350)
2. Counter-trading discipline: refuse emotional chasing
Plan positions in advance: only execute trades in the accumulation range (such as panic selling, liquidity gaps)
Example: Last week when ETH plummeted to 2220, I countered the spike and set a hard stop loss, avoiding subsequent sell-offs
3. Capital protection > desire for profit
Mindset transformation: shift from “gambling trading” to “fund management game”
3000U compound interest principle: single risk ≤ 2%, use time to exchange for space rather than going all-in for a comeback
Key advice for current losers
Immediately stop ineffective trading: if you lose 3 consecutive trades, force yourself to rest for 24 hours
Reset position formula: margin ratio ≤ 5% of the account, leverage ≤ 3 times
Establish a trading journal: record the decision-making logic for each trade, rather than just focusing on profits and losses
Remember: there are always opportunities in the market, but only survivors can seize them.
“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”
(Stability means efficiency)