On the day I moved into the riverside apartment, the moving master stared at the box of yellowed brown paper notebooks on my bookshelf and couldn't help but click his tongue.

Twenty-three notebooks, ten years of records, from 2017 to 2025, completely outline my cryptocurrency trading trajectory.

Assets grew from five figures to eight figures, with no get-rich-quick myth, relying solely on three 'down-to-earth' methods. They are simple and clumsy, yet like an old ox plowing the fields, they turned the tumult of the crypto world into bountiful harvests underfoot.

First rule: Vegetable market rule

When I first entered the crypto world, the candlestick charts made my head spin. Until one day at the vegetable market, I saw an elderly lady picking potatoes: not grabbing the flashy new goods, but specifically choosing the muddy yet heavy 'unsold items.'

I suddenly had an epiphany.

Mainstream coins are seasonal fresh vegetables, bustling with activity; while those potentially promising niche altcoins are like forgotten 'good goods.'

In the deep bear market of 2018, platform tokens were scorned. However, I noticed that the user base of a certain exchange surged against the trend. I gritted my teeth and took out half a year's salary to buy in batches.

Two years later, an 18-fold increase uncovered my first pot of gold in life.

Second rule: Trading 'medical records'

In 2019, I faced three consecutive liquidations. After deep reflection, I began documenting each trade: reasons for buying, stop-loss points, ** even the heartbeat index during late-night monitoring...

Data doesn't lie: the table clearly shows that I always impulsively chase highs at two o'clock in the morning - that's not a market signal, it's the anxiety that's out of control.

From then on, I established a strict rule: daily operations only at 9 a.m. when I'm sober. At all other times, trading software is completely shut down.

This 'anti-human' strategy helped me avoid 70% of impulse traps. At the peak of the bull market in 2021, strict profit-taking discipline allowed me to earn four million more than my friends.

Third rule: Set up a tent on the road to the wind's peak

In the winter of 2022, I wrote in my notebook: 'When the wind rises, first stand at the intersection it must pass.'

When blockchain traceability technology quietly entered agricultural policy planning, I sensed the trend. Eight months in advance, I quietly entered two related projects.

The account is as stagnant as dead water, with fluctuations not exceeding 5%.

Until the spring farming policy was implemented the following year, one of the projects ** erupted with an 11-fold increase within three months.

Others praise my precise timing, little do they know, I just set up my tent in the direction of the coming wind.

Last month while organizing my notes, I flipped to a page with a naive question:

"2017: Can trading cryptocurrencies really buy a house?"

Now, the green vine on the balcony has drooped towards the river, and the answer is self-evident.

Those habits that were once ridiculed as 'too conservative' -

Do not touch contract leverage, do not buy projects I don't understand, always keep 30% cash -

It has become my amulet to traverse five cycles of bull and bear markets.

The crypto world is ultimately not a casino.

The real winners are not necessarily the fastest hunters, but the most stable and determined cultivators.