In the early morning of deep autumn 2020, I stared at the flashing MACD indicators on the screen, and the text message of my third liquidation hit me like a block of ice on my face. The cigarette butts in the ashtray piled up like a small mountain, and the instant coffee beside my computer had already been refilled for the fifth cup. My account balance looked worse than the dark circles under my eyes from sleepless nights—after adjusting countless indicator parameters over three years, all I got in return was the phrase 'liquidation.'
At the barbecue stall at the alley, the old hand wrote '343' on a greasy napkin when closing up. I scoffed at his pretentiousness, but when I saw that my daughter's milk powder can was half empty, I still held onto 200,000 in principal and tried my first trade: the moment I put 60,000 into BTC, the sweat in my palms soaked through the mouse pad.
The first supplementary purchase was two weeks later when BTC dropped 10%. I stared at that 80,000 in spare cash, remembering the old hand saying 'a drop is an opportunity,' and gritted my teeth to put in 20,000. The green numbers on the screen hurt my eyes, but my daughter ran over holding blocks: 'Daddy, when building a house for the bear, you have to stack one block at a time.'
In the chilly spring of 2021, on the day ETH stood firm at the 20-day moving average, I added the last 60,000. When the supplementary purchase notification rang, I was picking vegetables at the market with my wife, and she laughed, saying, 'You spend more time looking at the market than you do choosing vegetables.' That night, my account was finally in the green, exceeding 500,000. I stared at the screen and counted the zeros three times, suddenly remembering the old hand's words: 'Smart people always think about catching bottoms and escaping tops, but foolish people only stick to the rules.'
On the summer solstice of 2022, my daughter counted the zeros in the account balance and suddenly pointed at the Excel sheet divided into three columns, laughing: 'Daddy, your money is like cutting watermelon; three pieces for the bear, four pieces for the rabbit, and the last three pieces for mommy.' I looked out the window; the K-lines that used to keep me up at night can now be finished in ten minutes every day—60,000 when testing, 80,000 when supplementing, and 60,000 when adding, like three buttons tying ten years of panic into stability.
Now when I open the trading software, those complicated indicators have long been deleted. The desktop wallpaper is my daughter's drawing of 'slice the cookie,' with uneven scales of three, four, and three, yet clearer than any moving average. Hidden within the numbers from 200,000 to 50 million is not some secret to getting rich, but finally learning: in this crazy game of cryptocurrency, the simplest rule is precisely the most solid confidence.
The dumbest method in the crypto world helped me achieve 250 times return (I’m not exaggerating).
Don’t laugh; this is something I can brag about for a lifetime!
Four years ago, I was a typical 'technical enthusiast'—staring at K-lines at three in the morning, looking at MACD, RSI, and Bollinger Bands over and over, adjusting indicator parameters again and again, always thinking 'if I research it a bit more, I can make a sure profit.' What was the result? The account was like a roller coaster, liquidated three times, the more I stared, the more I lost, and I ended up feeling like an old lamp without gaining a single penny.
Until I met an old hand who had been playing with cryptocurrency for ten years, who said while holding a cigarette: 'In this crypto world, the too-smart people die quickly. Those who can truly make money are those who dare to use the 'foolish method.'
He threw me an absurdly simple method—'343 phased investment method.' At that time, I thought: Can this really make money? I scoffed. But as a last resort, I tried it once and was blown away.
With this method, my 200,000 principal grew to over 50 million in two years.
What is the '343 phased investment method'? In short, it's one sentence: Don’t guess the rise and fall, buy according to the rules!
Step one: 30% exploratory investment—first pay the 'tuition' to find the way.
Choose coins by only looking at the mainstream (BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, etc., absolutely no altcoins), and first buy a little with 30% of the total funds.
For example, I have 200,000, first spend 60,000 to buy BTC. This step is not about how much to earn, it's about 'testing the waters'—to see the fluctuation patterns of this coin, and to have a sense of security. Never go all in right away (I used to fail at this and ended up sleepless every night).
Step two: 40% to lower costs—buy more as prices fall, diluting risks.
After buying, regardless of rise or fall, supplement according to plan:
If it rises: don’t rush to chase; wait for a pullback to the key support level (like the 20-day moving average), then supplement a little.
If it drops: for every 10% drop, take 10% from the 40% to supplement. For example, from 80,000 within 200,000, if it drops 10%, supplement 20,000, and if it drops another 10%, supplement another 20,000, until 80,000 is fully supplemented.
The core of this step is 'not to panic.' If the price drops, be happy instead—your cost is averaging down. For example, if I initially bought for 60,000 at 30,000 dollars, and it drops 10%, I add 20,000 (to 27,000 dollars), and if it drops another 10%, I add another 20,000 (to 24,300 dollars)... In the end, the average cost might drop to 26,000, and once it rebounds to 30,000, I start making a profit.
Step three: 30% trend-based supplementary investment—wait for signals to exert force.
After stabilizing 70% of the positions, focus on the 'trend': when the price stabilizes at a key position (for example, the 7-day moving average rises or breaks through the previous high), add the remaining 30% (60,000 out of 200,000) all at once.
At this time, the trend is already clear, equivalent to 'chasing victory.' But remember, after adding positions, immediately set 'trailing profit'—for example, calculate from the cost price upwards: sell 20% after a 20% rise, then sell 30% after a 50% rise; never be greedy and wait for the 'highest point.'
Why can this foolish method succeed? I figured it out, and there are three points:
Don’t struggle against human nature: no need to guess rises and falls (I used to guess every day; if I guessed right once, I could brag for three days, and if I guessed wrong once, I'd lose for half a year). Buy according to the plan, which reduces the entanglement and the impulse to chase highs and cut losses.
Don’t panic when it falls and have a bottom line when it rises: buying in batches means that even if it drops 30%, your position has only increased by half, and you won’t be directly trapped like going all-in; wait for the trend to come before adding positions, which means 'letting profits fly for a while.'
Focus only on mainstream coins, and risks are controllable: altcoins are too volatile and not suitable for this slow-paced method. Mainstream coins have consensus and liquidity, so if they drop, they can recover, and it's safe to buy in batches.
In these years, I’ve stuck to this trick, rotating BTC, ETH, SOL, and BNB, each time as stable as an old dog. No more sleepless nights staring at the market; every day I spend 10 minutes looking at prices, supplementing when needed, and if not, I accompany my family for a walk.
I’m not bragging; those who research 'advanced techniques' in the crypto world are mostly just paying transaction fees to exchanges. On the other hand, this 'foolish method'—not playing tricks but following the rules—can help you endure through volatility and eventually reap the rewards.
If you are also confused by technical indicators, why not try this trick? It may be a bit foolish, but in the end, results speak.
In the end, the path that can really go far in the crypto world is often not complicated.
Those indicator parameters adjusted in the early morning are not as practical as my daughter’s simple words, 'build blocks one by one'; those little smart tricks of always trying to catch the bottom and escape the top can't compare to the simple rule hidden in '343'—not greedy, not panicking, not waiting, but following the rhythm and letting the money follow the rules, rather than running with emotions.
Now every day when I take a walk, I glance at the market, and I remain calm whether it rises or falls. After all, the meaning of making money is never about staying up late staring at K-lines, but being able to smile while accompanying family members to pick vegetables, listening to my daughter count the zeros in the account, and turning panic into stability.
If you are also wandering in the maze of technology, why not stop and try this foolish method? Sometimes, slowing down and sticking to the rules can lead to going further and more steadily.
If you also have tens of thousands in principal but don’t want to resign to fate, wanting to test the waters in the crypto world but afraid of pitfalls; I can teach you this set of methods.
Including: How to survive in the early stage? How to allocate positions? How to find 'explosion points' to enter the market? How to use compound interest to find the path to doubling?
But I won’t publicly write it out.
For those willing to try, like and follow.
Not everyone can do it, but the moment you are willing to change is the first day of your turnaround.
The money in the crypto world is never 'gambled' but 'calculated.' Follow to ensure that every penny of your principal is on the right path.