Many friends who have just entered the field ask me how to start with funds under 1000U. In fact, what beginners should do is not rush to make big money, but to learn to 'survive' first - today I will break down a proven, stable strategy for you; follow it, and you can both practice and control risks.
Start with small capital: keep the risk in your own hands.
1000U may not seem like much, but if split correctly, it can play a significant role. You can divide it into 10 parts, investing only 100U each time, and a leverage of 20 times is enough. Newcomers should avoid high leverage; while 50x and 100x may seem exciting, if the volatility is a little high, the mindset can easily collapse, causing operations to distort, leading to faster losses.
Put the remaining 900U into the wealth management account first, don't touch it. This step is to leave you a 'back road' - even if this 100U is lost, don't think about averaging down to recover. Remember, after losing everything, the first reaction should not be to chase orders, but to stop and reflect: where did I go wrong? Was it the wrong timing to enter the market, or was the stop-loss not set properly? Then force yourself to rest for 1-2 days.
Some people are afraid that resting will cause them to miss the market, but in fact, Bitcoin's volatility happens every day, and there are big opportunities every month. The key is that you need to have the 'life' to wait. If you rush to recover losses and operate recklessly, next time you may not even be able to preserve your capital.
After adjusting your state, divide the remaining 900U into 10 parts, each part 90U, and start again. This time you must be more cautious, do not set the target too high at first; just recover the previous losses. If you are lucky and earn 300U, remember a key action: leave only 100U in the account, and immediately transfer out the remaining 200U.
This step may seem 'conservative', but it actually helps you stabilize your mindset - the money you have secured is the real profit. No matter how much unrealized profit you have in the account, encountering a black swan event could wipe it out overnight. I have seen too many people become greedy when they are making money, and in the end, they lose everything, both principal and profit. The experience of starting over is not pleasant.
The life-saving principle for experienced traders: position size is more important than win rate.
For those trading contracts, what you fear most is not judging the direction wrong, but 'going to zero in one go'. For example, if you open a 10x leverage, as long as the direction reverses by 10%, you will face liquidation; and a 20% fluctuation in Bitcoin in a year is very common - if you are fully invested every time, even if you made a profit 10 times before, one mistake can bring you back to square one.
Don't blindly trust 'high win rates'; even if 90% of your trades are correct, if that 10% mistake involves a large position, it can still lead to disaster. Truly skilled traders win not by the number of wins but by knowing how to minimize losses when wrong and maximize profits when right.
These details can help you avoid three years of detours.
Learn to survive before learning to make money: what beginners should learn is not to 'catch the surge', but position control and stop-loss. If you do not understand the market and cannot control risks, no matter how good your strategy is, it is useless.
Stop when you reach a certain level of loss: if you lose 2% of your total capital in one day, be alert; if you lose 6%, immediately close all losing contracts, set profitable orders to ensure a break-even stop, and then force yourself to rest for 2-3 days. Don't hold on stubbornly; the more you hold, the more your mindset collapses.
Be very cautious with chasing up and increasing positions: unless the market signal is particularly clear, do not chase up. 90% of beginners' losses are related to 'chasing highs'. Want to increase your position after making a profit? Either increase it when you enter the market, or wait until the correction is over to add more, and do so like a 'pyramid', with smaller positions as you go higher.
Don't be greedy after making a profit: when the margin profit exceeds 200%, set half of the position to 'take profit at a 40% retracement' and the other half to 'break-even take profit' - that way, even if the market turns, you can at least preserve most of the profit and prevent 'big profits' from turning into 'wasted efforts'.
Stop if your state is not right: if you are in a bad mood or have worries in life, do not trade; if you lost money in the past 24 hours, take a break for 2-3 days. Trading is a battle against human nature, and when your state is poor, everything you do will be wrong.
Don't go against the market: never operate against the trend. It is more important to make fewer trades and the right trades than to 'trade every day'. Once you correctly judge the direction, remember to keep some base positions; good market conditions may last longer than you think.
Newbies should remember these points: guaranteed profit without loss is a luxury, but it's not difficult to incur less loss and earn more.
Practice with small capital of 30-50U; 20x leverage is just right, allowing you to feel the volatility without losing too much at once.
Set a stop-loss when entering the market; lose a maximum of 20-30 dollars each time, and immediately accept the loss if it exceeds this amount.
Use the '30% profit retracement' strategy for taking profit. Withdraw money in a timely manner after making a profit, and control each deposit between 500-1000U; don't invest too much all at once.
Once you have practiced and become familiar with the market, you can seize short-term rapid rises and falls like those of People, Yfii, USTC, and AR; 50U could potentially become 2000-9000U - but the premise is that you must first learn the 'survival' skills mentioned earlier.
Trading is not about gambling on size, but a game of probability and discipline. Build a solid foundation with small capital, and then you will have the opportunity to catch bigger market movements later. Follow the rhythm, we will gradually refine it, and you will always find your own method.