“Teacher, I've broken even!”

At 11:46 PM, Xiao Wu sent a screenshot: in 33 trading days, the net value went from -43% to +503%.

I replied with a fist emoji—this year, my most stubborn student finally turned a negative into a positive.

1. Starting Point: The account is in the red, the person is in the gray

At the beginning of April, he put 23,000 yuan, his living expenses for two years, into the market and lost 43% in three weeks, not even daring to open the K-line. I told him to turn off the computer and sleep, and to send me all the settlement slips the next day. After reading them, I only said: “It’s not that you can’t read the market, it’s that you don’t know how to cut.”

2. The First Cut: Even 0.5 lots dare to cut

Review conclusion: defeated by “waiting.”

Discipline: At most 0.5 lots per day, and must act within 30 minutes of the market opening. On the morning of the third day, when ETH broke the previous low, he nervously shorted 0.5 lots, losing 8 dollars in ten minutes. I told him: “Don’t be afraid of stopping losses; what you should fear is inaction.”

3. Rhythm: Use profits to support positions

On the evening of April 12, when the CPI data was announced, the market jumped 120 points instantly. He added to his position on the pullback, transferring half of the 180 dollars in unrealized gains into his position, leveraging from 10 to 5 times.

After waking up, the account increased by 900 dollars, with the principal unchanged. From then on, the rules were:

1. For every 100 earned, set aside 30 as a safety cushion;

2. Use 70 for new bullets, only engaging in trend pullbacks;

3. If daily losses exceed 2% of the principal, immediately turn off the computer.

4. Hold On: Treat profits as debt

On May 2, the ETH head-and-shoulders pattern broke out, with unrealized gains of 2600. In the past, he would have run away early, but this time I had him post a note: “This is not profit; it’s debt. It can only be paid back when it reaches 5000.”

He held on for 5 days, retracing 18%, then closed the position, with the account exceeding 10,000.

5. 33 Days Performance: -43% → +503%

Today, the net value is 12,150 dollars, a sixfold increase.

I asked him what was the most satisfying moment?

“It’s not the sixfold increase; it was the first time I erased the negative—I knew I was alive again.”

6. Three Sentences I Teach My Students

1. Dare to make the first cut: the market doesn’t reward bystanders;

2. Profit to increase position: use profits to earn profits, with the principal last;

3. Hold on: when the direction is right, profit is the interest of patience.

The market has opportunities every day; those who can turn negatives into positives are always the ones who dare to cut, know how to manage positions, and can hold positions.

Xiao Wu has graduated; next, who will it be? @小花生说币