During Christmas of 2023, I received a special gift, a screenshot of an account sent by Zhang Hao from Canada. The image shows: $172,994. The note reads: "Master, this is the balance after I paid off all my debts."

Nine months ago, Zhang Hao was the owner of a Chinese restaurant in Vancouver. Due to his misplaced trust in a 'teacher' who gave him trading signals, he lost all his savings of 420,000 Canadian dollars during the LUNA crash. Late at night, he called me long-distance, his voice hoarse: "I want to die, but I can't let go of my wife and kids."

I shared my story with him. In 2021, I too paid a heavy price due to greed: when BTC peaked at $69,000, I not only lost my principal of 2 million but also owed the exchange 370,000 in debt. In my most desperate moments, I even wrote a will.

"But we can't always be losers," I told Zhang Hao, "the most brutal yet fair aspect of this market is that it shows no sympathy for tears but always rewards discipline."

We began a rigorous three-month training:

Step one: Forget all 'get rich quick' schemes, recite risk control rules daily.

Step two: Conduct 1,000 standard trades using a demo account.

Step three: Learn to take profits when in the green, which is harder than learning to cut losses.

The first four weeks were pure torture. Zhang Hao would get anxious and want to close his position whenever he was up 15%, yet he would fantasize about holding on during losses. "Remember," I repeatedly reminded him, "we are not gambling; we are playing a probability game."

The turning point came in May. On that day, ETH suddenly crashed, but Zhang Hao strictly followed our pre-set strategy to buy the dip at $1,735. Just six hours later, this trade yielded a 97% return. "I did it!" he choked up on the phone, "for the first time, I made money based on a plan, not luck!"

What pleased me even more was what followed:

He declined his friend's invitation to 'All in on meme coins' and continued to operate according to plan for seventeen consecutive days, keeping his daily trades to no more than two even when SHIB surged by 300%.

Whenever new students ask for the secret, I show them Zhang Hao's trading records from those initial three months—filled with red stop-loss orders, but every loss was strictly controlled within 2%. The true path of trading is not about capturing how many surges you can catch, but about how much principal you can retain when things go out of control.

This world never fails to reward those who take risks seriously.

In the past, I stumbled around in the dark; now the light is in my hands.

The light is always on, will you follow? @币来财888