This is not a story about wealth, but a sample of how discipline can be devoured by greed - perhaps it can help you see that the so-called 'turnaround' in the crypto world has its true threshold not in the market, but in the human heart.
When he found me, there was only 1400U left in the account, the aftermath of the third liquidation. Every morning, I would receive his message: "Brother, if I lose again, I’ll really be at zero." The anxiety of both wanting to quickly recoup losses and fearing missed opportunities was almost written on the faces of everyone who had just experienced a liquidation.
On the first day, I told him to use 10% of his position to build a position in ETH. He was stunned: "Only 140U? When will this capital be able to recoup losses?" I told him, "What you need to do now is not to recoup losses, but to rebuild your understanding of trading." He hesitated for a long time and finally pressed the buy button.
Three days later, the market started, and the account's floating profit exceeded 36%. I told him to transfer all the profits into a stablecoin wallet and only use the initial position to continue trading. "You must first 'lock in' the money you've earned before you qualify to roll profits with the gains." He listened well and even started recording every trade in his notebook, including comments on major market movements at three in the morning.
1400U, 1900U, 5200U, 8700U... On the 28th day, the account broke through 50,000U. He suddenly asked me: "Brother, do I count as having understood now? Can I bring two friends to do this together?" I didn’t reply, just flipped to the new profit screenshots he posted in his friend circle, captioned: 'Crypto world, turning understanding into profit.'
On the 34th day, he didn't notify me and heavily invested in a 'project he studied for three days.' By the time I found out, the account had already retraced by 43%. "I just wanted to test my judgment," he said with a tone of defiance and luck. From that moment on, he stopped setting stop losses, and his positions kept increasing, as if he had turned back into that novice who sent me crying face emojis at dawn.
On the 36th day, I blocked him. At that time, the account still had 28,000U left.
What I blocked was not his losses, but the fact that he had thrown away every defense we had built over these 28 days: diversified positions, stop losses, profit separation, emotional management... All these fundamental disciplines were ultimately defeated by the impulse of 'I want to take a gamble myself.'
The coldest truth in the crypto world might be:
It's not difficult to grow from over 1,000U to tens of thousands, the hard part is believing that all of this is because you 'understood' it, rather than that you are strictly following a decent strategy.
Those who can truly survive do not rely on one or two windfalls, but understand: the essence of stable profits is the compensation the market gives you when you no longer desire to 'get rich quickly.'
For those who go out to sea, the greatest fear is not the winds and waves, but thinking they can control the sail with one hand.
True maturity begins when you learn to refuse to be the 'hero' yourself.
