In the deep night of last autumn, I sat on the floor of my rented room, the phone screen still displaying the loss page of the exchange — 900,000, that was all the savings I had accumulated over five years of hard work, and in the blink of an eye, it was just a string of cold numbers.
During those days, I tossed and turned, unable to sleep. I kept recalling how confidently I had jumped into the cryptocurrency circle, and then looking at my current predicament, I had to calculate every expense, even for meals. I told myself more than once: the path in the cryptocurrency world has come to a dead end. But every time I thought about giving up, there was always a feeling in my heart that I couldn't swallow — why can others make money in the cryptocurrency world while I can only be the one getting harvested? Why should one failure negate all the efforts made before?
At the beginning of this year, which is 2025, I gathered my remaining 2,200 U. Looking at this pitiful capital, I said to myself: "This is the last chance, either turn it around or give up completely."
No one knew how nervous I was at that time; before opening a position, I had to repeatedly check the strategy, afraid of making the same mistakes as before. I set strict rules for myself: no full positions, no all-in bets, no greed — the position would never exceed 40%, and the remaining 60% was absolutely untouchable life-saving money; once the stop-loss line was set, I would never hesitate, no matter how reluctant I was, I would cut losses immediately when the time came, never guessing the top or blindly bottom-fishing.
When the market was good, I focused on those strong coins with increasing trading volume, following the trend; when the market dropped, I didn't panic and hide but rather found the right signals to decisively short. Once, I hit the hot coin trend right, and in just ten minutes, my account gained 7,000 U. Watching the fluctuating numbers, my hands were shaking, but I didn't greedily increase my position like before; instead, I withdrew 70% of the profit according to the rules — that was the first "solid money" on my road to recovery.
Step by step, steadily, my 2,200 U slowly rose to 60,000 U, then surged to 130,000 U, and the doubling speed increased. Until last month, as I looked at the numbers in my account, I suddenly realized: not only had I recovered the previous loss of 900,000, but I also earned an additional 300,000 U.
In fact, there is no secret to getting rich overnight in the cryptocurrency world. It is simply the three words: "follow the rules." It’s not about who earns faster, but who can last longer in the market. I learned the importance of steady progress after suffering losses from being too eager for quick success. @Air 安叔
