Brother Tian, I've lost everything.

A message box pops up, followed by a crying face of despair. It's Xiao Lin, one of my long-time fans in the live stream.

She quickly follows up with a voice message, choked with tears: “Everyone said that coin could double… I invested everything… it crashed in just a few minutes… a hundred thousand yuan, Brother Tian! Now there’s only a few thousand left…” Her voice trembles heavily.

I’ve seen many such pleas for help, but the despair in her words feels very real. “Send me the screenshots and records,” I say.

The images come in quickly. A typical altcoin, pumped and dumped, clean and swift.

“Brother Tian… I know I’m stupid… my rent is almost gone… can you… help me?” she asks cautiously.

I sigh. “I can help you, but according to my rules.” I type, “First, withdraw, uninstall that platform. Second, every step must be strictly followed. Third, forget about ‘getting rich quick’, the goal is just to climb out of the pit. Can you do that?”

“I can! Absolutely!” she replies with determination.

And so we begin. I start teaching her from the basics, using the few thousand left to make the most stable trades. I tell her to set a hard stop-loss, take a few points of profit and leave, and if she incurs losses, she must cut her losses. Sometimes she gets antsy and asks if she should chase the hot trends; I always respond, “Stick to the plan.”

She holds back. The process is slow, but her account gradually recovers: eight thousand, fifteen thousand, twenty thousand… More importantly, she begins to understand the fluctuations, no longer panicking.

Later one night, I notice a coin repeatedly testing support, with good volume, and a breakout imminent. I immediately call her: “Invest everything at the current price, set your stop-loss.”

She doesn’t hesitate. Ten minutes later, the coin price skyrockets, rising over 20%.

“Brother Tian! It’s soaring!” she exclaims, nearly losing her voice.

“Don’t shout! Take half profits when it breaks the moving average, hold the rest until it breaks the second line!” I remind her coldly.

That night, we achieved a 35% increase. The next day, her funds returned to fifty thousand.

She sent a screenshot, followed by a long string of “Thank you, Brother Tian.”

Funds steadily recover. Finally, she messages me: “Most of the money is back, but what I’ve learned is worth much more than the money. Thank you for not giving up on me, and even more for teaching me that ‘surviving’ is more important.”

“Brother Tian, I won’t call you Brother Tian anymore; you are my teacher.”

Once lost in the darkness alone, now I hold the light in my hands.

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