I taught this method to a dedicated fan - Xiao D.
Last winter, he asked me:
"Bro, I open 20 orders a day, stare at the screen until 3 AM, and my dark circles are deeper than the MACD line, but my capital is down to only 30%."
I replied with one sentence:
"Turn off your brain and learn to be lazy with me."
Three months later, he sent me a screenshot of his account: profit curve at a 45° angle upward, drawdown firmly locked within 5%, and the actual time spent trading each day is no more than 10 minutes.
Below are his "lazy man's three axes," which I organized into notes for him, keeping his operations unchanged, only replacing them with more colloquial expressions —
First axe: Keep only two lines
Set the chart to a 4-hour cycle, delete all indicators, and only keep EMA21 and EMA55.
Golden cross = long, death cross = short, treat other times as if the K-line doesn't exist.
Xiao D’s original words: "The more indicators you have, the more your brain fights. Two lines are just right, no eye strain."
Second axe: Only act after the close
He set a strict rule for himself:
If the 4-hour K-line hasn't closed, keep your mouse away.
Bullish line + golden cross = open long; bearish line + death cross = open short.
In a choppy range where the two lines are tangled? Just turn off the computer and go work out.
"If I miss it, I miss it. It's better than making the wrong move." This is a sticky note he put on his screen.
Third axe: Snowball-style position increasing
Initial position 5%, add another 5% after a 5% profit, floating profit becomes the fuel for adding positions.
Set the stop loss at the high or low of the previous K-line, and the computer will automatically cut it when the price hits, leaving no room for hesitation.
Take profit waits for the next opposite crossover, one-click to close all, profit locked in.
Xiao D said: "In the past, holding positions felt like holding a bomb, now stop losses feel like trimming nails, a second of pain, a day of comfort."
Finally, he added three rules and posted them by his bedside:
1. A maximum of two trades a day, if I trade once more, I’ll punish myself with 50 push-ups.
2. If no signal appears, don’t look at the market while watching short videos.
3. If I lose two trades in a row, turn off the computer for 24 hours and take the dog for a walk.
Three months later, he used the time saved from staying up late to get a fitness trainer certification, and his physique is even more impressive than his profit curve.
He summarized: "I used to think trading contracts was about IQ, now I know it's about who can be lazier."
Follow @小花生说币 , leave the complexity to the market, and keep it simple for yourself.