At 2:30 AM, Lin Wei's mining pool monitoring alarm went off for the third time. She swiped open her phone lock screen, her fingertips still stained with the coffee spill from last week's liquidation.

This is a student I have been mentoring for three years. In the autumn of 2023, she encountered a "death spiral" on a Layer 2 project—originally stable collateral evaporated by 70% within 48 hours, and the additional margin sank like a stone into the sea. The most devastating part was not the loss, but watching herself repeat the same mistakes: clearly setting stop-losses but always canceling at the last second; planning to hold for three months but chasing the market due to FOMO emotions.

That day she called me internationally: "Coach, will I ever be able to earn the money I should?" The background noise included the alert sounds from her candlestick software.

We used the most basic method to rebuild the system:

Establish "military-grade trading discipline": only operate strategies that have undergone 100 hours of backtesting, open positions at most 2 times per week, design physical risk control devices—timed safe boxes, forcibly locking the phone and hardware wallet during non-trading hours, withdraw 20% of every profit to establish a "penitence fund," and donate to anti-gambling organizations for any violations.

In the first month, she secretly altered the stop-loss line, triggering risk control with single-day losses. I had her print her trading records in the format of a last will: "If this mistake happens again, the account will be declared dead."

The turning point occurred in January 2024. ADA suddenly surged, her strategy signal was triggered but she dared not enter the market. I sent her a photo of the stop-loss order from my first million profit from that year: "Fearing mistakes is deadlier than making them."

After tremblingly opening a position, she immediately locked her phone in the safe. That night, the coin's price fluctuated wildly, and she sat with an alarm clock until dawn. The next morning, she unlocked her phone to see a floating profit of 37%—the 19th profit strictly held according to the system.

Now her trading log records 84 complete operations, with the longest holding period maintained for 117 days. While others chase the market highs and lows, she went to Iceland with profits to see the Northern Lights. The message she sent me last night still sparkled with Aurora photos: "It turns out that when truly making money, there's no need to stare at the market."

This is the core secret of my mentorship: use the system to deprive you of the right to make mistakes, making discipline a lever for profit. When the rules become instinctive, profit is merely a byproduct.

Before, I stumbled around in the dark alone; now the light is in my hands.

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