A small position I took last month, only 2800U.

My fan A Xing, on the day he arrived, sent me a screenshot of his wallet and said: "Brother, can this little money only be used to take a gamble?

" I replied, "Gambling is someone else's script; your script is called 'Snowballing.'" From that day on, we only did two things: controlled positions and timed the market.

1. Be ruthless in controlling positions

Every time A Xing opened a position, he set a maximum of 800U, which was less than 30% of the principal. No matter how optimistic he was, he never went all in.

I told him: "Small funds fear being wiped out in one go; leave 2/3 outside the market, and you'll always have another shot.

" If it drops by 5%, cut it immediately, do not average down or increase the position, and engrain 'survival' into muscle memory.

2. Break profits down into smaller pieces

As soon as the market moves, he sets a 10% target. Upon reaching it, he immediately withdraws 30% of the profits and locks it into a cold wallet; the remaining 70% continues to grow.

• First trade: 2800 → 4000, withdraw 360, leave 3640 to re-enter the market

• Second trade: 3640 → 6200, withdraw 768, leave 5432 to continue growing

• Third trade: 5432 → 8500, withdraw 920…

After 42 days, he sent me the latest screenshot: 52,000U. The principal of 2800U remained untouched, all profits were compounding.

The real advantage of small funds can be summed up in two words: flexibility. A small boat is easy to steer; take profits when you can; cut losses when wrong, it won’t hurt much. Large funds fear missing opportunities, while small funds thrive on quick trades.

A one-off strike relies on luck; compounding relies on discipline.

Write these two tricks in your trading journal, and in the next bull market, you too can turn 2800U into your first pot of gold.