Who hasn't suffered losses from 'buying high and selling low' in the crypto world? At the beginning of the year, a fan found me, with a sad face saying their account only had 2000U left, after following the trend and making random trades, they lost the courage to average down and almost uninstalled the trading software.
I directly told her: 'If you want to turn things around, stop dreaming of getting rich quick; those who survive in the crypto world aren't 'brave warriors', but 'old foxes' who can control the pace!' Today, I shared the core logic that helped her grow from 2000U to a five-digit figure, all based on real trading experiences and practical insights; beginners can copy the homework without loss!
Step 1: First act as the 'King of Survival', then talk about making money
Many people with 2000U just want to 'double it in one go', seeing market fluctuations and rushing in with all their capital, only to have a wave of corrections bring them back to zero — this is not trading, it's giving away money! I set three 'life-saving iron rules' for her, which new traders still have to memorize:
Never exceed 30% of your capital for a single layout; don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Set stop losses for each position strictly within 2% of the account; acknowledge losses, never hold on stubbornly.
Only trade 'trend-confirmed positions', no matter how tempting the volatile market is, do not reach out.
You might think this is too conservative? But I have been in the crypto market for 8 years and have seen too many 'macho men' wipe out in one night, while those who 'survive' can slowly roll in profits. She initially couldn't help but want to go all in, but after being scolded by me twice, she obediently followed the rules. In 3 months, she didn't have a single big loss, and 2000U grew to 8000U. When she first reported her success to me, her tone was even light-headed~
Step two: Only those who can 'wait' can make big money.
The biggest trap in the crypto world is not the bear market, but the 'seemingly profitable volatile market'! Many people can't sit still, and as soon as they see K-line movements, they want to operate, but in the volatility, they get cut back and forth, and the small amount they earn isn’t even enough for the transaction fees.
The core lesson I taught her: 'Being in cash is not lying flat, it's waiting for the ripest opportunity.' When the market is chaotic, I let her turn off the software and watch dramas instead of staring at the charts to suffer. At first, she couldn't adapt, always saying 'if I miss this wave, I'll lose', I directly replied: 'The crypto market is more frequent than Aunt Flo, if you miss this wave, the next one will be fatter! What you lose are those 'few minutes of impatience'.
Slowly she understood, during the volatile uptrend in May, while others cried after being hit by corrections for chasing highs, she only acted after confirming the trend according to the rules, making a profit on all three trades, her account directly broke ten thousand, and she even told me 'I never knew making money could be so worry-free, before I was just causing myself trouble'. Remember: those who can operate are apprentices, those who can wait are masters!
Step three: Rolling techniques, making profits grow larger and larger.
After making 8000U, I taught her 'allocating capital to roll profits': keep 50% of the profits as a 'safety fund', this portion of money should not be touched regardless of how good the market is, it's like 'life-saving money'; the remaining 50% is the 'accelerated fund' used to amplify profits.
A simple example: She went from 10,000 to 13,000, entirely relying on accelerated fund operations — each time taking only 30%-50% of profits, never being greedy; once a stop loss is triggered, leave the market immediately, never add to the position (adding to a losing position is like giving a loss 'a new life', newbies should never touch it!). Slowly, the profits accumulated like a snowball, the key is that the mindset won’t collapse because the safety fund is always there as a cushion.
Let me insert a candid remark here: many people get a little profit and become arrogant, putting all their principal into 'speculating', only to have a wave of corrections bring them back to reality. I have always emphasized: the principal is the 'seed', it needs to be nurtured with rhythm; the profit is the 'fruit', it needs to be rolled with cadence, don't get the priorities reversed!
Step four: Once the mindset stabilizes, making money will be a natural outcome.
In the later stages, she could independently analyze K-line structures and judge trends by looking at trading volumes, but what surprised me the most was her change in mentality. She used to feel emo after losing a trade, but now after losing, her first reaction is to review: 'Did I not wait for the trend confirmation?' 'Was my stop loss set too wide?'
In fact, this is the core of long-term profitability in the crypto world: it's not about not losing, but about losing with a bottom line and earning with logic. Trading is originally a probability game, no one can have a 100% win rate; the key is to earn more when making profits and to lose less when incurring losses. Over the long term, it will naturally be profitable. She often says now: 'In the past, I only thought about making money, now I want to be a logical trader.' This mindset makes it hard not to make money!
Now her account is stable in the five-figure range, and every time we review, she proactively shares her thoughts with me, completely transforming from a 'retail trader' to an independent trader.
