Chapter One: From Heaven to Hell

At the beginning of 2022, I was known as the 10u War God, living in a third-tier city, and life was quite enjoyable. I had about 500,000 in savings, and I felt quite satisfied. Until one day, a friend invited me to a cryptocurrency trading group, where a 'teacher' made daily calls, claiming to have insider information. I was tempted, took out 500,000, downloaded the OKX App, and ambitiously jumped into the crypto world.

In the first three months, I was like a possessed person. The teacher said, "Bitcoin will rise to 50,000," so I bought in with everything; he said, "A pullback is an opportunity," so I leveraged my positions. And what was the result? Liquidation came faster than the pullback, and I lost 500,000. I was unwilling to accept this and borrowed money everywhere, cashed out my credit cards, and even mortgaged my house, scraping together 2 million to continue fighting. Knowledge paid courses, VIP groups, insider news—I spent money like water, learned a bunch of candlestick patterns and wave theories, but still lost. By the end of 2022, I was 3 million in debt, and my account balance was only 0.001 BTC.

Chapter Two: Awakening in Desperation

During that time, I couldn’t sleep at night, staring blankly at OKX's candlestick chart. I stumbled upon a forum where someone mentioned quantitative trading, "Let the machine make money for you, it’s more reliable than the human brain." Clinging to the last shred of hope, I began to study. From Python basics to OKX's API documentation, I spent three whole months learning. The pressure of debt made me too scared to mess around; I used the remaining 5,000 to open a small account and started testing quantitative strategies.

The first strategy is simple: double moving average cross + RSI filter. I backtested using OKX's historical data; the win rate isn't high, but at least it won't liquidate. In early 2023, Bitcoin fluctuated around 20,000 dollars, and my strategy made dozens of dollars daily, slowly growing my account to 10,000. I finally tasted stability and thought: isn’t this better than listening to the teacher’s calls?

Chapter Three: Warming Up and Repetition

With confidence, I began optimizing my strategy. Grid trading, arbitrage, trend following—I tried all the indicators I found online. My account grew from 10,000 to 50,000, then to 200,000, and I paid off the 500,000 debt within six months. I thought I had found the way, but human greed reared its head again. In mid-2023, Bitcoin surged to 30,000 dollars, and I saw forums buzzing about the 'bull market is here,' and I couldn’t help but manually leverage, going all-in. The result was a sudden crash, my account went to zero, and I was back to square one.

After the liquidation, I sat in my empty rental room and slapped myself. "Quant is the way out; random trading is just asking for death!" I reflected deeply and picked up coding again, using the few thousand I had left to battle on OKX. This time, I strictly adhered to discipline, only running quantitative strategies and avoiding manual trading. By the end of the year, my account warmed back up to 100,000, and I finally understood: stability is more important than getting rich quickly.

Chapter Four: Trump's Scythe

In 2024, the U.S. election became a hot topic in the crypto world. The Trump family launched 'Trump Coin,' claiming to 'make cryptocurrency great again.' I kept my eyes on it.

The market on OKX caught my attention. My quantitative strategy was running well, but I fell back into my old habits, thinking this was a 'historical opportunity.' I put the 500,000 profit in my account, added another 500,000 I borrowed, totaling 1 million, and went all-in on Trump Coin.

And what happened? In three days, it skyrocketed tenfold, and I got carried away, fantasizing about paying off all my debts. On the fourth day, the Trump family sold off at a high point, the coin price collapsed, and I was left with nothing. I lost a million and accrued another 500,000 in debt. I slumped in my chair, enlightened: there’s no insider trading in the crypto world, only scythes; only quant can save me.

Chapter Five: Rebirth and New Life

On March 20, 2025, I had a dream. In the dream, I returned to early 2022, with 500,000 in my account, and the OKX candlestick chart just opened. I suddenly woke up, realizing I had truly been reborn! The calendar, the phone screen, everything pointed to three years ago. I didn’t hesitate and immediately opened my computer to write the first line of code.

This time, I no longer trusted the teacher and only focused on quant. I optimized the moving average strategy to the extreme, starting with 500,000, earning 2 million in the first year and 5 million in the second year. When the Trump family launched another coin, I smirked and continued running my strategy, steadily profiting from the trend.

Epilogue: Only Quant

Now, I sit in my newly bought house, with OKX's real-time data on the screen, and my quantitative system runs day after day. The 3 million in debt has long been paid off, and the account balance stabilizes at tens of millions. I no longer chase the illusion of getting rich quickly, nor do I believe any insider news. The crypto world is a battlefield, and quant is my armor.

"Rebirth made me understand," I wrote in my diary, "human greed cannot be killed, but machine discipline can save lives."

The above story is purely fictional.