A Zhe was writing a quantitative trading script when he prepared to invest 300,000 USDT into a contract. He thought he could beat the market with code, but when ETH dropped from $3,800 to below $2,000, his automatic replenishment program made his account leak like a deflated balloon, leaving only 25,000 USDT — enough to pay six months of rent, but not enough to cover the down payment.

When he found me with a screen full of error messages, his glasses still smeared with coffee stains: "Bro, my strategy has completely failed, and even my girlfriend wants to break up with me." In the chat records, he donated 12,000 USDT to the open-source community to buy the "God Strategy," which had a backtest annualized return of 900%, but in actual trading, it lost money.

"First, delete your automated trading program." I remotely helped him close the API interface, "25,000 USDT is split into three parts: 10,000 USDT locked in a bank financial product, and the remaining 15,000 USDT will be used for manual trades with me."

The first trade was on the volatile market of SOL. In February 2025, SOL fluctuated between $110 and $130. I sent the range in the group every day at 9 AM, telling him to go long at $115 and short at $125, each with 5,000 USDT. He placed orders while coding, and five days later, these two trades made 3,800 USDT, just enough to buy a new monitor.

More importantly was the BTC breakout. In March, BTC surged from $52,000 to $58,000, and I sent in the group, "If it stabilizes at $56,000, chase it," instructing him to open a long position with 8,000 USDT at 4x leverage, with a stop-loss at $55,000. That day he was focused on writing bug fix documentation, and when he closed the position at $59,000, his account gained 9,600 USDT, "Faster than taking a freelance project."

The riskiest trade was in April with a spike. DOT suddenly dropped from $28 to $22, and I told him to add in two batches: open 3,000 USDT at $25 and add 2,000 USDT at $23. He had just submitted the code merge request when he placed the order, hitting a low of $22.3 before bouncing back. Three days later, he closed the position at $30, making 6,200 USDT, enough to cover three months of mortgage.

Now his account has grown to 225,000 USDT, and last month he withdrew 150,000 USDT to secure a marriage house. The front page of his new trading notes reads: "The best strategy is when someone tells you 'close the position now.'"

After working with fans for a while, I found that programmers are most prone to fall into the trap of "overconfidence" when trading cryptocurrencies.

The layout for the next wave has already been drawn up, with points, rhythm, and positions clearly marked. Mixing with @币来财888 means recognizing one principle: precise targeting, no wasted effort.

But let me be clear: I only take those with strong execution ability.