Many people ask me how to survive in the market without being repeatedly harvested. My answer is very straightforward: control your hands, stabilize your heart, and rules are always more important than impulse.
Today, I will share a real case - the whole process of taking a friend from starting with 5000U to 120,000U.
Step 1: The principal is the moat.
At that time, we started with 5000U and strictly allocated funds.
2000U was allocated to BTC and ETH to build the base, 2000U was used to select three mid-market, fundamentally solid projects, and the remaining 1000U was kept as liquid backup.
At that time, many people were all-in chasing hot spots, making quick profits in a short time, but once faced with a significant correction, they lost everything.
With our reserved funds, we gradually replenished our positions during the market downturn, effectively reducing our cost by 30%.
Step 2: Altcoins only take mid-range profits.
There are always opportunities in the market, but the most dangerous thing is greed.
I remember my friend heavily invested in an AI concept token, which rose from 0.6U to 1.2U, and everyone around him was shouting to sell, but he wanted to hit the highest point. I firmly pulled him to take profit, setting a target of 1.5U to sell in batches, and finally sold at 1.45U.
Although he didn't sell at the peak, this wave of main rise was enough to double the principal. Experience tells us: those who want to catch the fish's head and tail often end up with nothing but fish bones.
Step 3: Only use profits for contracts.
After rising to 30,000U, we began to try contracts, with only three rules:
1) The overall profit of the spot must exceed half.
2) Each stop-loss must not exceed 5% of the principal.
3) Position must never exceed 3%.
Once, when shorting ETH, we were quickly squeezed, losing 1200U. But because the position was light, the overall capital was almost unharmed. We firmly believe that contracts are tools, but using them without protective measures is self-harm.
Step 4: Plant in a bear market, harvest in a bull market.
When the account reached 60,000U, we withdrew some profits and exchanged them for stablecoins.
Waiting for BTC to drop to around 25,000U, we then invested weekly. This year, with the AI and computing sectors starting, the positions we had preemptively laid out skyrocketed, ultimately pushing the account to 120,000U.
This process verifies a saying: real opportunities are not in the clamor of a bull market, but in the silence of a bear market.
What truly causes people to get liquidated is not the market but their own lack of discipline. If you can protect your principal, opportunities will eventually come.
