"Teacher, can 1000U turn around?" This week, the backend has been bombarded with this question. To be honest, every time I see it, I feel both angry and amused; angry that someone dares to chase after air coins with such a small amount of capital, and amused because I almost lost my shorts with the same amount of money back in the day.
Today, let's not hold back and strip clean my journey from 'eating soil and chives' to 'stable profits'. The key point is stated upfront: this is not a myth of getting rich overnight, nor is there any insider information; it is all lessons learned from failures and rules honed through experience. If you are also holding a small amount of capital and want to stand firm in the crypto circle, don't scroll away; this article might be more useful than staring at the K-line for three days.
Let me pour some cold water on you: when I first entered the market, I was bolder than anyone else. I followed the community leaders' calls and chased after the market when it was rising, and my 1000U shrank to just over 200 in half a month. At my worst, I even struggled over whether to buy the braised or spicy instant noodles from the convenience store downstairs, since a difference of one dollar might mean losing a chance to 'recover my losses.' Looking back now, that wasn't trading, it was clearly sending my head to the market.
The real turning point was when I withdrew the last 200U from my account and spent three days and nights reviewing all my trades. Suddenly, I realized something: the lifeline of small capital is not 'earning less' but 'not being able to afford losses.' So I overturned all my strategies and summarized a set of 'small wins and compound interest' rolling logic; in less than a year, my account grew from four digits to six digits, without ever being liquidated.
Don’t think that 'earning 3-5% every day' is meager; let me do some calculations for you: with 1000U earning 4% a day, in 20 trading days a month, you would make 2191U, in half a year that's 14,000U, and by the end of the year, it would directly exceed 100,000U. This doesn't even account for the situation of profit reinvestment; the compound interest effect gets more terrifying as time goes on, even faster than a rocket. But the premise is that you must first learn not to lose before you can talk about guaranteed profits.
Next is the time for real content, the three core strategies that have helped me achieve stable profits, each of which has saved my life, and now I pass them on to you unchanged:
First strategy: Follow the trend and don’t argue against it.
The most common mistake beginners make is thinking that 'buying the dip' is a skill and that 'going against the market' is bravery. Now, I only do one thing: I keep an eye on the trend of the mainstream sector and wait for it to 'rest' before I enter the market. For example, if a certain mainstream coin clearly enters an upward channel, I wait for it to pull back to a key support level before entering, never chasing after the rising trend to become a bag holder.
To give an analogy, it's like taking a car to the train station; the car moves at a constant speed, and you wait for it to stop before getting on, which is both safe and energy-saving. If you insist on jumping on while the car is moving, you're either going to fall or get caught in the door. In the crypto market, the 'trend' is that car; don’t fight against it, go along with it to capture the fattest mid-segment profits.
Second strategy: Position brake, always leave yourself an escape route.
Now, regardless of how good the market is, I never use more than 50% of my total account for each trade. Why? Because even if my judgment is wrong, the remaining capital can still allow me to recover my losses. A common mistake made by beginners is to go all in; they get cocky when they earn money and panic when they lose, ultimately either getting liquidated or cutting their losses.
My approach is: After making a profit, I add to my position in three batches. For example, if I make 100U, I first take 30U to add to my position and pocket the remaining 70U. If I incur a loss, I immediately exit as soon as I hit my stop-loss line; I never hold on stubbornly. Remember, using profits to take risks is completely different from gambling with capital. The confidence from small capital always comes from 'keeping the green mountains intact.'
Third strategy: Focus and curb greed, only earn the money you should earn in a day.
In the past, I would keep an eye on the market for 24 hours, doing seven or eight trades a day, feeling pleased with earning a little money, only to lose it all in one late trade. Now I've set a hard rule for myself: I only do 1-2 trades a day, and once I reach my target, I close the software, even if the market continues to skyrocket afterward.
Every night at 8 PM, I diligently review my trades: Did I make the right judgment today? Were there better entry points? Was my stop loss too conservative? I write down my mistakes, and when I encounter similar situations next time, I steer clear. The money in the crypto market is never-ending, but your energy is limited; instead of exhausting yourself in volatility, it’s better to repeat doing the simple things correctly.
Let me show you a few of my real trading records from last year, not to show off, but to let you know that this method really works:
In mid-January, Ethereum oscillated around 1600, and I entered when it pulled back to 1650, holding for two days and making an 8% profit, earning 85U; at the beginning of February, ARB pulled back to a key support level on low volume, and I decisively entered, quickly making 120U before exiting; by the end of March, Binance Coin broke out of a triangular consolidation pattern, and I followed in as it surged, making 215U in one wave; in April, after the market consolidated, I heavily invested and directly benefited from a doubling market.
Step by step, I’ve accumulated my account from 1000U to 1800U, then to 3200U, 7100U… the growth has accelerated. My account has long surpassed 1 million U, but I still stick to doing only 1-2 trades a day, focusing only on the trends I understand.
At this point, someone is bound to ask: 'Teacher, how do you judge support and resistance levels? How do you know when a breakout is real or fake?' To be honest, these things cannot be explained in just a few words; they involve a comprehensive judgment of candlestick patterns, volume coordination, and indicator signals.
But there’s a simple judgment method I can teach you first: find the price levels where the last three price corrections have not broken down, and that’s strong support; find the levels where the last three increases have not broken through, and that’s strong resistance. Beginners should start practicing from this foundation; it’s much more reliable than blindly looking at indicators.
Finally, let me say something from the bottom of my heart: The crypto market is never a casino; it’s a battlefield. Holding 1000U is not scary; what’s scary is treating it as gambling capital instead of startup funds. I've seen too many people come in with the mindset of 'getting rich overnight' and leave in shame; I've also seen many people steadily build their careers with a small capital.
