8 years ago, I was just a worker in an electronics factory in Bac Ninh. Every day, I repeated the same action of tightening screws on the assembly line, working 12 hours, in a dormitory with 5 people. My salary was 6 million a month, the electricity and water bill shared per person, and for a meal costing 20 thousand, I had to think twice about adding an egg.

After more than half a year of going without food and clothing, I saved exactly 8 million. Looking at the small number in my account, I told myself a phrase that I still remember clearly to this day:

"If nothing changes, my whole life will be stuck in this loop."

Today, I am living in Hanoi, owning 3 houses and over 5 billion in liquid assets. Many people say I 'Got Lucky Thanks to Crypto', but they do not see the 4 crashes that made me cry alone at midnight, nor do they know that those coins were exchanged for discipline and blood.

👉 Here are 4 trading principles that I have summarized, which newcomers can also apply directly.

Principle 1: Slow Down Don’t Panic – Fast Drops Must Run

The dumbest mistake I made when I was new to the market was selling too early out of fear of losing profits.

Once, a large coin increased over 20%, then adjusted slowly. I panicked, afraid of 'profits flying away' so I hurriedly exited.

Less than a week later, it increased again by more than 50%.

But the real lesson comes afterwards.

This same coin, in another round, surged 30% and then plummeted straight down in just a few hours, with a huge sell-off volume. I immediately sold everything – and avoided a 40% crash right after that.

What Is The Essence Here?

  • Slow down: usually the process of shaking off, forcing impatient people out of the market

  • Quick rise – quick drop: signals of cash flow withdrawal, especially when accompanied by large volume

👉 Flash crashes are not opportunities – they are warnings.

Principle 2: High Price Sideways, Volume Decreases = Maximum Risk

Three years ago, I once held a 'hot' coin while it was moving sideways at the peak for half a month. The K-line looked very 'stable', I thought: 'Surely it's accumulating to go up next.'

The problem is I overlooked the volume.

Each passing day, the volume gets smaller and smaller. A week later, that coin dropped straight down 50%, and my account evaporated more than 30,000 yuan.

Why Is This Scenario Very Dangerous?

  • High price but no new cash flow coming in

  • The buying side is weakening, the selling side is just waiting for someone to 'support the price'

  • When the last buyer finally enters → large cash flow withdraws

📌 Sideways at the top with depleted volume is even more dangerous than a sharp drop.

Principle 3: Bottom Fishing Don’t Get Caught in 'Technical Rebound' – Must Have 2 Signals

I once got stuck for 6 months just because I believed:

"It's gone deep, bouncing back is the bottom."

A token drops 25%, bounces back 10%, I go in with full capital.

Result: it continued to drop, and I became the living liquidity.

Later I understood: The real bottom never comes in panic.

A Reliable Bottom Must Have 2 Conditions

  1. At least 2 weeks of sideways movement with low volume
    → The market is balanced, no longer panicking

  2. 3 consecutive days of slight increases with gradually increasing volume
    → Real cash flow starts to come back

Last year, I applied this principle correctly when the market adjusted.
Result: assets tripled in just half a year.

👉 Bottom fishing is waiting for signals, not relying on luck.

Principle 4: Volume Is The Thing That Never Lies

News can be exaggerated.
K-line can be drawn.
But trading volume is real money thrown into the market.

Now I trade according to 3 strict principles:

  • ❌ No full margin

  • ❌ No chasing the top

  • ❌ No guessing the bottom

I always keep 30% cash, only using it when I see the price and volume both increase.

Every day I look at the chart for no more than 1 hour, focusing only on:

  • Volume

  • Price structure

  • The signals mentioned above

Conclusion: To Go Far, You Must Go Slow

The biggest mistake of newbies is wanting to get rich quickly. I was once like that, and I had to pay the price with real money.

Crypto is not hard to make money, the hard part is:

  • Maintain discipline

  • Do not let emotions control

  • Accept missing out instead of entering incorrectly

A little slower, but you will survive longer – and in the end, the one who remains laughs last.