At three in the morning, my phone exploded with margin call messages, and with trembling fingers, I texted my wife: "How about… we sell the car?"

This is not a novel; this is the true portrayal of my life in March 2020. At that time, I had been trading cryptocurrencies full-time for four years. Ethereum plummeted from $2800 to $1700, and my twenty times leverage was instantly wiped out. The person I saw in the mirror, with deep dark circles, was a far cry from the office worker who secretly checked prices months ago. At that moment, I understood — the enemy in trading cryptocurrencies is not the market, but rather your own human nature.

I've seen too many extreme stories in the crypto world:

Some people quit their jobs, invested all their savings for three months to earn enough for a down payment, only to be knocked back to square one by a single spike with a hundred times leverage;

Some made two million in a bull market, but in the end, anxiety and visual disturbances caught up with them, and all the money they made went into the pockets of their psychologist.

Trading cryptocurrencies seems free, but in reality, it’s more exhausting than a 996 job. Market fluctuations are unpredictable, yet people's hearts are tightly bound by the fear of "losing" and "missing out."

The scariest thing is not the margin call, but the moment of trembling hands closing positions prematurely on the eve of a surge; that kind of regret is heart-wrenching and unforgettable for three months.

Don’t be deceived by the illusion of "easy money"; the real old players who stand the test of time are those who understand economic trends, Federal Reserve policies, and can instantly grasp the memes posted by Musk.

In 2021, I was victim to a flash loan attack and lost 18 ETH. That incident completely woke me up: trading cryptocurrencies full-time is not about buying wealth, but about buying time, and not losing time to gain lessons.

The crypto world has never been a solitary battle. Since then, I no longer take heavy risks, do not fixate on minute-by-minute fluctuations to gamble on directions, but instead control the market with "rhythm":

Dollar-cost averaging in a bear market, taking profits in batches during a bull market;

Holding firm during main upward trends, resting during volatile periods;

When others are anxious, I remain steady as an old dog;

When others are greedy, I withdraw early.

In 2021, I accurately captured three rounds of mainstream market trends using this set of rules, rolling over my capital to amplify profits, going from a few hundred thousand in principal to over ten million. This is not luck, but the result of taming human nature.

I often say: the crypto world does not lack opportunities; what it lacks is people who can survive until the next opportunity.

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