I took him from 2000U to 23,000U, but on the 36th day, I blocked him. This story may help you understand the true meaning of 'turning around' in the crypto world.
When he came to me, his account only had 2000U left, the aftermath of his third liquidation. The messages at dawn were always filled with urgency: “Bro, if I lose any more, I’ll be at a dead end.” That kind of anxiety of wanting quick money yet fearing a loss felt just like us when we first entered the market.
On the first day, I taught him to allocate 10% of his position to build ETH, investing only 200U from the 2000U. He frowned: “Just 200U? When will I break even?” I looked at him: “What you want isn’t to gamble once, it’s to save your account.” He bit his lip and pressed buy.
Three days later, the market started to rise, and his account had a floating profit of 36%. I advised him to transfer over 700U of profits to a stablecoin wallet, leaving only the principal for trading: “Profits are the seeds for survival; save them first and then grow.” During that time, we watched the market together, he filled his trading notes, even annotating the market analysis at three in the morning.
2000U, 2700U, 6100U, 9800U… On the 28th day, when it broke 23,000, he suddenly asked: “Bro, I think I know how to play now, can I bring my friends in?” I didn’t respond but saw him flaunting his profits on social media, captioned “Turning around in the crypto world is easy.”
On the 34th day, he secretly heavily invested in altcoins: “I’ve been watching the K-line for three days; it’s definitely going up.” By the time I found out, his account had already lost 43%. “I want to test my own judgment.” He was not convinced. After that, he chased short-term trades every day, loosening his stop-loss, looking just like he did before the liquidation.
On the 36th day when I blocked him, his account still had 12,000U left. I didn’t feel sorry for the lost money; I just regretted that he abandoned the rules of “diversification, stop-loss, and keeping profits” — the discipline we ingrained in 28 days couldn’t compete with his obsession to prove himself.
The harshest truth in the crypto world: it’s not hard to go from 2000U to 23,000U; what’s hard is to hold onto it and keep moving forward. Surviving isn’t about a one-time windfall, but about turning discipline into a reflex. Just like the old fisherman says, going out to sea safely isn’t about one big catch; it’s knowing where the reefs are in the sea.
