The customer service suspected me of money laundering when I withdrew funds, but I know the real secret of this industry.
In 2017, I entered the cryptocurrency world with 5000U, witnessing too many stories of instant wealth and sudden losses. Some people lost everything to contracts, while my account steadily grew, with the maximum drawdown never exceeding 8%.
Today, I'm not sharing a secret to getting rich quickly, but a personal trading system that allows me to continuously 'profit' in the unpredictable market.
Core principle: survive first, then talk about making money.
The biggest enemy in the cryptocurrency world is not the market, but our own inner demons. The mindset of getting rich quickly is the root cause of losses for 99% of people. I adjusted my goal early from 'getting rich overnight' to 'steady accumulation,' deeply understanding the power of compound interest—no matter how low the annual return looks, it can create miracles over time.
My iron rule is: preserving the principal is always the top priority. Before each trade, I have already thought of a contingency plan in case something goes wrong, rather than waiting until the market changes unexpectedly and being at a loss.
My three core strategies.
First move: profit locking strategy, turning floating profits into secured gains.
The moment I open a position, the take profit and stop loss orders are set up simultaneously. As long as the profit reaches 10% of the principal, I immediately withdraw 50% of the profit and store it in a cold wallet. This part of the money is like going into a safe; the market can no longer take it away.
The remaining profits I consider as 'market gifts,' and I only use them to roll over and amplify returns. With this strategy, I have withdrawn more than thirty times in the past few years, with the highest being 180,000 USDT in one week, even prompting customer service to video call me to confirm I wasn't laundering money.
This approach is essentially an upgraded version of dynamic profit-taking. After making a profit, part of it is secured, and the remaining position sets a trailing stop loss, thus preserving part of the profit while not missing subsequent market movements.
Second move: multi-time frame linkage, you can still profit in a fluctuating market.
I don't guess the direction, but instead link three time cycles: the daily chart determines the big direction, the 4-hour chart looks at the range of fluctuations, and the 15-minute chart finds precise entry points.
For the same cryptocurrency, I often open two orders: order A looks for breakout opportunities to trade in the direction of the trend, with the stop loss placed at the recent low on the daily chart; order B waits for the 4-hour level to be overbought and sets a counter-position. The risk of both orders is strictly controlled within 1.5% of the principal, but the profit-taking space is at least 5 times the risk.
In this way, regardless of whether the market is trending or fluctuating, I have a response strategy. Especially in volatile markets, when others get slapped back and forth, I can often profit from both sides. The grid trading mindset has been integrated into this strategy, but with more subjective judgment added.
Third move: treat stop loss as a ticket, using small losses for large gains.
You might not believe it when I say this, but my trading win rate is only about 38%, yet I can achieve a profit-loss ratio of over 4:1. Let's do the math: over the long term, for every 1 yuan of risk taken, I can earn back nearly 2 yuan.
I never cling to battles. Once the market proves me wrong, I immediately stop loss and exit. Losing small amounts is a necessary cost of trading, just like paying rent for a store is natural. In the market, staying alive is more important than anything else, and strictly controlling losses is the secret to longevity.
Three iron rules worth their weight in gold.
Funds are divided into ten parts, using one part at a time: never fully invested, this is what I learned from painful lessons. I recommend that the holding of a single cryptocurrency not exceed 10% of total funds, and total leverage should not exceed 3 times.
If I incur two consecutive losses, I shut down: after consecutive losses, it's easiest to trade emotionally. I will decisively stop trading, go to the gym or take a walk, and come back after my mind has cleared.
Withdraw 20% when doubling: whenever the account doubles, I withdraw 20% to buy gold or US Treasury bonds, providing insurance for my assets. The market is most afraid not of you making money, but you completely leaving the game.
The underlying traits of stable profit-makers.
Stable profits do not rely on mysterious codes or precise predictions, but rather depend on a systematic approach. Successful traders share three main traits: stable cognitive structures, mature emotional systems, and sustainable behavioral patterns.
They do not change strategies based on short-term gains or losses, executing plans like machines; they wait for high-probability opportunities, being in cash/light positions 90% of the time and going heavy 10% of the time; they continuously learn but filter out market noise, focusing on truly important on-chain data and fundamental changes.
Conclusion: slow is fast, less is more.
In the cryptocurrency market, 'not watching the market' is entirely feasible, but it depends on your strategy and discipline. My system allows me not to stay up all night watching the market, not to guess the next wave of trends, but to rely on rules and discipline to achieve stable returns in the market.
The real secret is: give up unrealistic fantasies and let time be your friend. Build your own system, use rules to constrain human nature, and you can navigate steadily in the waves of the cryptocurrency market.
This world is not afraid of you making money, but is afraid that after you blow up your account, you won't be able to get up again. My goal is to be the long-termist who stays in the market.
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