Colleagues laugh at my trading style as 'Buddhist retirement', but my fans have followed me to multiply their capital by 35 times. You read that right, in a crypto market where everyone chases highs and lows, I managed to earn real money using the 'dumbest' methods.
After 8 years of cryptanalysis, I've seen too many retail investors turn candlestick charts into 'ECGs', staring at the market for 12 hours a day, paying more in fees than in profits. I also fell into this trap in my early years: setting 5 alarms to trade, with stop-loss orders falling like dominoes, and in the end, I couldn't keep my money, turning myself into a 'night owl + panda eyes' dual buff player. It wasn't until I lost my third capital that I realized: the biggest enemy of retail investors is not the market, but the 'self-conceited' greed and fear.
My 'four no principles': give up prediction, just be a 'follower' of the trend.
The first lesson I give to my students is always 'give up drawing lines'. The essence of the market is a game of capital; no one can accurately predict the direction of the next K-line. Instead of wasting time guessing tops and bottoms, remember these four actions:
Do not stare at the market: turn off the alerts from the trading software and only check your holdings at a fixed time each day. Market fluctuations are normal; the more you stare, the easier it is to be hooked by 'emotional triggers', leading to foolish actions like chasing highs and selling lows.
Do not engage in day trading: unless you can guarantee that you hit the rhythm of each wave perfectly, frequent trading is just working for the exchange. I have seen the most exaggerated student who traded 58 times in a month, with transaction fees eating up 40% of potential profits.
Do not cut losses: here, 'do not cut losses' refers to not cutting trend stocks. As long as you choose mainstream varieties supported by fundamentals, a short-term pullback of 50% is not considered a risk; rather, it is an opportunity to add positions. But if you buy 'air varieties', you must decisively exit when it’s time to stop loss.
Do not go all in: divide the principal into 5-6 parts and only use 1-2 parts to enter. Even if you encounter a 'certain' opportunity, never put all your eggs in one basket. When the market drops sharply, adding positions should also strictly follow the principle of 'each time adding no more than 20% of the current position'.
Product selection + locking profits: making stable money is more important than 'gambling for multiples'.
Many people ask me, 'Why not touch the hundred times new currency?' The answer is simple: retail investors want 'certain profits', not 'probabilistic wealth'. Those varieties that rise tenfold in a day may hide traps of institutional manipulation behind them. The excitement when you enter is matched by the despair when you are stuck.
My product selection logic has only two criteria: first, mainstream varieties in the top 20 by market value; second, leading sectors with actual application scenarios. Although these assets increase slowly, their volatility is relatively controllable. As long as you can hold on, the trend will give you sufficient returns.
Locking in profits is more crucial. When my profits reach 10%, I will first withdraw a portion of my principal, and let the remaining profits continue to 'snowball'. For example, if I entered with 2100U at the beginning of June, when it rises to 12,000, I withdrew 5000U for living expenses, and the remaining 7000U continued to hold; when it reached 39,000, I withdrew 20,000U to speculate on subsequent market movements, and even if it pulls back, I won't feel distressed. This is the magic of compound interest—making money with market money is far more reliable than risking your own capital.
Remember: the money in the crypto market is endless, but the capital can be lost. Only by maintaining a stable mindset can you survive until the trend's dividend period.
Written for those who want to survive long-term in the market.
I never teach 'get rich overnight' techniques because they are all scams. Those who can truly make money in the crypto market have one thing in common: they can remain calm and dare to approach it 'simply'. You don’t need to become a technical master, nor do you need to learn complex indicators; just engrave 'stability, patience, holding, execution' in your heart, and you will already surpass 80% of retail investors.
If you are still staying up late staring at the market and feeling emo about stop losses, why not try my 'simple method': choose a mainstream asset, enter with a small position, set a profit-taking line, and then go to work or rest as usual. Come back to check in a week; you might be surprised.
