Last week, while helping student Akai organize transaction records, he suddenly pulled up a chat screenshot from half a year ago, where the message "Only 20,000 left in the account, sis, am I completely finished?" lay glaringly on the screen. The panic in the text almost spilled out of the screen. But turning to look at his current account data, the five-digit number shone brightly, and his whole demeanor seemed like he had transformed into a different person, calm and determined. As an analyst who has been navigating the crypto market for eight years, I have seen too many people get lost in the fluctuations, and Akai's turnaround story precisely hides the "money-making code" that most people lack.
Looking back to last winter, when Akai found me, he was completely disheartened. He said that in the past year he was just “the market’s leeks”: following so-called “industry bigwigs” and going all in, rushing to enter the market at the slightest market movement, and panicking to take profits as soon as the market rose a bit, only to hold on to the fantasy that “it will always come back” when it fell. The result was that the hard-earned capital was reduced to mere pennies, and his mindset completely collapsed. With red eyes, he asked me: “Teacher, can my situation still be salvaged? I’m not looking to gamble, I just want to make back what I lost before.”
In the face of this situation, I didn't give any operational advice, but instead splashed him with a bucket of cold water: “Don’t think about how to make money first, learn how not to lose first.” In my view, Akai doesn't lack technical analysis skills, but rather the most critical “trading rhythm” — too eager to make money, too greedy for quick gains, even the best strategy in the hands of someone whose mindset has collapsed will only become a tool for losing money.
Real change starts with “practicing rhythm.” I had him set three strict rules for himself: only trade positions he understands, don’t be greedy for more orders, and don’t chase highs or sell lows. In the first week, Akai complained to me every day that “his hands were itching to the point of breaking his phone screen,” but he stubbornly held off from making any hasty trades. After stabilizing for three weeks, his account jumped from 20,000 to over 40,000; it was then he truly understood: it turns out that not messing around means making money.
In the second phase, I forced him to practice “the ability to stay out of the market” — this is also the key reason many traders stumble. I told him: “When there are no opportunities, be patient and wait, don’t stubbornly say ‘the market is still good,’ and definitely don’t enter just because your hands are itching. Staying out of the market is not giving up opportunities, but gathering strength for real opportunities.” Once, he stared at the market for three days without moving, until on the fourth day when the market hit a critical support level, he decisively entered with a heavy position, making over 10,000 that night; he was so excited when he sent me the screenshot that he made typos.
With this “patience for opportunities,” his account reached 90,000 in two months. Once the trading rhythm was completely sorted out, he happened to catch a few trend waves, and his account figure suddenly broke through 140,000. Later, during a review session with me, he said that the thing he regretted most was his past approach of “the more anxious, the more chaotic, the more chaotic, the more losses.” Now he understands the principle that “slow is fast.”
In fact, the crypto market is really not that complicated; the difficulty lies in your inability to remain calm. The thing about trading rhythm, to put it simply, is one word — “wait”: when the opportunity is right, bite hard; if it’s not right, stay out and hold back. It's not about staring at the market every day and exhausting yourself, nor is it about rushing in at the slightest fluctuation. There are opportunities every day, but the ones that truly belong to you might only come a few times a year.
I've seen too many newcomers come in with the fantasy of “making money every day,” only to lose their capital completely through frequent trading. In the crypto space, it's too easy for someone to stumble around blindly. If you're confused about “not being able to control your itchy hands,” “not being able to hold positions,” or “not knowing when to enter the market,” feel free to talk to me. Let's stabilize the trading rhythm together; it's better than anything else.
