When you have less than 100,000 in spare cash and step into the crypto world—this amount is neither too much nor too little. Many people, due to limited capital, can't help but want to 'bet big', going all in on some obscure altcoin, hoping for an overnight turnaround, but the result often ends up being a total loss.
I myself have come from being a monthly wage worker to being able to manage seven-figure funds today. To be honest, I don't really believe in luck; the reason I've been able to progress step by step over the years is a replicable 'system'. Today, I will share the core logic of how to grow small amounts into larger ones, along with my real experiences trading BTC, ETH, and BNB, breaking it down and sharing it with you.
Phase One: Don’t be a 'sea king', focus to stay alive
In the beginning, I made almost all the mistakes that newbies make—I always thought other coins would rise better.
❌ Wrong demonstration:
Seeing BTC's big fluctuations, hurriedly making a move; the next day hearing that BNB has a Launchpool benefit, changing positions to rush in; two days later, seeing ETH's strong rebound, my thoughts drifted towards Ethereum... What was the result? The rhythm was completely disrupted, the profits were not enough to cover the transaction fees, and my mindset collapsed.
😅 My experience of stepping on a pit:
I once made several profits using a support and resistance strategy on BTC, thinking I had figured it out. Then excitedly, I applied this method to a popular altcoin—but it fluctuated rapidly and had poor depth, two trades wiped out all my previous profits.
✅ My choice:
Only do one, and master it.
If you prefer stability, choose BTC—it has the best liquidity and relatively stable technical patterns, making it less susceptible to short-term manipulation.
If you can tolerate slightly larger fluctuations, choose ETH—it often has more obvious rhythms and volatility compared to BTC, suitable for practicing swing trading.
You can even focus on BNB, after all, it is a platform coin with ecosystem support and a fixed destruction mechanism.
The key is not to choose who, but once you decide, you should only 'dialogue' with it: familiarize yourself with its fluctuation habits at different times, understand where its support and resistance lie, and feel its 'character.'
Phase Two: Treat the stop loss as 'a meal delivery,' you can hold onto profits.
Once you stop frequently changing your position and stabilize your mindset, you should establish your own trading system. The core of this phase can be summed up in one sentence: use position management to protect your mindset.
The iron rule I set for myself:
The loss on a single trade should not exceed 2% of the principal.
🌰 Here's an example (ETH practical):
Assuming your principal is 1000U and you're preparing to go long on ETH.
You must calculate before opening an order: if this order hits the stop loss, the maximum loss is 20U.
What is 20U? It's the cost of a meal delivery or two cups of milk tea.
What changes in mindset?
When you know that the most you can lose is the cost of a meal after placing an order, you won't keep staring at the market with sweaty palms. You can hold onto the position and let the profits run for a while.
Many people explode in their mindset as soon as they incur a loss because a single trade might equal half a month's salary. Reducing the loss limit to a level that is 'insignificant' ensures that your actions won't deform.
Phase Three: Increase the principal, rather than amplify the leverage
This is the biggest dividing line between ordinary players and real traders. Earning a bit of money is easy to get carried away, wanting to use high leverage for a gamble—that's the fastest way to zero.
What can truly be amplified is not leverage, but your principal.
My logic is simple:
If you use 1000U to swing trade BTC, you can steadily earn 10% each month;
Then if you give you 10,000U or 100,000U, with the same system, you are likely to earn 10% as well.
The difference is: 10% of 1000U is 100U (doesn't feel like much), while 10% of 100,000U is 10,000U (really appealing).
So how to increase the principal?
Making money off-exchange: Work hard, increase your income, and regularly convert part of your earnings into U to recharge.
Utilizing the ecosystem: If you hold BNB, you can participate in Launchpool and other low-risk financial products to earn some 'passive income' and gradually grow the snowball.
Seeking funded accounts: Once your skills mature and you can make stable profits, you can try to apply for some trading companies' funded accounts, using others' money to earn profit shares—this is a common growth path for professional traders.
Trading is never about luck; it's a long-term practice of patience and discipline.
In summary, three sentences:
Focus on one coin, understand its temperament;
Treat losses as meal money, control your mindset with position size;
Slowly grow the principal, don’t gamble with leverage.
This method is not stimulating or fast, but it is a system that can truly allow ordinary people to survive and go further. What is most scarce in the crypto world is not opportunities, but the patience to act according to a system. Let's work hard together.
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