This market that can traverse bull and bear cycles and continue to profit is never reliant on luck or the chosen ones, but rather on loyal executors who engrave the rules into their trading bones.
After experiencing iterations of bull and bear markets and stepping into countless traps, the three fundamental trading rules that are solidified are also essential lessons for full-time traders.
1. Position Management: Protecting the principal means protecting tomorrow.
Never give the market a chance to clear your chips; the core of full-time trading is that 'staying alive' is more important than 'making quick money.'
Split the funds into three major segments to build a funding system that is both offensive and defensive:
- Day trading: one trade per day, do not be greedy, do not linger in battle, take profits when they are good, earn small but certain money.
- Swing trading: layout once every half month, only capture certain trends with clear signals, avoid turbulent and chaotic periods.
- Emergency fund: a safety cushion that should never be used, even in extreme market conditions, it can preserve the capital for a restart.
True risk control starts with the three words 'not fully invested'; the premise of continuous profit is to always have capital for the next trade.
Second, trend trading: only act at key points, waiting is more important than frequent actions.
80% of the time in the crypto market is spent in sideways fluctuations, consuming funds and energy; the real opportunities are only hidden in 20% of trending markets.
The 'Three No Principles' of professional traders are deeply ingrained waiting wisdom:
- No signal, no entry: do not make predictions based on feelings, only wait for the system to give clear entry signals.
- No breakout, no chasing: do not follow the trend and chase highs, only enter the market after key points break.
- No confirmation, no position increase: do not blindly increase positions, only expand gradually after the trend is confirmed.
The secret to full-time trading is not 'frequent actions', but 'being mostly in cash and waiting; once you act, you must capture the entire trend'—less movement, precise movement, can help you avoid traps and lock in profits.
Third, execute discipline: tame emotions to tame the market.
In the crypto world, technology can be learned, systems can be refined, but the hardest to control is one's own emotions; all liquidations stem from emotions breaking through the bottom line of discipline.
Three unbreakable execution rules form the moat for stable profits:
- Stop-loss preset, must exit when touched: never harbor the illusion of a 'lucky rebound', the stop-loss line is the lifeline.
- Profit 4%, reduce positions in batches: do not be greedy for profits, securing profits is the long-term way to avoid profit reversal.
- No averaging down, refuse gambling: averaging down is not a strategy, it is using more capital to cover mistakes, which will only accelerate liquidation.
Remember: the system gives you the possibility of stable profits, while emotions can zero you out in an instant. The leap from 6000U to 128,000U seems like a multiplication of funds, but in reality, it is the compound effect of discipline and rules—by adhering to a principle every day, in the long run, it leads to a dual leap in cognition and wealth.
The path of full-time work in the crypto world is never about 'relying on technology to become a deity', but 'relying on rules to establish oneself'. This market is never short of short-term profit myths, but lacks wise individuals who can last a lifetime.
