Discipline and systems are the best teachers.
Last year, late at night, I received a particularly long private message.
“Brother, my husband left me with less than 2,000 yuan when he passed away. I am struggling to support my son who needs to go to school and my newborn daughter. I really can’t make it. I currently have no income and beg you to help me. I want to give my children a good future.”
She told me she had tried chasing rises and falls, going all in on contracts, borrowing money to average down, missing none of the pitfalls that retail investors fall into. In the end, only the borrowed 900U remained.
I immediately pulled her back: stop, follow my method.
Three months later, the 900U bounced back to 5800U. Now, her account has steadily risen to 12,000U. This is not a myth of sudden wealth, but a real story about how to survive first.
1. Cut your funds into triangles: never lose your life-saving cards.
I had her split the 900U into three parts, each part 300U.
The first part of 300U is for day trading, taking profits at 3% and exiting, never fighting hard. The second part of 300U is for weekly level trading, only entering when there is certainty. The last 300U is locked and untouched, even if the sky falls.
She later told me: “It turns out that not going all in allows me to sleep better.”
Behind this is a cruel reality: many newcomers in the crypto world start off dreaming of instant success, but neglect that risk control is the top priority. Professional traders strictly control the risk of each trade to 1%-2% of total capital, meaning they can afford to be wrong 50 times in a row and still have a chance to recover.
The crypto market operates 24 hours a day and is highly volatile; going all in on contracts is akin to suicide. For a single mother like her, preserving capital is more important than making profits.
2. Only eat the fish body, leave the tail for others.
BTC once went sideways for three months, and I didn't let her open a position during that time. After confirming the trend, I chased the first wave, and when profits exceeded 15%, I immediately withdrew the principal.
She learned to drink tea and watch the show during the ups and downs: “I used to think missing out meant losing, but now I understand that missing out can actually be a gain.”
In the cryptocurrency market, daily fluctuations of ±10% are common. Many people always want to buy at the lowest point and sell at the highest point, but the result is often being trapped. Trading in the crypto world is not a race, but a boxing match – the market will swing a heavy fist to strike you, and you must be able to stand safely in the ring when the bell rings at the end of 12 rounds.
I let her choose mainstream cryptocurrencies, such as BTC, ETH, etc. Although small and medium market cap altcoins may offer higher returns, the risks are also greater. For a single mother relying on 900U to turn her life around, capital safety is more important than anything.
3. Treat yourself like an ATM, don’t be a drama queen.
I helped her set a mechanical rule: cut losses at 1.5%, take profits at 3% must be halved. No averaging down, no holding positions overnight, no heavy positions.
She now says with a smile: “I trade like a robot and actually make money.”
Strict execution of trading discipline is key to overcoming the market. Many traders fail not because their strategies are poor, but because they cannot execute their strategies. In trading, chasing rises and falls, fear and greed, seeking quick success, and refusing to admit mistakes are the greatest human weaknesses that we face.
By setting clear investment goals, quantifiable standards, and trading systems, one can avoid being swayed by market emotions. This is why she can now trade like a robot and actually make money.
Surviving is the true victory.
What touched me the most was what she said last week: “I’ve saved enough for my child’s tuition and my little daughter’s milk powder money. It turns out that making money doesn’t need to blow up accounts.”
In this market, living long is itself a kind of brilliance.
The core of trading in the crypto world is not prediction or insider information, but establishing a system that allows you to survive. Risk control is your bottom line for survival, information insight is the basis for your judgments, and trading discipline is the only means to ensure the effective execution of the first two.
If you are also losing sleep over losses, or keep making the same mistakes, perhaps what you are missing is not luck, but a trading system that can save your life.
The crypto world has risks, but as long as you have discipline and a system, you can survive in this harsh market. And surviving gives you the opportunity to see tomorrow’s sun.
The world is not perfect, but those who survive can see change.
Feel free to share your trading insights in the comments section, and we can discuss how to better survive in this market together. Follow Xiang Ge to gain more first-hand information and precise points of knowledge in the crypto world, as learning is your greatest wealth!
