For all those who think making money is too slow
I entered the crypto world in 2017. I've seen people jumping off buildings after being liquidated at midnight, and I've seen others make a comeback through sheer luck. But the only one I truly respect is my female disciple whom I raised single-handedly.
She came to me with 30,000 yuan, not even knowing what a candlestick chart was. I just told her, 'Don’t learn that flashy stuff; 90% of the 'masters' in the crypto world rely on luck. What you need to earn is time's friendship, not casino chips.'
1. Why do you suffer greater losses the more you 'strive'?
I've seen too many people staring at the market for 12 hours a day, with 8 trading apps on their phones, drawing trend lines denser than a spider web. And what’s the result? When it goes up, they complain they didn't buy enough; when it goes down, they curse the market makers. In the end, they didn’t make any money, and their hair is falling out.
The biggest illusion in the crypto world is that you think 'complex = advanced'.
In fact, the underlying logic of making money is as simple as saying, 'If it falls a lot, it will rise; if it rises a lot, it will fall.' But how many people get obsessed when they enter the market? News groups scroll until midnight, contract leverage hits 100 times, always thinking they can buy at the lowest point and sell at the highest.
My apprentice was like this at first, until I forced her to delete all indicators and only keep a 20-day moving average on the chart—set to semi-transparent so she wouldn't impulsively draw.
Second, what is actually dumb about her 'stupid method'?
I only taught her to recognize one pattern: 'N shape structure'.
In simple terms, it's three steps:
Breakout (volume surge)
Pullback (volume decrease stabilizing at a key level)
Another breakout (previous high being crushed, entering the market)
No steps skipped!
For example, when ORDI was in the second wave of the N shape last year, she held onto the 0.38 support level for a full 9 days, not moving even with a 20% fluctuation, until it broke out on volume before she chased it. Later, this coin surged 3 times in one breath, and she took a 60% profit before selling.
The more 'rigid' part is risk control:
Always set stop-loss at 2%, immediately cut losses if the pattern breaks, even if there's a rally in the next second, do not look back;
Set take profit at 10%, withdraw profits when sufficient, leave the principal for the next round;
No leverage, no averaging down, no holding positions; always keep 30% cash in the account.
This method has a win rate of only about 35%, but the odds are set at 1:5; over the long term, minimizing losses and maximizing gains is the core.
Third, capital management is 100 times more important than technology.
When she earned 1.2 million, I forced her to withdraw the initial 30,000 principal: 'This money is not for you to play with in the future; it is for your parents' retirement.'
On the day it surged to 6 million, she was so excited her hands were shaking, I directly had her transfer 3 million to buy government bond funds: 'Even if you lose the rest, you still have a trump card to turn things around.'
What is the most feared thing in the crypto world? 'Paper wealth'! How many people have blown up not because they don't understand technology, but because they got carried away when making profits, thinking they are the chosen ones, only to be returned to square one by a pullback.
Fourth, why can't most people persist?
1. Always looking for shortcuts.
Some people scoff at the mention of 'N shape': 'This is too basic! Is there something cooler?' As a result, they ran to chase meme coins and grab airdrops, ending up getting burned until they had nothing left.
2. Emotions being hijacked by candlesticks.
The longest time my apprentice held a position overnight was during the 80% crash of LUNC in 2023. She cried for half an hour after cutting losses according to the rules, but three months later, the project went to zero. She said: 'Master, if I had stubbornly held on back then, I would never have turned my life around.'
Fifth, if you want to try, remember three iron rules.
Don't complain about being slow.
From 30,000 to 10 million, she took 5 years. In the first two years, the principal only grew to 1.2 million, while in the last three years, the growth was exponential—the money in the crypto world is earned by 'waiting'.
Block out the noise.
What does 'Musk's call' and 'Trump's hoarding of coins' have to do with you? Your world only has the N-level breakout and a 2% stop-loss line.
Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!
Double your profit, withdraw the principal; triple your profit, withdraw half. There is no 'guaranteed profit' in the crypto world; only the money that lands in your bank account is yours.
To be honest: I have seen too many genius traders lose in a bear market, while people like my apprentice, the 'stupid ones', have become winners by relying on discipline.
When she got married last year, she told me: 'Master, actually I am not trading coins, I am practicing 'holding back'.'
Yeah, what do you need a holy grail for in the crypto world? It's just a sieve, filtering out the impatient, greedy, and self-righteous—what remains are just ordinary people willing to repeat simple tasks.
Follow Xiang Ge, and let him guide you to understand more first-hand information and precise points of crypto knowledge, becoming your navigation in the crypto world; learning is your greatest wealth!
