Discipline is more important than intelligence.
I am a 37-year-old female trader who has been in this industry for 8 years. Every time I meet friends from the real economy circle, they always curiously ask, 'Can you really make money in the cryptocurrency circle?'
I don’t like to brag. To be honest, during the market trends from 2021 to 2023, my account assets indeed broke through eight digits. Now, I stay in hotels that cost 2300 a night, living more comfortably than many of my peers in the real economy.
You ask for the secret? It's not extraordinary talent, nor is it good luck, but a simple method so straightforward that my peers laugh and call it 'foolish'—I call it the 'Stable Trilogy' for building positions.
It is this seemingly unadvanced method that has allowed me to steadily secure over 20 million amidst market fluctuations. Newbies just need to follow it, and they can at least avoid five years of detours.
01 My cryptocurrency journey: from stumbling to being calm and composed.
I did not enter the cryptocurrency space early; I started at 29. Like many newbies, I made all the typical mistakes: chasing highs and selling lows, maxing out leverage, and blindly following trends.
During the big drop in 2018, I once lost 60%. I couldn't sleep all night, staring blankly at the K-line chart. Until I realized that the problem was not in the market, but in my own method.
I observed a phenomenon: those who make money in the cryptocurrency space in the long term do not rely on predicting market highs and lows, but rather have strict capital management strategies. They first think about how to survive, then how to make money.
Thus, I combined traditional trading position management ideas with an understanding of the volatility of the cryptocurrency market to explore a position-building method that suits me. The core is very simple: build positions in batches, strictly set stop-losses, and let profits run.
02 How does my 'steady three-step' position-building method work?
Taking Bitcoin as an example. Assume you are ready to invest 100,000, and proceed steadily in three steps:
Testing the waters: initial position 20%.
I only invested 20,000 yuan with a light position to test the waters. With a light position, my mindset remains stable during market fluctuations. Too many people go all-in right away and lose to their emotions from the very first step.
At this time, I set my stop-loss line to ensure losses do not exceed 2% of the total capital (i.e., 2,000 yuan). In other words, even if I make a wrong judgment, my losses are still completely within a controllable range.
Add positions in batches: add 50% during a downturn.
If the price drops, I am not flustered; instead, I follow the plan to add positions by 10% for every 8% drop, using 50,000 yuan to slowly build up. This way, regardless of market rises or falls, the cost is averaged out, and I will not be trapped.
This method is different from the common 'inverse pyramid' position increasing method; I use a positive pyramid method — buying more at lower prices, which lowers the average cost and makes it easier to profit during rebounds.
Establish the trend: decisively increase the last 30%.
When BTC breaks through a key position and stabilizes, I push the last 30,000 yuan in. The rhythm is clear, and the action is clean, without dragging.
At this point, I control my total position to no more than 70% of the total capital, always keeping 30% cash as 'crisis ammunition' to cope with black swan events.
03 Mindset management: The secret weapon for making money in the cryptocurrency space.
Having been in the cryptocurrency space for a long time, I deeply realize that mindset is more important than technical skills.
Many people with good technical analysis skills ultimately lose money because of an imbalanced mindset. The biggest advantage of my 'foolish method' is that it helps you stabilize your mindset.
I do not pursue buying at the lowest point or selling at the highest point. I only earn the safest portion of profit in between, and I am very satisfied with a 30%-50% increase.
I do not envy those who become rich quickly through high leverage. I know that as long as the time is long enough, high-leverage players will mostly be eliminated by the market. What I want to do is survive in the market for the long term and wait for those high-certainty opportunities.
Regular review is my habit. Every Sunday night, I review the week's trading records, calculate win rates and profit-loss ratios, and identify areas for improvement. This is much more important than trading blindly.
04 Three practical suggestions for newbies.
If you have just entered the cryptocurrency space, I want to give you three concrete suggestions:
First, start with a small amount of money to test the waters. Do not invest a large sum of money right away, and do not borrow money or take loans to trade cryptocurrencies. Use money you can afford to lose to learn; accumulating experience in the early stages is more important than making money.
Second, focus on mainstream coins. High liquidity coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum should be your first choice, and stay away from altcoins that might go to zero overnight.
Third, spend less time watching social media calls. 99% of the 'experts' in the market are losing money in the long run, and independent thinking is your most important weapon.
05 The market has changed, and strategies must change.
I noticed that the cryptocurrency market now is very different from a few years ago: institutional funds have entered, the regulatory framework is becoming clearer, and market volatility has also changed.
But human nature has not changed — greed and fear still dominate most people's decisions.
The reason my method is effective is that it targets unchanging human nature, rather than the ever-changing market. No matter how the market changes, the principles of capital management remain the same.
In a bear market, I will pay more attention to the fundamentals of projects; while in a bull market, I will focus on market sentiment and speculative factors to a certain extent. But in any case, my core position-building strategy remains unchanged.
Conclusion: Foolish methods are often the most effective methods.
The hardest part of the cryptocurrency space is not finding the 'holy grail', but restraint — restraint from greed, restraint from panic.
I can live calmly, not because I gamble, but because this 'foolish method' has helped me avoid pitfalls time and time again. Newbies should not dismiss it as simple; what allows you to survive and make money is the real method.
In the past, I walked alone in the darkness; now, I have a light in my hand. The light is here; will you follow? Follow Ake to learn more first-hand information and accurate points about cryptocurrency, and become your guide in the cryptocurrency space; learning is your greatest wealth!#巨鲸动向 #加密市场观察 $ETH
