I survived the last bear market and have seen too many people treat cryptocurrency trading like a casino, ultimately losing even their principal. Two years ago, a fan named 'Single Sword' reached out to me; his situation was typical: starting with 100,000 USDT, he lost it down to just 5,000, anxiously staring at the market all night, drinking Red Bull like water, with transaction fees almost matching his losses.
I asked him, “Do you think the market is targeting you?”
He replied, “What else? Every time I buy, it drops; every time I sell, it soars!”
I directly confronted him: “The market isn’t targeting you; you’re the one sticking your head out for the sickle to cut.”
Cutting off hands and feet is the only way to control the hands
The problem with the single account is not poor technique, but emotional loss of control. He opens 20 trades a day, with leverage up to 20 times, chasing every pump—this is no different from a gambler.
I asked him to do three things:
Change the K-line cycle from 1 minute to daily—short cycle noise is too much, which easily makes people anxious;
Open a maximum of two trades a day, set a stop loss at 1.5%, and immediately withdraw the principal portion after profits exceed 5%;
After losing two trades in a row, he would turn off the computer and run 5 kilometers downstairs to physically isolate his emotions.
At that time, he replied to me with a series of ellipses, but later admitted: it was precisely this 'cage-like' discipline that made him see how poor his trading habits were for the first time.
Squatting is harder than fighting, but surviving is more important.
At first, the single account felt uncomfortable, but after three months, he developed the habit of writing 'hunter's diary': recording the entry reasons, stop-loss levels, holding logic for each trade, and even taking screenshots to send me.
Slow is fast—he cut the leverage down to 3 times, and after extending the cycle, he actually caught a few trend markets. In three months, the account climbed back from 5,000 U to 21,000 U.
He said: 'It turns out that trading is not about who is fierce, but about who lives longer.'
I laughed at him: 'Only now do you understand? The market always has opportunities, but most people die before the opportunity arrives.'
During the warming period of a bull market, what should be practiced the most is 'squat skill'.
Recently, the single account rolled to 50,000 U, and he withdrew half of the profit to buy his mom a new phone, while the rest continues to squat. He wrote in his diary: 'I used to want to double overnight, but now I understand that the prerequisite for getting rich quickly is not to get washed out.'
My opinion is very direct:
Don't blindly believe in 'financial freedom' stories (like those who got rich from altcoins; most people eventually lose it back);
It’s easiest to lose money in a bull market—FOMO (fear of missing out) emotions make people heavily invest in altcoins, causing them to miss stable gains;
If you often slap your thigh late at night, first learn single account trading: engrave trading rules into your DNA; even with a small principal, you can be a fire starter.
Written at the end
In this cycle, my own strategy is to hold a steady position in BTC/ETH, and to squat potential sectors (like RWA, Depin) with a small position, but absolutely avoid high leverage and staying up late to watch the market.
The market lacks stars but lacks longevity. If you have repeatedly cut losses, it's better to lock yourself in a 'discipline cage'—operate less and squat more; it may be more useful than studying 100 indicators.
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