Three months ago, a follower was on the brink of collapse. He had lost 200,000 in the crypto market.
In a late-night chat, he sent me a line: "Teacher Jingyi, I can't hold on anymore. I want to quit."
I replied: "The only thing you need to do right now is calm down and clear your emotions.
Next, follow my five rules step by step."
**Step One: Test with Light Positions, Heavy Positions Only When Trends Are Clear**
Strictly control positions within 10% of total capital, using only 10,000-20,000 to probe the market.
On his first attempt, he carefully bought a small amount of ETH at a low price, making 3% that day. Although the profit was modest, he said: "This is the first time in three months I've seen my account turn green."
**Step Two: Iron-Clad Stop Loss, Protect Your Principal**
We agreed: set a 3% stop loss in advance for every trade. Once, his SOL position suddenly crashed and hit the stop loss point. He closed the position immediately, avoiding further losses.
**Step Three: Reinvest Profits, Use Gains to Pursue Future Returns**
When his account was up over 30%, I had him reinvest half the profits into targets with clear trends.
For example, when BTC broke through key resistance, he added to his position with prior profits while always keeping his principal safely withdrawn.
**Step Four: Focus on Major Uptrends, Abandon Range-Bound Markets**
When the market frequently consolidated sideways, I required him to stay in cash and wait until a mainstream coin showed volume breakthrough signals, then we'd go all-in.
In this major uptrend, he held the position for 5 days, with returns covering the previous two weeks of probe costs. He said: "Turns out 'doing nothing' is harder than 'constantly trading,' but it's also much more effective."
**Step Five: Batch Profit-Taking, Lock in Gains**
After his assets doubled, we took profits in three batches: 30% of profits at a 50% gain, 40% at doubling, leaving 30% for trend continuation.
Ultimately, he not only filled the 200,000 loss but his account reached a new high of 450,000.
He experienced a transformation from fear to rationality.
As the extreme case of experienced crypto trader shows: markets always fluctuate, but discipline and patience are the real "moat."
I used to walk through the crypto space alone in the dark, now I'm passing the "light" to others.
Short-term: 5,000ku minimum | Swing trading: 30,000-50,000 minimum | Medium to long-term: 50,000-100,000 minimum | Only for those fated #Gate广场AI测评官
