Since I entered the market in 2017 until now, I have seen too many people lose their principal entirely in futures contracts due to incorrect mindset and methods. Friends around me have mortgaged their houses to add positions, only to be liquidated eventually. But in these five years, my account curve has always been trending upward at a 45° angle, with the maximum drawdown never exceeding 10%.

The secret is actually just one: Don’t treat exchanges like a casino; treat yourself as the 'market maker'. Don’t guess the rise or fall, don’t watch the screen constantly, don’t rely on luck—use a systematic approach to let the market do the work for you.

Starting with $5,000, I’ve grown it into a seven-figure sum, and I want to dissect the core logic for you.

**First Trick: Lock in profits with compound interest, insuring your gains**

Place your stop loss and take profit immediately when opening a position. Once profits reach 10% of your principal, move 50% of the profit to a cold wallet to lock in gains, and use the remaining 'free profit' to roll into the next trade. What are the benefits of this approach? If the market continues to rise, you enjoy the power of compound interest; if it reverses, you at most give back half of your profits, while your principal remains rock solid.

I’ve used this method for 5 years, with 37 profit-taking instances, the largest weekly withdrawal being $180,000, and even the exchange customer service contacted me proactively to verify if I was laundering money through video.

**Second Trick: Misaligned positioning, treat market liquidation points as passwords**

Simultaneously monitor the daily, 4-hour, and 15-minute charts—daily shows the big direction, 4-hour confirms the range, and 15-minute handles precise entries.

For the same coin, I open two positions at once. Position A pursues a breakout, with a stop loss set below the recent low on the daily chart; Position B uses a limit order to short in the overbought zone on the 4-hour chart. Both stops are strictly controlled within 1.5% of the principal, and take profits are set above 5 times.

80% of the market time is in consolidation. When others get liquidated, I profit from both sides. During the Luna crash in 2022, in 24 hours, a 90% spike, my long and short take profits triggered perfectly, and my account surged by 42% in a single day.

**Third Trick: Stop loss is explosive profit—trade big by taking small wounds**

Treat stop loss truly as your 'entry ticket'. A small risk of 1.5% exchanges for the chance to participate in the trend. When the market is bullish, move your stop loss to let profits run freely; if the trend turns against you, exit cleanly and swiftly.

I’ve analyzed my five years of trading data: a win rate of only 38%, but a profit-to-loss ratio of 4.8:1. What does this mean? The mathematical expectation is +1.9%—for every dollar risked, I consistently earn $1.90. Just catching two clear trends a year can make returns that outperform bank savings.

**The last three principles are most crucial:**

Divide your capital into 10 parts; use at most 1 part for a single position, and keep total open positions within 3 parts. After losing twice in a row, mandatory shut down and go to the gym—never revenge trade. This is where many people tend to blow up. Every time your account doubles, take 20% to buy US bonds or gold, so even in a deep bear market, you can sleep peacefully.

The market is always there, opportunities will never run out—what matters is whether you have a clear logical framework. As long as you strictly follow your system, avoid greed, revenge, and going all-in, the market will eventually reward you.