After 8 years in the crypto market, I grew my initial 10,000 yuan principal into 7 million. But the most fulfilling moment wasn’t watching my account balance soar—it was the day I broke through seven figures for the first time. That day, I suddenly understood one thing: making money in this market has never depended on any obscure or profound techniques.

Honestly, those people who claim they’ve mastered some “exclusive secret skill” aren’t nearly as effective as the four simple principles I’ve always used. These four words were taught to me years ago by a senior who had weathered more than a decade in the industry: Trend, Inertia, Reversion, Repetition. Sound unremarkable? But this is the underlying logic he validated through several bull and bear cycles, with real money on the line.

I’ve seen too many people rush in with dreams of “getting rich overnight.” Some chase highs and sell on drops, ending up buying at the top; others doggedly stick to some “perfect system” only to be humbled by the market. When I first started, I was a rookie who couldn’t even read a candlestick chart. Getting to where I am today was all thanks to thoroughly understanding those four principles.

Let’s talk about the first one: trend. It’s like a weather vane—going with the wind gets you twice the result for half the effort, but charging against it will only leave you battered. Plenty of friends around me see funds consistently flowing into a sector, yet they keep thinking, “Let’s watch a bit longer, what if there’s a pullback?” The result: they watch the rally take off and don’t even have time to regret missing out.

I made the same mistake myself in my early days.