When it comes to trading, in the end, it's never about luck or indicators—it’s about discipline and patience.

I’ve seen it too many times. Someone rushes in with 10,000 bucks, dreaming of a tenfold return in three months, only to be taught a harsh lesson by the market within just a month—their principal wiped out. Eight years ago? I was one of those casualties too. Back then, I’d stare at the charts until 3 a.m. every night, my eyes bloodshot while my account was drowning in red.

But after years of trial and error, I finally figured out some tricks: starting with an 8,000 USDT principal, I rolled it up all the way to 220,000 USDT. It wasn’t dumb luck—there’s a method to it.

Today, I’m laying out these nine ironclad rules. Each one is a lesson I paid for with real money. If you also want to make small capital work efficiently, keep reading—these could save you years of tuition.

**Rule One: With Small Capital, You Must Learn to "Do Less"**

The less principal you have, the less greedy you can be. Watching fifty coins a day? You’ll wear yourself out and still miss out on opportunities.

I made this mistake early on—afraid to miss out on any altcoin moonshot, ending up burning through a pile of fees with my account going nowhere. Later, I realized—locking in just one or two high-certainty opportunities a day actually skyrocketed my profit efficiency.

**Remember**: At the small capital stage, the goal is to survive and build your first bucket of gold, not to chase every single hot trend. Focus your eyes on strong trends in mainstream coins—block out all the other noise.

**Rule Two: When the Good News Is All Out, It Often Turns Bearish—Timing Is More Important Than Direction**

There’s an old phenomenon in crypto: on the day some big bullish news drops, the price pumps hard. But if it opens high the next day? That’s your best chance to exit.

Newbies get caught by this all the time—thinking good news will keep pushing the price up. Wrong. The market has already priced in the expectations long before, and by the time you react...