The day my account balance dropped to 7,000 RMB, I made a crazy decision—to convert it all into 1,000 USDT and start trading contracts.

Now, a lot of people ask me how I managed to grow a few thousand USDT into six figures. To be honest, I walked this path step by step, and today I’ll fully recap my real-world experience.

At the very beginning, you absolutely can’t blindly go all in! I first set aside 200 USDT as a testing ground, focusing exclusively on the most active coins in the market. The strategy was simple: cash out when it doubles, and decisively admit defeat if it retraces to 50 USDT. After a few rounds of small wins, my principal gradually accumulated.

The hardest part is actually controlling yourself. Every time my account hit over 1,000 USDT, I’d force myself to stop trading for 24 hours. Because impulsive trading usually makes you give back all your previous gains, or even lose more.

Once my capital reached a certain size, I started using a three-part allocation: one-third for quick short-term trades, one-third for trend-following investments, and the remaining third saved for major market moves.

Before opening any position, I’d write down my take-profit and stop-loss prices in a memo. If you enter a trade without a plan, you’ll inevitably end up being led by your emotions.

Over the years, I’ve strictly followed four iron rules: never go all in, always set a stop loss for every trade, no more than three trades per day, and withdraw profits immediately.

I’ve seen too many people who made money by luck, only to lose it all out of greed. My journey from 1,000 USDT to where I am now boils down to one core principle: be ruthless with the market, and even more ruthless with yourself.

Coins rotate, strategies change, but discipline is always the prerequisite for survival.