100,000 to 1,020,000: How I Aggressively Rolled Over During a Bear Market

At 3 AM, when the liquidation warning lit up for the tenth time, I knew—either it was going to zero or over a million.

The account balance had been oscillating between $98,750 and $102,300 for 72 hours. I stared at the 4-hour K-line of BTC, that long lower shadow looked like a dagger, piercing through all support levels. Taking a deep breath, I placed a full-margin long order at $25,300, leverage: 12x.

1. The Rolling Over That Decided My Fate

This was no ordinary margin increase, but a pyramid-style rolling over—after confirming the trend, using floating profits as new margin to increase positions in batches.

When BTC broke through the previous high of $26,800, I did not take profits, but did three things:

1. Withdrew 30% of the profit from the initial position to protect the principal.

2. Used the remaining 70% of floating profit as additional margin.

3. Set three tiered positions at $27,200, $27,500, and $28,100.

Here’s the key: each new position had decreasing leverage (12x → 8x → 5x), but the total risk exposure never exceeded 150% of the principal. This meant that even if the last position was liquidated, I still retained the profits from the first two.

2. A Truly Useful Position Management Framework

“Violence” does not equal “recklessness,” my core risk control system has only three rules.

1. Dynamic Stop Loss Line

First Position: Opening Price - 5%

Second Position: Opening Price - 3%

Third Position: Opening Price - 1.5%

Every time a resistance level is broken, move all stop losses up to that level.

2. Leverage Thermometer

Volatility < 2%: Can use 15x

Volatility 2-4%: Reduce to 8x

Volatility > 4%: Only open 3x

(Referencing the ATR indicator, many people overlook this)

3. Profit Dissection Rule

30% of profits immediately withdrawn (psychological safety net).

40% of profits as rolling over fuel.

30% of profits to hedge extreme risks (buying deep out-of-the-money options).

3. The Night That Changed Everything

When ETH suddenly surged past $1,850, I realized this might not just be a rebound. On-chain data showed a certain whale accumulated 120,000 ETH in one hour.

I made a crazy decision: transferred all BTC profits (which had already tripled) into ETH, and at the moment it broke through $1,900, established the main ETH position using cross-asset rolling over.

In a bull market, making money relies on market trends; in a bear market, making money relies on understanding— and a lack of understanding is the most expensive chip in this market.