With the same 3000U—some people make it big in four months, while others are back to zero in just four days. The only difference is this: it’s not the market—it's the rules.

I’ll share a case: he started with 3000U. Later, he built it up all the way to 200K+. Throughout the whole process, nothing was overly thrilling, but the pace stayed very steady—there was no major loss of control, and he didn’t let a couple of wrong decisions throw the whole account off track.

What he truly did right comes down to three things:

First, split the funds. One portion is for short-term trades, one portion is reserved specifically to wait for trends, and another portion is kept untouched at all times. The smaller the account, the more you can’t put everything in one shot—you need to leave yourself a way out, so you have the right to wait for the next opportunity.

Second, only trade what you understand. If the direction hasn’t shown up, wait. If the consolidation is unclear, trade less. Often, the real gap isn’t how many trades you make—it’s how many trades you avoid that you shouldn’t have taken in the first place.

Third, lock yourself in with rules. If you lose to your planned level, you exit. When you reach profit targets, you take part of it. If your judgment is wrong, you don’t add size. If you make mistakes repeatedly, you stop.

Many people ultimately can’t keep going—not because they can’t analyze, but because they can’t control themselves.

When you’re in a rush to get back what you lost, your position size starts to get heavier; when your position size gets heavier, your mindset turns messy; when your pace gets disrupted, the results you worked so hard to preserve will quickly be given back.

In the crypto market, in the end, it’s not who makes the most money on a particular day—it’s who can stay in the game after going through round after round.

Don’t trade in the dark in crypto. If you want to avoid traps and stay profitable, follow Xin Jie’s pace!