After eight years trading crypto, my greatest skill isn’t making money—it’s not getting driven out of the market
Born in the ’90s, I reached the A8 threshold in my fifth year of futures trading. I started with 30,000 in capital and eventually built an eight-figure account. Along the way, I experienced both sudden wealth and liquidation.
I’m 32 this year, from Sichuan, and now settled in Chengdu. I have a home and a car, and I’d say I have a good deal of freedom in my life.
But looking back, what really got me to where I am today wasn’t some secret to getting rich overnight. It was three words: don’t overtrade.
First, only trade markets you understand
I used to think constantly about buying the bottom and selling the top. Whenever I saw a coin surge, I wanted to jump in.
The result? I made money quickly, but lost it even faster.
Now I only trade trends I know well. I look for chances to go long when prices are rising, and I don’t rush to catch a falling knife when they’re dropping.
If I don’t understand the market, I stay out. If there’s no opportunity, I wait.
Trading isn’t about who makes the most moves; it’s about who makes the fewest mistakes.
Second, stick to coins you know
My core assets have always been BTC, ETH, and SOL.
I stay away from projects I don’t understand, and I don’t chase altcoins that suddenly surge.
I split my account into five portions, use only one at a time, and always leave myself a way out.
I record every trade. When I make money, I review why; when I lose, I review what went wrong.
There’s a new hot trend in the market every day, but you only have one pool of capital.
Third, discipline always comes before technical skill
My journey hasn’t been smooth all the way through.
I’ve been liquidated, lost money for consecutive stretches, and gone through periods when I lost nearly 300,000 in a single trade.
Only after that did I realize that the biggest danger in trading isn’t getting a call wrong—it’s refusing to admit it when you do.
Set your stop-loss before entering a trade. If your losses reach the limit you set, exit. If you make a series of bad trades, take a break.
Don’t hold on to losing positions, trade out of spite, or open reckless positions just to win your money back.
These rules sound simple, but very few people can actually follow them.
After eight years, I’ve become more and more convinced of one thing:
The market determines how much you can make; discipline determines how long you can survive in it.
I no longer try to make money every day, and I don’t envy people who double their money overnight.
If there’s an opportunity, take it. If not, wait. Protect the money you’ve made, and don’t repeat the mistakes you’ve already made.
The crypto world has never been short of stories about people getting rich overnight. What it lacks are people who can make it through several bull and bear cycles and still stay at the table.
After eight years of trading, what ultimately matters isn’t courage, but patience, understanding, and execution.
The market changes every day. Trading discipline is the one thing that must not change.
Born in the ’90s, I reached the A8 threshold in my fifth year of futures trading. I started with 30,000 in capital and eventually built an eight-figure account. Along the way, I experienced both sudden wealth and liquidation.
I’m 32 this year, from Sichuan, and now settled in Chengdu. I have a home and a car, and I’d say I have a good deal of freedom in my life.
But looking back, what really got me to where I am today wasn’t some secret to getting rich overnight. It was three words: don’t overtrade.
First, only trade markets you understand
I used to think constantly about buying the bottom and selling the top. Whenever I saw a coin surge, I wanted to jump in.
The result? I made money quickly, but lost it even faster.
Now I only trade trends I know well. I look for chances to go long when prices are rising, and I don’t rush to catch a falling knife when they’re dropping.
If I don’t understand the market, I stay out. If there’s no opportunity, I wait.
Trading isn’t about who makes the most moves; it’s about who makes the fewest mistakes.
Second, stick to coins you know
My core assets have always been BTC, ETH, and SOL.
I stay away from projects I don’t understand, and I don’t chase altcoins that suddenly surge.
I split my account into five portions, use only one at a time, and always leave myself a way out.
I record every trade. When I make money, I review why; when I lose, I review what went wrong.
There’s a new hot trend in the market every day, but you only have one pool of capital.
Third, discipline always comes before technical skill
My journey hasn’t been smooth all the way through.
I’ve been liquidated, lost money for consecutive stretches, and gone through periods when I lost nearly 300,000 in a single trade.
Only after that did I realize that the biggest danger in trading isn’t getting a call wrong—it’s refusing to admit it when you do.
Set your stop-loss before entering a trade. If your losses reach the limit you set, exit. If you make a series of bad trades, take a break.
Don’t hold on to losing positions, trade out of spite, or open reckless positions just to win your money back.
These rules sound simple, but very few people can actually follow them.
After eight years, I’ve become more and more convinced of one thing:
The market determines how much you can make; discipline determines how long you can survive in it.
I no longer try to make money every day, and I don’t envy people who double their money overnight.
If there’s an opportunity, take it. If not, wait. Protect the money you’ve made, and don’t repeat the mistakes you’ve already made.
The crypto world has never been short of stories about people getting rich overnight. What it lacks are people who can make it through several bull and bear cycles and still stay at the table.
After eight years of trading, what ultimately matters isn’t courage, but patience, understanding, and execution.
The market changes every day. Trading discipline is the one thing that must not change.
