Last year, I met a friend who, when he first entered the market, couldn’t even tell the difference between uptrends and downtrends. He’d get sleepy just watching the charts for five minutes. Yet in less than three months, he turned his initial $1,000 into over $10,000.

People around him were curious if he had access to some insider tips, but that wasn’t the case at all. He relied on a method that sounds pretty old-school, which I call the "Five-Step Stubborn Strategy." He rode the ZEC wave using this exact approach.

**First, let’s talk about money management**
He split his $1,000 into ten parts, only using $100 per trade. Others mocked him for having a “small mindset,” but he didn’t care. When he made a profit, he’d increase his position in fixed proportions—never making random moves based on feelings.

**How he spots opportunities**
He ignores all the messy indicators and focuses on two things: on the hourly chart, he looks for the short-term moving average crossing above the long-term moving average. Then he switches to the four-hour chart to see if the MACD turns green below the zero axis. If both conditions are met, he enters the trade directly, and his win rate is shockingly high.

**He’s even more ruthless in execution**
The second he places an order, he sets both take-profit and stop-loss: cuts the loss at 1%, takes profit at 3%. He literally watches the clock and counts the seconds—no hesitation at all. While others are still hesitating with shaky hands, he’s already locked in the outcome.

**How he compounds profits**
After a win, he adds half of the profit to his principal for the next trade. If he wins again, he only uses 2% of his total funds going forward. It looks conservative, but it’s really about maximizing certainty.

**Finally, timing**
He learned from his own losses and made a “forbidden list”: he absolutely avoids trading around non-farm payroll data releases and also steers clear from 8-10 PM on Fridays. He only trades from 1 to 3 AM—that’s when he caught the BEAT move. “That’s when the market is cleanest and there’s the least trickery.” This is wisdom he bought with real money.

This whole thing doesn’t sound flashy at all, but with this rigid discipline, he turned a small sum into a large one. In the market, people don’t lose because of poor skills, but because they’re too impulsive, talk too much, and can’t keep calm.

Those who truly understand the game climb step by step; those who don’t, just chase the highs and lows in their fantasies. Don’t just envy others’ overnight wealth—whether you can turn $1,000 into $10,000 depends on whether you can be “stubborn” enough.

The crypto journey is a long one. The ones who make it to the end are never those who charge ahead the fastest, but those who move the most steadily. I’ll keep sharing some practical thoughts here. If you’re still finding your way, feel free to move forward together with me.