Three years ago, late at night, I stared at the numbers flickering on the screen, my palms drenched with sweat—there was only 800U left in my account, and I had just paid off my credit card.

I didn’t dare to act recklessly. I split this money into 5 portions, each 160U, and only picked the coins that weren’t too volatile. Buy low, sell high, take profits when I could—in that first month, I was up until two or three in the morning almost every day.

In the first week, I got into SOL, made a few trades, and earned 1000U. By the third week, my account balance jumped to 6700U—to be honest, I was stunned myself. What was the secret? There wasn’t one. I just pulled back when the market went crazy, and jumped in to buy when everyone else was panic selling.

Climbing from 6700U to 48,000U, I kept using that same “dumb method”: buying in batches during panic sell-offs, quietly exiting when everyone was shouting “the bull market is here.” No following the crowd, no chasing pumps, never going all-in. Does it sound timid? Maybe.

After my account broke through 50,000U, I actually became even more cautious. I used scripts to place orders, only touched major coins like BTC and ETH, and always set stop-loss and take-profit orders when opening a position. I’d rather make a little less than risk holding overnight.

Some people say I’m overly cautious. But they haven’t seen those who got liquidated—posting “I’ve lost everything” screenshots in the group chat at 3AM. I’ve seen that kind of despair too many times.

After years of grinding, I’ve summed up three rules:
1. Going all-in leads to ruin; only split positions can survive.
2. Don’t bet on one-sided trends; calculate your odds, don’t rely on luck.
3. Stay calm—only then can you go far.

There’s never a shortage of opportunities in crypto. What’s lacking are people who can control themselves.