This market is really bizarre—I’ve seen friends turn the 20,000 yuan they saved from three months’ salary into six figures, and I’ve also seen colleagues rush into unknown tokens with their home renovation funds, only to have almost nothing left in just half a month.

What truly opened my eyes was an old player I know. He never brags in group chats and doesn’t go around shouting about trades, but he steadily turned several hundred thousand into over a million over a few market cycles. During a conversation, he said something that left a deep impression on me: “In this business, it’s not about luck, it’s about whether you can control yourself. Greed and fear pull you in opposite directions, and most people fail because of that.”

After all these years of ups and downs, I’ve summed up a few lifesaving lessons. If you don’t have much capital, you can use these directly:

**Rule 1: Don’t let yourself get sucked in**
The most common fatal move? Cashing out quickly after a small gain, but when it drops 20%, you keep telling yourself to “wait until it bounces back.” I used to do this—sold ETH as soon as it went up 10%, only for it to double afterward; then held onto some so-called “about-to-take-off” coin even after it dropped nearly 20%, and it eventually went to zero.

Now I set rules for myself:
- Before entering, decide the maximum I’m willing to lose—usually 10% is my limit
- Set a profit target around 25%, and once I hit it, I pull out my principal
- Whatever’s left, let it ride however it wants

It’s simple—there are always more opportunities, but if you lose your principal, you’re done.

**Rule 2: Stick to mainstream coins**
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