A lot of people ask me how to grow a small account into a large one. To be honest—it’s never just about a stroke of luck. I still vividly remember my own painful experience of going all-in, getting wiped out, and losing everything overnight. Surviving came down to engraving these ironclad rules into my muscle memory.

Let’s start with position management. If your capital is less than 100,000, don’t jump in and out of the market frequently—that’s just fighting with fees and your own emotions. Just catch one high-probability opportunity and lock in your gains. I’ve seen too many people with small funds lose everything through high-frequency trading. For mid- to long-term positions, light positions are king—going all-in from the start and stubbornly holding on will break your mentality after a couple of price swings, making it impossible to hold through a real major move.

Now about market news timing. Didn’t sell on the day big positive news comes out? If prices gap up the next day, you must exit immediately. This market is best at “turning good news into bad news once it’s priced in.” Before holidays or important data releases, reduce your positions or even wait on the sidelines. It’s a thousand times better to follow the trend after it’s clear than to gamble on direction.

Short-term traders need to remember: this is blitzkrieg—get in and out fast, no hesitation. Watch the 15-minute candlestick chart and KDJ indicator to find dip-buying points; that’s way better than guessing by gut feeling. If the market looks off, don’t hesitate for a second—just get out. The mindset of “what if it still goes up” often makes you give back all your profits.

Stop-loss is worth mentioning separately. Admit you’re wrong immediately when things go south—holding on only digs you deeper. Cutting losses isn’t admitting defeat; it’s putting armor on your capital, giving you another shot at a comeback. The market is always right; we just need to follow, not fight the trend.

And one last point that’s most often overlooked—mental stability. With this market’s frequent double-digit swings, half the people get scared away. Those who actually make money are usually the ones who don’t get carried away by emotions and can calmly stick to their strategies.

None of this is rocket science, but for those who can stick with it, the account balance will speak for itself. The market never fails those with discipline.