Want to truly achieve financial freedom with cryptocurrency? Don’t start dreaming big just yet—there are some iron rules you must engrave into your DNA, or the market will teach you with real money.

Let’s start with a counterintuitive phenomenon: when a strong coin closes in the red for 9 consecutive days at a high level, many people panic. But experienced traders know this is often the main players shaking out weak hands—the real opportunity is usually hidden at moments like this. The dip-buying window is right in front of you; the question is whether you dare to take it.

If any coin surges for two straight days, no matter how solid its fundamentals are, cut your position by half first. The market never follows your script; keeping some ammo lets you respond to changes. When a coin spikes more than 7% in a day, there’s a high chance it’ll hit another high the next day—but don’t rush in. Observe first; blindly entering is basically just handing profits to others.

With top-performing coins, chasing highs is the biggest taboo. If you jump in when it’s already soaring, you’re basically the last buyer. Wait for it to pull back and stabilize—only then does the risk/reward become attractive. Here’s another easily overlooked point: if a coin fluctuates so little for three days it feels dead, watch for three more days; if nothing happens, switch to another asset decisively—time cost is deadlier than paper losses.

When it comes to stop-losses, many people just can’t get over the mental hurdle. If you can’t make back yesterday’s loss today, exit immediately—don’t get emotional. Dragging it out will only get you deeper in trouble until you have no capital left to recover.

There’s a rhythm hidden in the top gainers list: after three consecutive rises, five often follow, and after five, seven. If a coin rises for two straight days, consider dip-buying, but by the fifth day it’s usually time to leave—don’t be greedy for that last bite.

The real core is volume and price action. A breakout from the bottom on heavy volume needs your full attention—that’s a real breakout. But if there’s heavy volume at the top without price gains, the main players are likely offloading quietly—if you don’t leave, you’ll get trapped.

Only trade within trends: a rising 3-day moving average is a strong short-term signal, a rising 30-day MA means a mid-term move is starting, an upward 80-day MA signals the main uptrend, and a flat-to-rising 120-day MA is the real big trend. Counter-trend trades usually end in losses.

Small capital can also multiply—not by going all-in and gambling, but by having the right methods, stable mindset, and disciplined execution. Only those who can withstand the shakeouts get the big profits.

My trading logic has always been simple: never place a trade without a clear pattern, only act when the setup is right, and never mess around. Achieving seven-figure profits in a year and maintaining a 90% win rate over five years wasn’t due to any innate talent—it was about executing these seemingly dumb rules to the extreme, turning them into reflexes.