Many people hear about someone turning 500 yuan into 100,000 yuan and shake their heads, thinking it's unrealistic. I have actually done this myself, and only then do I understand that the game rules in the crypto world are not about luck, but about whether you can treat discipline as instinct and execute it. Today, I want to talk about practical experience: how retail investors with limited capital can survive the most difficult climbing period?

**Level One: Learning to "Stay Alive" is More Urgent Than "Making Money"**

With that initial 500 yuan, I divided it into 5 parts, each 100 yuan, and tracked each separately. What's the benefit of doing this? Losing one part doesn't feel devastating, but each loss allows me to see clearly why I lost.

I set three strict rules for myself:

Only focus on BTC; I ignore other coins no matter how hot they are; leverage limit is 20x, and daring to add another fold is suicidal. Each time I open a position, I use at most 50% of my total funds, leaving the other 50% as emergency reserve; when I gain 10%, I start taking profits, and if I lose 5%, I cut my losses immediately.

After practicing this for about two months, the 500 yuan gradually grew to 3,000 yuan. Is the speed fast? Honestly, not really. But in this process, every penny was building a foundation. Repeated small gains and losses are actually about accumulating psychological resilience—when it’s time to go all in, your heart won’t race.

**Level Two: Change the Rhythm When Reinvesting Profits**

After the capital grew to 3,000 yuan, my approach became even more conservative. Why? Because with more chips, the ways to die also increase.

The core rule at this stage is simple: always only use half of the total position to operate. Profits are not withdrawn but reinvested into the total funds to recalculate the position size. The advantage of this approach is that as the funds grow larger, the risk is actually locked in.

Two consecutive losses? Immediately reduce your position size. Return to the 500 yuan scale to readjust to the market. This is not cowardice, but respect for the market’s temperament. Many people get stuck on the psychological barrier of "finally making some money, but reluctant to let it go back."