Seeing another newbie crying about losing half a month's salary after just three days in the market, I immediately think of myself eight years ago. At that time, I entered the scene with 20,000 yuan full of enthusiasm, but the result was a typical chase and panic sell—buying in when hot, adding leverage when the market fell to try to recover, and finally my account shrank from 20,000 to 8,000. I even wanted to smash my phone and quit.

After lying down for three days, I finally learned a painful lesson: the first rule of surviving in the crypto world is not how much you can earn, but how to stay alive. Because I held onto this belief, I managed to avoid liquidation in four months and grew that 20,000 yuan to 100,000.

Later, I summarized three "fund safety locks," and I want to share them with all newcomers. Be sure to remember:

**First Lock: Keep a backup plan for your position, going all-in is a dead end**

No matter how tempting the market looks, never invest more than 30% of your total funds in your initial position. Last year, I did exactly that when bottom-fishing—invested 30% first to test the waters, then added gradually once the trend was confirmed. This way, I didn't miss big opportunities and still kept enough capital to adjust flexibly and recover losses. Simply put, opportunities are everywhere every day, but once your principal is gone, it’s really gone.

**Second Lock: Set strict take-profit and stop-loss, give no chance to greed**

I once lost 2,000 yuan because of greed—that was a painful lesson. Since then, this iron rule has never changed: set stop-loss within 4%, take-profit between 8% and 12%, and execute immediately when the target is hit—no hesitation. It’s better to earn that steady 8-12% than to risk a margin call chasing after extra gains and ending up wiped out.

**Third Lock: Never touch projects you don’t understand, learn to block out noise**

I learned this the hard way early on, chasing after so-called "air coins" following certain KOLs, and losing half my funds in three days. Now my standard is simple—only invest in projects I can understand from whitepapers, with genuine team backgrounds, and real use cases. Better to miss a hundred opportunities than to step into one big pit.

Finally, a heartfelt message to everyone: the market is always there, and real opportunities will always come. As long as you haven't been wiped out, there’s always a chance to turn things around.