What can ten bucks do? Maybe not even enough for a decent cup of coffee, but I believe it can be the starting point for the poor to make a comeback.

I have a friend in Singapore who last year started with 10U as capital and managed to grow it to 30,000U in just three months. This is not some fairy tale story, but a cold, hard algorithm about surviving with small funds in the crypto world. What I want to talk about is not how to get rich overnight, but how to survive in this market with the least amount of money, and still live like a person.

**First Trick: Life and Death Battle with 10U**

With this amount of money in hand, don’t expect steady returns. The only way out for small capital is to look for high-odds opportunities; exponential jumps are the way to go, not some annualized 10% lukewarm water frog.

My approach is like this:

Choose ETH as the coin — liquidity is deep enough, and although volatility is fierce, it’s much more conscientious than those altcoins. Use leverage up to 100x — don’t be scared, start with 5U (another 5U as insurance), and when Ethereum’s price hits around 3000U, gently click the 0.0016 ETH button. Set take profit at 50%, stop loss at 20% — take profit at 5U and exit, if it drops to 4U, cut it. Play at most twice a day — after losing, force yourself to cool down for two hours, don’t let emotions take over.

The core idea of this logic is simple: your capital is too small, so low leverage makes no sense. In the world of 100x leverage, a 1% move in ETH can make your account pulse. Either double quickly or reset quickly; rather than wasting time, cut through the chaos with a sharp sword.

I once blew my position three days in a row, each time honestly starting over from 10U. You must understand one thing: blowing your position is actually paying tuition; the real loser is the one who, after liquidation, refuses to stop and instead crazily adds more money to turn the tide.

**Second Step: The Rhythm of Rolling Positions**

Once your initial 10U has grown to 20U through the first operation, what you need to do is immediately withdraw the original principal, always keep 10U in the account. The remaining 10U is your real capital to play with. This way, even if you blow your position a hundred times, your principal remains intact.

Once you roll to 100U, your style of operation should change. At this point, consider reducing leverage to 50x, select a few top liquidity coins (mainly Bitcoin and Ethereum). When the account reaches 500U, continue lowering leverage to 20-30x, greatly reducing nighttime risk. When rolling to 10,000U, you can transition to normal trading — keep leverage at 3-5x, trade more, reflect more.

The most critical point in this process: never put all your assets in at once. Always leave yourself an exit at each stage.