You are repeatedly cut in bull and bear markets, and the root cause is actually very simple—lack of a systematic mindset. I have spent eight years of blood, sweat, and tears developing a trading framework that goes against human nature, and today I want to share the core ideas with everyone.

At the age of thirty-one, I failed in my startup and owed 600,000 yuan in debt. The 14,000 yuan left in my pocket was all converted into 2000U and invested in the crypto space. At that time, the reputation of the crypto world was like a casino, but I chose not to be a gambler; instead, I decided to be a rule decoder.

**First realization: Shackling profits**

On the first day of trading, I set a life-and-death rule for myself—when opening a position, both stop-loss and take-profit orders must be placed simultaneously. For any trade that profits 10% of the principal, I immediately withdraw 40% of the profit to a cold wallet. It sounds "lossy," but this setting saved me.

Over eight years, I executed this "profit stripping" 51 times, with the highest single withdrawal reaching 260,000U. The exchange’s risk control department even called to inquire, and I was a bit worried about account restrictions at the time. Later, I understood—letting profits settle and not letting them flow back into the account for repeated gambling is the most effective armor against human greed. Most people lose money not because they make wrong judgments on individual trades, but because the money they earn is then spit back out.

**Second realization: Dual-direction charging in oscillations**

Later, I gave up predicting rises and falls, which is a pseudo-proposition. I started studying data—about 80% of the market time is chaotic oscillation, with only 20% being true big trends. So why bet on the direction?

I adopted a new approach: for the same coin, I set up breakout long orders and pullback short orders simultaneously, with stop-losses strictly controlled within 1.5% of the principal on both sides. I don’t predict direction; I only pick up liquidity on the ruins of both sides exploding in margin calls.

In the 2022 LUNA crash, the whole network was bloodbath. My dual orders triggered take-profit simultaneously within 24 hours, and my net value directly increased by 38%. Many people couldn’t understand this logic, but it’s really simple: instead of betting on one direction, it’s better to profit from both sides in the volatility.

**Third realization: Stop-loss is true wealth**

Eventually, I accepted a fact—trading is fundamentally a game for losers. I spent a long time analyzing my trading records and found an interesting data point: my win rate is only 41.7%, but the average profit is 5.2 times the average loss.

What does this mean? It means that the number of wins doesn’t matter; what matters is being ruthless when winning and quick when losing. I see each 1.5% stop-loss as buying a "cheap lottery ticket" to the big trend. I never expect to predict the market correctly; I only let profits run when I’m right, and cut losses quickly when I’m wrong.

**After eight years**

Now I am thirty-nine years old. My assets are in the eight figures. I live in the best part of the city, overlooking the entire night view. But the most precious thing is actually right beside my bed—a note with all my trading philosophies written on it: "Lock in profits, accept stop-loss."

The market’s rules have never really changed. It’s always testing human nature. Those who keep getting cut are never defeated by the market, but by their own greed and fear. Building discipline, executing discipline, and ultimately being saved by discipline—that’s the deepest lesson I’ve learned from eight years in the crypto space.