#美国消费者物价指数发布在即 A buddy of mine came to see me. He was messing around on his own, with a capital of about ten thousand U.S. dollars, and it kept sliding down until only five thousand remained. The despair back then, I guess every crypto trader has felt it—accounts plunging, mental state collapsing.

His "symptoms" couldn't be more typical:

Doing 20 to 30 trades a day, with half the profit eaten up by fees;
Seeing the top gainers and rushing in, only to end up with a worthless coin, then waking up to an empty account;
Staring at the candlestick charts at 3 or 4 a.m., eyes dry and sore, but just can't stop.

Finally, he joked to himself: "Am I just the one being harvested?"

When he came to me with only five thousand left, his eyes were already hollow. I told him just one thing—

**If you want to turn things around, you need to learn to be a sniper, not to fire randomly like a machine gun.**

From that day on, I set three iron rules for him:

**Rule 1: Only focus on certainty opportunities, don’t be a slave to charts**

Delete all one-minute charts, only look at important levels on four-hour or higher timeframes.

Better to miss ten trades than to make reckless moves once. The market is abundant; why rush in at this moment?

Limit yourself to a maximum of three trades per day. When you feel itchy, go for a run—don’t stare at the screen and torment yourself.

**Rule 2: Position management is the key—take profits when you win, cut losses when you lose**

Start with a 500-dollar position (10%), that’s the baseline.

When it gains 20%, sell half to lock in profits, and let the rest run with a trailing stop-loss to let profits grow naturally.

If you lose 5%, close everything immediately. No "hold on a bit longer," no adding to recover—those are gambler’s thoughts.

Stop-loss is like a surgeon’s scalpel; hesitating to use it can be deadly.

**Rule 3: Discipline above all—every trade must be accounted for**

If you hit two consecutive stop-losses, shut down your trading app—calmness is more important than the account.

Review every loss—why did I enter? Where was my judgment wrong?

Think through every profit—was my buy/sell logic correct? Can I replicate it next time?

After sticking to these rules for a few months, his account started to improve. Steady growth each month, not fast, but no more terrifying blow-ups.

Once he asked me: "Why didn’t anyone tell me these things earlier?"

I told him honestly: "Because most people would rather go all-in hoping to turn things around than admit they’re gambling."

**Real turnaround isn’t about getting rich overnight, it’s about learning to survive first.**

Before your capital is completely lost, practice solid stop-loss discipline. Don’t wait until you’re down to a thousand or two before regretting.

If you’re currently stuck in a losing streak or don’t know how to change your trading habits, take a look at this approach. Trading should be a disciplined, rhythmic, long-term game, not a gamble in a casino.

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