I still remember the early days when I just entered the industry; I was a typical rookie: staying up all night watching the K-line, panicking and chasing after a small red candle, then quietly cutting losses during a retracement. Liquidations, anxiety, more liquidations—cycling endlessly.

Until one day, I suddenly realized that maybe the problem wasn't the market at all, but myself. I started treating trading as a real job, not gambling. This shift completely rewrote my entire trading career.

**Timing is Key**
The daytime market is too noisy. All kinds of news flying around, sudden institutional moves, retail traders' emotional swings—markets seem completely illogical. Later, I shifted my main trading to after 9 PM—by then, the daytime information had been fully digested, and the K-line trends became relatively clearer. At the same time, my mind was clearer, and the quality of my decisions naturally improved. I tried daytime trading for a while, but success rates plummeted, so I returned to evening trading, and the results were immediate.

**Money You Earn Must Be Held**
The most painful lesson I learned is: the numbers in your account don't really count; only when transferred to your wallet is it truly earned. Whenever I made around 1000U, I would immediately withdraw 300U to a secure account. Sounds conservative? But the benefit is that even if the market reverses later and wipes out my account, I won't actually lose money.

This habit has saved me countless times. Because of greed, I've seen too many people go from making money to losing money—hesitating to lock in profits, only to reverse and wipe out previous gains. Market opportunities are always there, but if the principal is lost, it’s really gone forever.

**Let the Data Speak, Not Intuition**
I started taking technical indicators seriously. Not that indicators are foolproof, but they’re definitely better than relying on feelings. I focus on three:

- MACD tells me the trend direction and strength, especially the timing of golden crosses and death crosses;
- RSI helps me identify when the market is overheated(overbought) or oversold(oversold), which often signals a rebound or decline;
- Bollinger Bands help me see where support and resistance are, and when a breakout might occur.

The rule is simple: I only consider entering a trade if at least two indicators give a same-direction signal. It may mean missing some opportunities, but it also prevents many traps. Intuition in this market is truly the most expensive luxury.

**Proactive Stop-Losses**
This was the hardest lesson I paid a lot of tuition to learn. If I can monitor the market, I move my stop-loss up gradually as the price rises, so I can lock in profits while still riding the trend, and exit at the first sign of reversal.

But most of the time, I can't monitor in real-time, so I set hard stop-losses, usually at 3%. This way, even if I’m sleeping or busy with other things, sudden crashes or black swan events won't wipe out too much of my capital.

**Regular Withdrawals Are the Final Insurance**
Nothing gives a sense of security like regularly taking out your profits. I set a cycle for myself—once I reach a certain amount, I execute a withdrawal. This isn’t about avoiding the market, but about protecting the gains I’ve worked hard for, preventing a big fluctuation from eating all my hard-earned profits.

Looking back, these changes seem simple, but they actually rewrote my entire understanding of trading. From emotional to systematic, from a gambler’s mindset to a work attitude, the result is that my account balance has become more stable, and my mindset more peaceful. Newcomers to the industry might want to try this approach—you might be surprised.