Sometimes, the most profitable approach is often the simplest one.

Three years ago, I met a trader named Linzi, whose account had only 3,000 yuan. My judgment was straightforward—based on her skill level, she wouldn't last three months before being forced out. She couldn't even distinguish between golden crosses and death crosses on K-line charts, let alone talk about profitability.

And the result? Three years later, she turned her account into 1 million. At that moment, my worldview was shattered. This guy used the most straightforward method to carve out a path that others thought was impossible.

Initially, I explained MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands, and various indicators to her, but she said they were too complicated to remember. Later, she developed her own system and told me: "I only look at a 20-day moving average. Having too many indicators just confuses my mind."

Does that sound a bit harsh? But her entire trading framework is so simple and brutal:

Once the price breaks through a previous high, enter immediately—no hesitation. Cut losses at 2%, no dragging your feet. Take profit at 10%, close the position—no greed, no attachment.

You might laugh—can such a basic logic really make big money? But her three-year trading record is right there. In this market, the real challenge isn't building complex systems but controlling human greed and fear.

Her core weapon is called the "N-shape pattern." It’s when the price moves like a capital letter N—first rises, then falls, then rises again, forming two peaks with a trough in between. When the price climbs out of this trough and challenges the previous high again, it’s a signal to enter.

Why is this pattern so effective? Because it reflects genuine market psychology. During the first rally, people are still hesitant. When it drops, those who cut losses and panic sell have already done so. When the price approaches the previous high again, the quality of the entry points is better.

Of course, knowing this method and actually using it well are two different things. The most critical part is disciplined execution. Linzi’s ability to stick with it is because she set strict rules—no matter what, if losses reach 2%, she must cut; if profits reach 10%, she must take profit. No room for negotiation.

These three numbers seem random but are actually balanced points found through long-term practical experience. A 2% stop-loss avoids frequent small shocks but prevents losses from spiraling out of control. A 10% take-profit ensures a healthy risk-reward ratio and prevents missing bigger moves.

The hardest part is here—when the price is at 9.5%, you’ll think, “Just let it rise a little more, what if it hits 15%?” The result is often this hesitation, which causes you to give back the profits you’ve already gained. People are like that—reluctant to exit when making money, unwilling to cut losses when losing. Linzi spent three years overcoming this human weakness.

Another detail worth noting—her stop-loss is an absolute stop-loss, not a psychological one. Once the account drops to 2%, she executes it immediately, regardless of how the technicals look—no matter how "about to rebound" it seems. Because in practice, those moments when it looks like a rebound is imminent are often just the points where the decline accelerates.

The core logic of this method is simple: acknowledge that predicting short-term movements is impossible, and instead, accumulate profits through probabilistic trading. Each trade isn’t just a single event but part of a system that considers win rate and risk-reward. If in 100 trades, 55 earn 10% and 45 lose 2%, then over the long run, the account will keep growing.

Simple? Yes. Effective? A 3-year, 1 million account can prove it.

The crypto world has never lacked complex theories and flashy indicators; what’s missing are traders who can simplify complex things and stick to their execution.