LUNC holders, take note—in the crypto market, the most fatal thing is never the loss itself, but liquidation.

Especially for newcomers with less than $10,000 in capital, a single all-in operation can knock you out of the game completely.

I've seen too many such cases: entering the market with a few thousand dollars, staring at the screen with excitement, chasing signals everywhere, trying to jump on every hot trend. As soon as the market fluctuates, they put all their money on the line. Three days of passion, five days and the account is wiped out, ten days later and they've disappeared without a trace.

You think you're making a big gamble? In reality, you're just offering your money to the market veterans.

I walked this path myself. Came in with $20,000, confident I could double it. Chased the pumps, stubbornly averaged down, panicked and sold at a loss—a full set of rookie mistakes. End result: the account balance was almost zero.

It wasn’t until I completely calmed down and made risk control my iron rule that things changed. Over four months, I steadily grew my funds to $100,000—without a single liquidation along the way.

I later distilled these experiences into a “three-layer capital protection system”—simple, direct, but truly effective.

**First Layer: Never use more than 50% of your capital**

No matter how tempting the opportunity, never go all-in. There’s never a shortage of trends in crypto, but you only have one life for your capital. Keep some ammo in reserve so you have the strength to come back. If the market’s right, add gradually; if it’s wrong, pull out immediately.

**Second Layer: Always execute stop-loss and take-profit**

Don’t stubbornly hold onto losers, and don’t get greedy with winners. The biggest problem for beginners is being unwilling to sell—but market pullbacks show no mercy; a single big red candle can wipe out all your profits. Stop-loss and take-profit are the baseline for survival, not cowardice.

**Third Layer: Never touch projects you don’t understand**

What’s hyped in groups, on Twitter, or trending in short videos—nine out of ten are traps. If you don’t even know what a token does, how can you judge its price movement? Better to miss a hundred opportunities than blindly buy one landmine.

When the market is hot, you need to stay calm; when it’s ranging, you need patience.

Protect your $10,000, and it might become $100,000. If you stick to discipline, the market won’t keep charging you tuition.

There’s never a shortage of people in crypto wanting to get rich overnight; what’s lacking are those who can maintain a steady mindset.

Don’t rush to get rich—protect your capital first. Opportunities won’t run away, but liquidation truly is the end.

These three layers of protection can turn you from a “rookie” into a player who truly survives for the long haul.

FHE and ZEC holders can also follow this logic—risk control is always more important than prediction.