In early July, a friend from Zhejiang came to me feeling very helpless—he lost $200,000 in the crypto world last year, and his account was down to only $20,000 USDT. He asked if he could turn things around in this market cycle.

My answer was very straightforward: "First, delete the words 'break even' from your mind."

When he arrived, his eyes were full of fire, and he was thinking about getting rich overnight. I told him a harsh reality: to turn the tide, you first need to learn to be steady. We finally agreed on a trading framework that avoids aggressive strategies.

The first step was to divide the $20,000 USDT into five parts, with each order no more than $4,000 USDT. What's the benefit of doing this? If you make a wrong judgment once, the loss is limited and won't blow up your account. He had previously fallen into the trap of full position trading.

After sticking to this for a while, he gradually corrected his habit of chasing gains and selling on dips. He learned to assess the situation carefully before acting, and position splitting became a habit. But the most critical part was stop-loss, which is the last line of defense in trading. His first trade in ZEC resulted in a loss; according to my rules, a 4% floating loss must be cut. Although it hurt, four days later, ZEC plunged 14%. He avoided a deeper trap.

When the market fluctuates, we switch to a staged exit method to lock in profits. Take the COAI trade as an example: he entered at 0.16, and we took partial profits at 0.24, 0.33, and 0.42, finally clearing all at 0.47. The main upward wave was solid, and the subsequent sideways market didn't cause him to lose.

The most interesting part is that he later learned that holding cash is also a strategy. When two consecutive days showed unclear trends, I told him to just watch and not act. He was anxious, asking whether to buy or sell, but I only said: "Waiting itself is the highest form of operation." When a real opportunity comes, he can enter precisely.

After 50 days, his account surpassed $150,000 USDT. It’s not luck, nor some secret insider tip—it's simply the result of him honestly following the rules.

He later summarized with a smile: "It turns out that the secret to steady profits is hidden in these simplest rules." The crypto world has never been about who makes the most money fastest, but about who survives the longest. Those who truly win in the end may not be the smartest, but are definitely those who can execute plans with discipline and keep a steady mindset.