Many friends ask me how I did it—using a $1,000 principal to gradually grow to today's scale. To be honest, I've stepped on many pits along this path, but I also found my own methodology through failures.

At the time of decision-making, I was very determined, exchanging seven thousand yuan for 1,000 USDT as my bet. But I didn't go all-in at once; instead, I tested the waters with 200 USDT, only chasing the most popular coins at the time. When I made a profit, I sold immediately; if the loss exceeded 50 USDT, I cut my losses decisively. After winning several rounds, the principal started to expand, and the account gradually became more substantial.

The biggest test isn't actually in trading itself—it's in suppressing greed. Whenever I earned more than a thousand, I would force myself to stop, rest for the entire day, and prevent my mindset from being blinded by profits.

Later, after the account stabilized, I started diversifying my strategy:

Short-term positions aim for quick profits, exit as soon as there's money, and never fight the market; dollar-cost averaging positions are executed mechanically, completely ignoring market noise, only focusing on the big trend; I also reserve some ammunition to act only during major market explosions.

Before each order, I always pre-set take-profit and stop-loss levels. This isn't restraint but a mental lock. Trading without a plan often leads to falling into pits driven by feelings nine out of ten times.

Contracts are like a double-edged sword; they amplify your judgment infinitely—whether right or wrong. When unprepared, even small mistakes can cause losses to multiply and fall hard.

I have always followed four unchanging principles:

First, never fully leverage, spread out the risk; second, set a stop-loss for each trade to keep losses within controllable limits; third, open no more than three trades per day to stay focused and avoid chaos; fourth, take profits and withdraw to lock in gains, preventing the victory from turning into bubbles during retracements.

I've seen too many people use luck to earn money, only to give it all back to the market in the end. The secret to my journey from 1000 USDT to where I am now is simply—be ruthless to the market and even more ruthless to myself.