#以太坊大户持仓变化 Two months, and for the first time I experienced what it feels like for an account to "take off."

An initial capital of 300,000 yuan suddenly skyrocketed to 3.42 million, all within 54 days. During that time, my life revolved around candlestick charts—I’d wake up looking at the top gainers, and by night I’d be calculating down to the down payment for a luxury car or the location of a villa. One day, I even posted a provocative comment on my social circle: Making money is as simple as breathing. The accompanying chart was Bitcoin’s daily line, shooting straight up, almost vertically.

At that moment, I truly believed I had mastered some kind of secret.

But three months later, when BTC plunged from its high, everything changed. The 3.42 million evaporated, leaving only 50,000 yuan in my futures account—unable to even pay the fees. The screen flickered with the words "Liquidation Recovered," and I stared at it blankly for half an hour, not blinking once.

That night, I was completely awakened: luck can come so quickly, but it can also leave just as fast.

Over these ten-plus years, I’ve seen too many people mistake sheer luck for investment skill. During bull markets, they shout about faith; when the bear hits, they turn into the last bag-holder. I also know a buddy who, in 2021, mortgaged his house to go all-in on Dogecoin. It indeed multiplied eightfold, but he was too reluctant to sell, and in the end, he got liquidated, losing even his property.

After painful lessons, I started asking myself a question: what do those who survive three cycles of bull and bear markets in crypto rely on?

It’s not some godly operation. It’s simply the ability to survive.

It took me a long time to shed that gambler’s impulsiveness and replace it with a sense of discipline. Now, my position structure looks like this—only holding $BTC and $ETH as the core, these are my ballast; I use grid trading to ride the oscillations, aiming for small, steady gains; and I only dabble in some altcoins for speculative purposes, treating it as tuition.

Others see my approach and think I’m as rigid as an old person. But this rigidity was bought with three million in tuition fees, and I think it’s worth it.

There’s one more thing I want to tell every newcomer: don’t overly trust trading platforms.

In 2020, a second-tier exchange directly ran away with users’ funds, but I was lucky enough to avoid it. The reason is simple—I had most of my assets already stored in cold wallets under my own control. If your digital assets aren’t in your own wallet, then they’re not truly yours. Always remember this.

The market is constantly fabricating "inside information," but the ones who truly profit are those who stay quiet, have patience, and know when to wait.

My account grew from that remaining 50,000 yuan to the current 2 million, and there were no miracles along the way. Only an understanding of the rules and self-discipline. The speed of making money isn’t as crazy as those 54 days back then, but every profit I make I can reliably cash out, with real money landing in my pocket.

The most valuable lesson in crypto isn’t how to get rich quickly—that kind of thing is too destructive. The key is learning how to survive the volatility and understanding what true self-discipline is.

Making money fast? That’s not skill. Being able to hold onto it—that’s real skill.