My friends around me have gone all-in on the contract market, ending up selling their houses to pay off debts, while my account has maintained a 45° upward growth curve over the past five years, with the maximum drawdown always kept within 8%.

In 2017, I started with $5,000, relying neither on insider tips nor blindly following any KOLs, nor chasing after low-quality projects—I'm the one controlling the rhythm of my trades. Today, I want to share three core methods that ensure I make consistent profits. Each one defies human nature, but each one can save your account.

**Method 1: Lock in profits and compound, let profits wear armor**

The moment I open a position, I set stop-loss and take-profit orders. This is not cowardice but discipline. As soon as profits reach 10% of the principal, I immediately transfer 50% into a cold wallet, and the remaining 50% of the profit continues to roll over.

What are the benefits of this approach? When the market rises, I can enjoy the benefits of compound interest; when it falls, I only lose the profit portion, and the principal remains unharmed. Over five years, I have taken profits 37 times, with the highest weekly withdrawal reaching $180,000. Such trading volume once made the platform suspect I was laundering money, even asking me to do a video verification.

**Method 2: Displaced position building, harvesting opportunities at liquidation points**

I have a habit of monitoring three different timeframes for trading. The daily chart is used to determine the main direction, the 4-hour chart to define the trading range, and the 15-minute chart is where I actually place orders.

For the same coin, I often open two positions. Position A is for chasing breakouts—once the price breaks a key level, I follow with a long position; Position B is placed in advance at a higher level, prepared for shorting. I set strict stop-losses, no more than 1.5%, but my take-profit targets are very aggressive, usually over 5 times.

Popular coins like RED and SOL I have traded back and forth many times. The most classic example was when LUNA plummeted 90% within 24 hours—my long and short positions both made profits that day, and my account gained +42%. While most people got liquidated at that moment, I was harvesting gains.

**Method 3: Stop-loss is your ticket—small losses for big trends**

Don’t see stop-loss as a failure; I view it as an entry fee. Don’t obsess over a 1.5% loss, and don’t hold onto losing positions—just let the stop-loss execute.

You might find it hard to believe, but my win rate is actually only 38%, yet my risk-reward ratio is as high as 4.8:1. What does this ratio mean? The mathematical expectation is +1.9%—which means that for every 1 yuan I lose, I can reliably earn 1.9 yuan in the long run. Once you understand this logic, you won’t chase after a 100% win rate, because that’s not the goal of trading.

**Three iron rules, remember and live well:**

1. Divide your capital into 10 parts, invest only 1 part each time, and never hold more than 3 positions simultaneously. This way, even in extreme market conditions, you won’t be wiped out.

2. After two consecutive losses, I turn off the trading app and go to the gym—absolutely no revenge trades. When your mindset is bad, trading only gets worse.

3. When my account doubles, I immediately withdraw 20% to buy US bonds or gold, so that when a bear market arrives, I can still relax and ride it out.

The methods sound simple, but 90% of people just can’t do it. The most terrifying thing in trading isn’t a mistake once or twice, but being unable to recover after a mistake. I’ve just persisted a bit more with discipline and resisted some temptations more than most.