When I saw Lao Zhang three months ago, this guy who was usually the most talkative in the group looked completely deflated.



Two hundred thousand, all gone. He sat in the corner of a café, staring blankly at the candlestick charts on his phone. After a long pause, he finally said, “Maybe I’m just not cut out for this?”

I lit a cigarette and said slowly, “It’s not that you can’t do it. You just don’t have a system.”

That day, I didn’t talk to him about any advanced theories—just five simple words: Stable, Accurate, Ruthless, Patient, Compound. Then I broke down the five most practical strategies.

**First Strategy: Tentative Entry, Go All-In After Confirmation.**
When the market trend is unclear, use just 10% of your funds to test the waters. Like fishing—see how the water feels first. Once the trend is clear and you’re in profit, increase your position and ride the whole wave. The first time Lao Zhang tried this, his single-trade profit exceeded everything he’d made messing around the previous month.

**Second Strategy: Cut Losses Quickly and Decisively, Don’t Hesitate.**
If a trade loses 3%, cut it immediately. No negotiation. The first week, he cut his losses three times and was heartbroken, but on the fourth trade he caught the rebound and made back all his previous losses in one shot. I told him, “Surviving is more important than anything.”

**Third Strategy: Guard Your Principal, Let the Profits Fight the Battles.**
Don’t touch your starting capital—use only your profits for the next round. If you lose, it’s just giving back some floating profit; your principal is still there. Later, he told me, “This move lets me sleep so much better at night.”

**Fourth Strategy: Only Catch the Main Uptrend, Don’t Act Recklessly During Sideways Markets.**
When the market is choppy, it’s better to stay out than to make random trades. Real opportunities are rare—hitting them precisely is what makes a pro. That time #比特币对比代币化黄金 broke a key level, he went in heavy and tripled his money.

**Fifth Strategy: Sell in Batches, Lock in Profits.**
When the price rises, don’t get greedy. Sell in three batches: lock in your principal with the first 30%, lock in profit with the next 30%, and let the remaining 30% ride for more upside. After he did this for the first time, he told me, “My mindset is way more stable now. No more panic.”

Three months later, his account balance broke a million. That day he messaged me on WeChat with just one sentence: “Thanks, I finally understand how to get along with the market.”

I replied, “It was never the market you were afraid of—it was losing control of yourself.”

In the crypto world, it’s never the loudest signal-callers who make money. It’s the few who can hold their positions, control their emotions, and time the market just right.

You’ve got the method now—the rest is up to your execution. The market won’t wait for anyone. The next wave of opportunity is always brewing. $BTC $ETH
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ThatsNotARugPullvip
· 27m ago
To be honest, stop-loss strategies are the most painful, but also the most lifesaving.
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PumpAnalystvip
· 4h ago
What you said is absolutely right, but in practice, this methodology is actually a touchstone for filtering out retail investors. Very few people are truly able to execute it.
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PumpingCroissantvip
· 12-05 06:39
To be honest, this theory sounds great, but how many people can actually put it into practice? Most people are still stuck in a cycle between going all-in and panic selling.
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AirdropAutomatonvip
· 12-05 06:37
Five strategies sound good, but how many can actually be executed?
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AlgoAlchemistvip
· 12-05 06:22
Old Zhang really nailed it this time, but to be honest, most people still lose because of their mindset.
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SignatureCollectorvip
· 12-05 06:22
Old Zhang's story basically comes down to not being able to control his emotions. To put it simply—"Surviving is more important than anything else." That's an absolute truth.
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PaperHandSistervip
· 12-05 06:22
I've heard Old Zhang's story ten times, but there are still only a few who can actually do it. I'm a negative example myself, haha.
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LiquidationWatchervip
· 12-05 06:19
Old Zhang's story sounds like motivational talk, but to be honest, his stop-loss strategy is really tough. Still, most people will keep chasing highs and cutting losses after hearing it, haha.
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