Half a month ago, I was still calculating whether I had enough for rent, flipping over the 700U in my hand again and again, unwilling to even splurge on a skewer. Then I plunged into the crypto market—not really hoping to get rich overnight, just not wanting to be suffocated by life.

After 14 days, my account balance turned into 4120U—this number is more solid than my salary for the past six months. There’s nothing mystical about it, just sticking to BTC, ETH, and other mainstream coins, turning the impulse to randomly guess the market into mechanical execution and discipline.

To put it plainly, there are just three tricks. They sound simple, but they really work:

**Pick up bargains others don’t want.** When big funds dump the market, the coins that get unfairly hit are opportunities. I first throw in 5% of my position to test the waters, and if I confirm the trend is off, I add 30% in the opposite direction. When it rises to my target, I immediately pull out; if I’m wrong, I take the loss and move on. This trick has helped me dodge getting trapped several times.

**Divide money into three parts and keep it moving.** One part rides the main uptrend for steady gains, one part does short-term arbitrage for small profits, and the last part waits for pullbacks to buy the dip and add positions. Profits aren’t about gambling—they come from rotating your positions. Being steady instead of reckless helps you survive in the long run.

**Discipline matters more than skill.** Set stop-loss lines in advance, take profits in batches, and only make two trades a day, as routine as clocking in at work. While others stay up late staring at the screen with bloodshot eyes, I get a full eight hours and wake up to see my account growing on its own.

Now I don’t have to worry about next month’s rent, and I’m even considering improving my meals. The crypto world is truly magical: some people recover hundreds of thousands in two months, some pay off their credit cards in three weeks, and some go all-in and lose everything, quitting the game.

If you’ve ever been liquidated, trapped in a position, or felt lost, maybe take a moment to think: is your direction wrong, or do you have no direction at all? The market isn’t short on opportunities—it’s short on the discipline to turn opportunities into cash.