Among those who turn their fortunes around in the crypto world, truly brilliant people are actually in the minority.

I know a trader who comes from an ordinary background—once a small shop owner, not highly educated, no prestigious school background. Back then, his entire job was calculating the gross margin of cigarettes, alcohol, snacks. Who would have thought that a few years later, his account would have skyrocketed to seven figures?

At first, I was also skeptical. Until I saw firsthand how he "devours" the market cycle after cycle, I suddenly realized: **The market doesn't favor the smart; the market rewards those who survive longer**.

His trading framework is so simple that it makes you question life.

**Choice of coins**—only look at the daily chart, ignore other timeframes. The screening criteria are as simple as can be: daily MACD golden cross, preferably above the zero line.

He doesn't care about news. No matter how hot the news is outside, if the daily chart doesn't give a signal, he treats everything as noise.

After entering the trade, he doesn't mess around. Only one line guides his actions: the daily moving average. When the price is above the line, he holds; when it drops below, he exits. No excuses, no luck-based thinking.

**Entering the market is counterintuitive**—not rushing in at the first sign of movement. Instead, waiting for the price to stabilize above the daily moving average and for volume to start cooperating before taking action.

**Exiting is even more rational**. When the market rises 40%, he first sells one-third of his position; when it reaches 80%, he sells another third; for the remaining profit, as soon as the price falls below the daily moving average, he exits completely.

He never tries to guess the top. Because he knows a harsh truth: you're not losing by selling too early, but by refusing to sell at all.

The strictest—and also the most life-saving—rule is: once the closing price falls below the daily moving average, he unconditionally clears his position the next day. Even if it rebounds later, he doesn't regret it. He waits for it to rise back above the moving average before re-entering. $BTC is like this, and other coins are the same.

He once said something I still remember: **"It's okay to earn a little less, but if you break the rules once, all your previous gains are gone."**

This trading method isn't sexy at all, and it can't attract those dreaming of overnight riches. But it has a particularly terrifying advantage: it's very hard for the market to completely wipe you out in one wave.

Many people's failure isn't due to not knowing how to make money, but because they haven't made big money before their accounts are played to death.

If you're still chasing rallies, holding through swings, operating on intuition, and your account fluctuates wildly, then it's time to stop and think: maybe the problem isn't your ability, but that you're always trading in the easiest way to get killed.

Most people fail not because they're too slow, but because they blindly stumble in the dark and finally hit a cliff. I've experienced enough losses to want to hold this light and illuminate the way for others.