Many people ask me, how can the crypto circle turn around?

I remember a friend who looked for me a while ago. When he came to meet, he had only a little over 3,000 U left in his account. It might not sound special, but when he told me about it, his eyes carried that feeling of being completely emptied.

A principal of over 20,000 U just disappeared like that. It wasn't a quick failure like a爆仓, but being repeatedly squeezed by the market, almost every small cycle he missed the right direction—sometimes buying at high levels, sometimes cutting losses at low levels, sometimes barely making a small profit only to be hammered down in the opposite direction. So repeatedly worn down, he was left with only scraps and leftovers.

When he confided in me, he was full of helplessness: "I've tried chasing hot coins, learned technical analysis, studied news, but no matter what I try, it doesn't work."

I didn't tell him any stories of getting rich overnight, nor did I suggest him to go all-in on a new coin. I only told him one thing: completely change your trading rhythm first.

Then I listed a few unbreakable rules for him.

Single position size should not exceed 30%, even in the hottest market; take profits once you have a small gain, don’t always think "wait a bit more to earn more"; if the market direction is wrong, admit the mistake and exit immediately, hesitation is death; for uncertain markets, better to stay in cash and wait, don’t mess around blindly.

Honestly, he was initially very resistant.

He used to be a typical "刺激型" trader—chasing highs and selling lows every day, making several trades a day, his account fluctuations like an electrocardiogram. Now, being told to "hold back and do nothing," was practically a form of torture for him psychologically. Several times he wanted to give up, feeling it was too slow, watching others go all-in and double their money, while he was carefully adding positions.

But he still gritted his teeth and persisted. Every night, he forced himself to review his trades, opening his account, the first thing he checked was not whether his profits had increased, but whether he had violated any rules today. He executed this mechanically.

After three months, when I looked at his account curve again, it was like two different worlds.

Not the kind of volatile, exciting market with sharp rises and falls, but a steady upward trajectory—though the gains didn't look as eye-catching, every segment was genuinely earned by him. Later, his principal recovered, and then continued to grow.

Once, during a chat, he told me something: "It turns out what saved me wasn't a bull market, nor some coin suddenly taking off, but that I finally started following the rules."

I kept that sentence in my heart.

In the crypto circle, the real bottleneck has never been technical indicators, insider news, or some trading talent. The hardest part is—living with the same correct rhythm.

It sounds simple: no heavy positions, no forcing the market, take profits when earned, admit mistakes when wrong, don’t predict, just follow the trend.

But how difficult is it to do? The difficulty lies in the fact that every market will tease you, make you want to add more positions, hold longer. That psychological torment is even more painful than losing money itself.

Most people who can't turn around keep jumping in the same pit repeatedly. They switch coins, change strategies, even change exchanges, but refuse to change their trading logic. Those who can stick to a discipline, no matter how small the starting point or how unfavorable the initial conditions, can step out step by step.

Those who can survive in the crypto circle and make money are always the ones who dare to act and dare to stop in time.

The state of your account now determines where you'll be in the next three months. Rules will save you, but only if you truly follow them.