8 Years Surviving in Crypto: 10 Contrarian Rules to Turn 50 Million into 8 Billion

In 8 years of grinding in the crypto market, I’ve seen too many people come in with tens of millions hoping to change their lives, only to end up selling their laptops to pay off debt three months later. As for me, I chose the opposite path—Discipline First, Profit Later, not chasing “Fast Gains,” just aiming to survive.

And it’s these 10 principles below that helped me stay alive… and slowly turn 50 million into a real 8 billion. Today, I’m sharing with no sugarcoating, no textbook theory—just real mistakes I’ve made, and anyone who reads this will immediately save three years of tuition fees.

1. Price Drops Like a “Toilet Flush”? Don’t Chase! Price Goes Up 2 Green Candles in a Row? Don’t Get Greedy! When I first started, I saw a coin drop 8–9 red candles in a row and thought “it’s the bottom,” so I tried to catch a falling knife. Result: down 30% in a week, account halved—hurt so bad I wanted to delete the app. Later, I realized: If the price keeps dropping without a clear recovery candle + no volume, it’s all traps. On the flip side, when a coin just pops up with 2 green candles, I immediately close half my position → move profits to cold wallet. Don’t get greedy for “the last bit”—that’s how you last long.

2. Coin Up More Than 7% In a Day? Not an Opportunity—It’s a Trap for Late Buyers The first time I chased a 12% intraday pump, I thought I could ride the wave. But the next day, it gapped down and dove even deeper. After that, I made a rule: If a coin goes up >7% in a day → high open the next day, DO NOT BUY! Wait for it to pull back to 0.618 or for a small green candle confirmation before entering. Since following this rule, my rate of buying tops is almost zero.

3. Coin Breaks All-Time High for the First Time? Don’t Chase—It’s Usually a Fakeout Quality coins breaking ATH for the first time are usually just bait. Only when the market: pulls back to MA20 and volume shrinks significantly, that’s when it’s actually safe to enter. I once avoided a fake breakout in 2021 and dodged a 40% drop. Painful lesson, but worth it!

4. Coin Going Sideways For Over 6 Days? Sell Immediately—Don’t Let Your Capital Sit Idle Many people lose out thinking: “It’s about to break, just hold a bit longer.” I once held a sideways coin for two weeks, missed out on another that doubled. My rule: 3 days with price range <3% 3 days with volume below MA30 → If it doesn’t break, sell and move on to another opportunity. Money doesn’t sleep—your capital shouldn’t either.

5. Breaks Yesterday’s Low? Cut Immediately—No Second Thoughts 99% of losers are because they hope “it’ll come back.” I once held a 10% loss because I didn’t cut, ended up at 60%—hurt so much I wanted to smash my screen. Since then, I stick to one rule: If close is more than 1% below yesterday’s low → CUT. No hesitation. Cut early, survive longer.

6. The 3-5-7 Formula: To Catch Waves, You Need to Time Your Moves I noticed a pattern with coins starting a new uptrend: Day 3: small pullback to MA5 → BUY Day 5: volume expands → TAKE PROFIT 50% Day 7: hits peak → TAKE PROFIT 100% In 2021, thanks to this formula, I caught 3 waves of 120%+ each, without needing to chase tops or wait for miracles.

7. Volume–Price Divergence = Trap Just remember: Low → Volume doubles → Long green candle >7% → Real money is coming in. High → Big volume + long wicks → DUMP, get out now! In 2022, by watching the wicks, I got out of a top coin in time before it dropped 60%. If you’re not quick, you’re done for.

8. Only Watch 4 Moving Averages—Everything Else Is Noise I only use 4 lines: MA3: feel the short-term rhythm MA30: decide if I should add to my position MA80: see if it’s worth opening a big position MA120: determine if it’s a bull or bear market Other than these 4, I consider everything else “noise.”

9. Want to Change Your Life? Not Leverage—But Compounding I set a goal of 12% per month, sounds small but: 1 year = 3x 5 years of discipline = from 50 million to over 8 billion Those playing 10x–50x? The survivors brag, the losers go silent. Compounding = discipline + time.

10. No Clear Signal → NO TRADE I once got impatient and entered a trade with no signal, lost 30% just for lack of patience. A lifelong lesson: If you’re wrong, you lose money—if you miss out, you only lose opportunity. Since then, no signal → no entry. Opportunities are everywhere, but you only have one account.

Conclusion 8 years in this market, I’ve seen too many people lose because of: Impatience Lack of discipline Expecting to get rich overnight But in reality, winning isn’t hard—you just need to not be as foolish as I was back then. If you can do these 10 things, you’re already ahead of 80% of the market.