ZEC BEAT MYX——Let’s get straight to the point: I don’t make a living by predicting price movements, nor do I stay up all night glued to the screen. Since entering the market in 2017, I’ve grown my initial $5,000 to seven figures, and my drawdown has never exceeded 8%. The secret? Treat trading as a probability game, not gambling.

Back then, many people lost everything on leveraged contracts and mortgaged their homes, while my account curve just kept climbing. I don’t chase insider info or worship candlestick patterns—I just treat the market like a game whose rules I set myself. Today, I’ll break down my three core strategies:

**First Move: Lock in Profits and Compound for Safety**

The moment I open a position, I set both take-profit and stop-loss orders. Profit hits 10% of my principal? Immediately withdraw 50% to a cold wallet, and use the rest—the “free money”—to keep compounding. If the market keeps rising, enjoy accelerated compounding; if it reverses, at most I give back half my profit, but my principal stays untouched.

Over five years, I’ve withdrawn profits 37 times. One week I withdrew $180,000 and the exchange’s support team even video-called me to check I wasn’t laundering money. The essence of this method: always risk profits, let your principal sleep soundly.

**Second Move: Asymmetric Positioning—Harvest Where Retail Gets Liquidated**

Watch three timeframes at once: daily chart for the overall trend, 4-hour chart to define the volatility range, and 15-minute chart for precise entries. For the same coin, open two positions—Position A goes long on a breakout, with a stop-loss below the previous daily low; Position B places a limit short in the 4-hour overbought zone.

Both stop-losses are capped at 1.5% of principal, with take-profits set at 5x or more. The market ranges 80% of the time; while others get slapped around, I make money on both sides. On the day LUNA crashed in 2022, plunging 90% in 24 hours, I took profit on both long and short—my account grew 42% in a single day.

**Third Move: Stop-Loss Equals Windfall—Small Cost for Big Opportunity**

I treat stop-losses as tickets—risking just 1.5% for a seat on the next big move. If the market’s good, I trail my take-profit to let profits run; if it’s bad, I exit quickly. Over time, my win rate is only 38%, but my win/loss ratio is 4.8:1, with a mathematical expectancy of 1.9.

What does that mean? Every $1 risked nets me $1.90. Just a couple of solid trends a year, and my returns crush traditional bank investments.

**Three Practical Rules:**

Split funds into 10 parts; use at most 1 part per trade, never hold more than 3 parts at once. After two consecutive losses, shut down and go to the gym—never place “revenge trades.” Every time the account doubles, withdraw 20% to buy US Treasuries or gold, so you can sleep soundly even in a bear market.

The method is simple, but it goes against human nature. The market isn’t afraid of you being wrong—it’s afraid you can’t get back up after blowing up. Master these three moves, and let the exchange become your personal ATM.