I still remember the screenshot I received that afternoon: 200,000 principal left only 5,000.

This friend's approach is very typical—$SHIB pumped with 10x leverage full position, dozens of trades in a day, fees eating away the principal like termites. When bearish, they keep adding to the position, muttering that a rebound will come, but the account is wiped out directly.

Even more ruthless is FOMO—scrolling through others' hundredfold returns on meme coins, getting impulsive, going all-in to follow the trend. The next morning, the account is beyond saving.

I told him: If you want to turn things around, first learn to stay alive.

I only did three things, seemingly simple but extremely counter-human.

**First: Stop pointless tinkering**
Completely quit the addiction to 1-minute K-lines and frequent trading. If you don't understand, stay out of the market, sit on the sidelines, and rather miss opportunities than make reckless moves. This is the first step to survival.

**Second: Take profits systematically when you make money**
Strictly limit the first trade to 10% of the principal (here, $500). Once floating gains exceed 20%, take half profits immediately, and set a trailing stop on the remaining. No adding to positions, no averaging down, just use profits to try to amplify gains.

**Third: Stop-loss is like a pacemaker**
Set a stop-loss on every trade; if losses reach 5%, cut the position immediately. If you hit two consecutive stop-losses in one day, shut down the trading app right away to cool your emotions.

What was the result? Two months. From 5,000U back to 100,000U.

There’s no story of soaring to the sky, only a process of rising from the ruins bit by bit. Climbing from the brink of account collapse to six figures.

I’ve seen too many people lose everything, and the root cause is always the same—not because they don’t understand the market, but because they’re always gambling on "holding on a little longer to break even." The market is this cold-blooded; traders with different emotional bets are only rewarded if they stick to the rules and survive.

If you’re also caught in a vortex of losses, try reviewing your trading records. How was that money sent out, one by one? The real turnaround starts with the brutal truth: controlling your fingers is a hundred times harder than catching tenfold coins.