Honestly, there is a severely overlooked rule in crypto trading:



The more elaborate your strategy, the faster you lose money. Conversely, the simpler, the better.

I've been in this field for many years, growing from 300,000 to 10 million in capital, with no special background—just doing one thing to the extreme: eliminating all unnecessary complexity and executing relentlessly.

The capital curve looks like this:

From 300,000 to 1.2 million took 2 years

From 1.2 million to 6 million only took 1 year

From 6 million to 10 million happened in an astonishingly short time—just 5 months

It seems to defy logic, right? The more money you have, the more cautious you should be, yet the operations become less frequent. This is no coincidence.

**Operation frequency and profit speed are basically inversely related.**

My trading system may be crude, but it’s brutally effective:

First, only recognize one pattern—N-shape. Volume expansion for rise, contraction for pullback, then volume expansion again for entry. If it breaks support, get out—no fuss. Holding positions, adding to positions, leveraging—these three together are basically the collective graveyard for retail traders.

Second, two ironclad rules never loosen:

Stop-loss fixed at 2%, take-profit fixed at 10%. No need to guess where the trend is heading; indicators are all bluff. Even with a win rate of only 35%, the account can still grow steadily—math will speak for you. But the problem is, 90% of people die because they "break one rule"—just once. That’s enough.

Third, only watch the 20-day moving average. Set it to semi-transparent to reduce subjective judgment. Spend 5 minutes daily reviewing the 4-hour chart. If there’s a signal, place an order; if not, close the software and go out. The market won’t run away, and your life won’t be hijacked.

Fourth, the money earned must be realized. When the account hits 1.2 million, withdraw the principal—that’s when your mindset changes. At 6 million, transfer half to stable investments, leaving only the "can afford to lose" part to gamble.

Some people laugh at my approach as too basic.

But after being in this circle for a long time, you realize: the ones who survive till the end are never the smartest, but the most disciplined. Simple logic, but deadly to implement.

I’ve seen too many people, with indicators ten times more than mine, watching charts a hundred times more often, still die because of some inexplicable leverage. Conversely, some only trade a handful of times, yet their accounts grow steadily. That’s the difference.

Don’t delude yourself into trying to catch every market move. That’s unrealistic and unnecessary. Just focus on the opportunities you understand and can truly execute. The money will naturally start rolling in.

I’ve gone through several bear markets, blown accounts, and stepped into countless pits. Today, my biggest gain isn’t how much I made, but that I survived. This fire, I pass it to you now.

If you’re already tired of: staring at a bunch of inexplicable indicators, staying up late to watch the charts until your eyes hurt, your emotions swinging like a roller coaster… and want to make steady money in this market instead of every move feeling like a life-or-death gamble, then we can walk together on a path that avoids blowing up the account.
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PanicSellervip
· 6h ago
Honestly, I only started to believe after repeatedly falling into the same traps with this set of tools. Before, I was also overwhelmed with indicators on the screen every day, but one time using leverage wiped everything out. Now I just follow the N-shaped pattern, with a 2% stop loss. Staying alive is more important than making money.
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DoomCanistervip
· 6h ago
To be honest, I've understood this stuff a long time ago, but not many people can truly stick with it. Once they break the rules, it's over.
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AltcoinTherapistvip
· 6h ago
To be honest, I have already verified this theory long ago. Simple and straightforward methods are indeed effective.
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wrekt_but_learningvip
· 6h ago
That's right, I'm the kind of fool who dies from over-leveraging. Now I realize the more I mess around, the more I get wiped out. --- Discipline is really tightened to the max, it feels like just doing subtraction. --- Everyone knows this stuff, but as soon as leverage is involved, they forget everything. This bad habit can't be changed. --- 20-day moving average plus N-shaped pattern, it sounds too simple but I can't believe it. --- I just want to know how that 35% win rate is calculated. Has it been backtested in real conditions? --- The key step is to提本金, otherwise no matter how much money you have, your mentality will explode. --- Honestly, the hardest part is never finding a trading system, but not breaking the rules. --- Watching a hundred indicators every day is dead, not looking at indicators is actually alive. It's a bit of a cruel irony. --- I don't believe someone who has never blown an account would say that; this guy has really been through the pits. --- That's why so many retail investors go bankrupt—they keep trying to make quick money.
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