#以太坊大户持仓变化 Is having a small principal really the end of the road? Not necessarily.

The most common question I hear is: I only have a few hundred bucks, can I still turn things around in the crypto world? Honestly, I’ve seen too many people get stuck on this mental hurdle and end up giving up.

I’ve seen a real case: a young guy started with only 600U in his account, and initially he was in pretty bad shape—didn’t know where to start, every time he looked at the K-line he wanted to go all-in, and his psychological resilience was so poor that a small fluctuation would make him want to completely clear his position. That sense of confusion is all too familiar to me because I’ve been through it too.

My own account was 800U, and at the worst, I lost down to 300U. When I opened the trading interface, my hands were trembling—not because I was afraid of liquidation, but because I was afraid that one slip-up would completely knock me out of the crypto world. That feeling of helplessness can be suffocating.

But this young guy had an advantage: he was willing to listen to advice. I told him one thing: don’t think about getting rich overnight, learn to survive first.

Over the next three months, things started to turn around. After one month, his account grew to 6000U; by the third month, it broke through 20,000U. Not a single liquidation occurred during the entire process, it was strangely steady.

He asked me a question: Is it really possible to make money with such a steady approach? I showed him my past trading records—buying the dip during major market moves, reducing positions during sideways oscillations, and staying out of trades that didn’t fit the strategy. Making money is never about having a big gut; it’s about strong execution.

He later realized: having less capital is actually not a disadvantage, but a huge advantage. Light positions mean higher error tolerance, less likely to blow up from one or two mistakes; steady operations mean each profit can accumulate, and the power of compound interest becomes more and more evident.

I repeatedly emphasized a core logic back then, and he still often repeats it now: You’re not in crypto to fight a war, you’re here to steadily earn some money. Take profits when you have gains, run when there’s risk, and don’t hold onto illusions.

After growing from 600U to 20,000U, he summed it up in one sentence: I’m not losing money because the market is bad, I’m losing because I’m too greedy and can’t control myself.

That’s the core— in cryptocurrency trading, you don’t need to be super smart; as long as you can “not operate recklessly,” you’re already ahead of most people. Often, account bleeding isn’t caused by bad analysis, but by poor execution.

Having a small principal isn’t really the problem. The real issue is: do you have a workable method, enough patience to wait, and someone willing to give you a hand when you’re lost.

Ultimately, the key to turning around a small account boils down to three points: prudent position management, disciplined take-profit and stop-loss, and strong psychological resilience. There are no shortcuts or black tech—just the most basic trading principles.