In thirty days, she climbed back from the brink of liquidation.

I remember on the 23rd of last month, when Xiaolu messaged me, I was just about to go to sleep. She had opened a coffee shop and saved up 200,000 USDT—the shop’s revenue for half a year plus her previous savings—all thrown into leveraged contracts. Her idea was simple: double it and use the profits to renovate a second location.

And then? In less than fourteen days, she got the direction wrong twice, and her account was left with just over 70,000.

I still remember her voice message; her voice was shaking: "Should I just admit defeat?"

I replied at the time: "If you give up now, that hundred thousand-plus is really gone. If you want to get back up, listen to me—but you have to follow every word exactly."

**First thing: I broke her habits**

How did she operate before? If the trend looked good, she’d go in with half her funds; if it didn’t, she’d stubbornly hold on. I set a hard rule for her: never use more than 10% of total funds per trade, and if you lose 5%, you must cut the position. No exceptions.

“With such a light position, how can I ever recover?” she asked.

“Don’t think about making it all back yet. Think about how not to fall further,” I said.

**Second thing: I taught her to wait**

PIPPIN was surging at that time, shooting above 0.22, and she wanted to chase it. I stopped her: “Don’t move, let it finish its run.”

She wasn’t fully convinced, but she held back.

By last week, PIPPIN had been consolidating at the top for several days, and trading volume was clearly dropping off. I told her to start shorting in batches around 0.218.

“This isn’t guessing the top,” I told her, “this is betting on a natural pullback after the momentum stalls.”

She hesitated, but followed through.

**This week, the market gave the answer**

PIPPIN slid all the way down from 0.218, dropping below 0.19. She took profits in batches as planned, and when she closed the last position last night, she did the math: this single trade netted nearly 60,000 USDT. Her account went from just over 70,000 back up to 140,000.

She sent me a bunch of voice messages, talking really fast, full of excitement.

I just replied with one sentence: “Don’t get cocky, this only proves you can learn to read the market.”

Now, not only has her account recovered, but her trading rhythm has also stabilized. To be honest, that’s all this market is about: most people lose due to panic and impulsiveness, while a minority win through planning and discipline.

If you’re stuck in a rut, watching your account balance shrink day by day and don’t know what to do—what you’re missing may not be luck, but someone to help you clear your thinking.