**How to Break Through with Small Capital? The Key Lies in a Clear Goal**
In the circle, there are always people shouting "Small capital has no hope," but from a different perspective, 1 million is not the end point, but a milestone to test your ability. The real turning point often lies in whether you can use limited funds, through the right strategies, to grow them.
Using tens of thousands to test the market, as you grow to 1 million, you will gradually master the rhythm of the market—no longer relying on intuition to place orders, but operating according to a system. The advantage of a 1 million principal is obvious: even without leverage, a 20% increase yields 200,000 profit, enough for you to stay calm during market volatility, and even have the capacity to buy the dip at the bottom. But a deeper change is a mental transformation. From earning small money to earning big money, the biggest obstacle is not technology, but your mindset. Only by reaching this step can you truly understand the saying: opportunities are created, profits are made through persistence.
**Rolling Positions: Reinvest Profits as Principal**
Rolling positions sounds simple, but it is actually an art of risk management. The core idea is straightforward—protect the principal at all costs, and use the profits earned to amplify the next opportunity.
**Phase One: Exploration Period (Principal within 50,000)**
In this stage, focus only on mainstream assets like BTC and ETH. Why? Because they have good liquidity and relatively controllable volatility. Never allocate more than 10% of your total funds to a single position.
What if you make a profit? First, withdraw the principal, and the remaining profit becomes your "chip pool." For example, if you earn 5,000 yuan in the first trade, then use 3,000 yuan to open a new position, and keep 2,000 yuan as emergency funds. What’s the benefit of this approach? Even if subsequent trades result in losses, you won’t be pushed back to the starting point.
**Phase Two: Expansion Period (Funds between 50,000 and 300,000)**
At this level, your vision should broaden. Start capturing trending markets—for example, when BTC stabilizes above the 30-day moving average on the daily chart, which is a signal many experienced traders watch.
When floating profits reach about 15%, you can use 30% of the floating profit to add to your position, but keep the overall position within 20%. The key at this stage is to learn how to use technical analysis to guide decisions, rather than being driven by short-term fluctuations.
**Phase Three: Breakthrough Period (Funds between 300,000 and 1,000,000)**
When your capital reaches this level, you should start focusing on macro opportunities—such as major bull waves in a bull market, or rebound opportunities after significant negative news. These opportunities are infrequent, but once seized, the returns can be substantial. At this point, you can moderately increase your position size, provided you have established a complete stop-loss system that allows you to exit quickly if your judgment is wrong.
Real profit is never made from a single big win, but from countless small victories accumulated over time. The key is to maintain discipline and stick to your rules.
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MevHunter
· 01-06 08:50
Closing positions is easy to say, but how many can truly stick to the rules... The key is still the mindset.
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OnchainUndercover
· 01-05 22:15
That's right, but the key still depends on whether you can hold on.
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LightningAllInHero
· 01-05 18:16
Sounds good, but what I care more about is whether we can truly stick to the rules... that's the hardest part.
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MEVHunterNoLoss
· 01-03 09:55
To put it bluntly, execution is really difficult
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VitalikFanboy42
· 01-03 09:49
It sounds good, but it still depends on mindset and discipline. Most people fail at the greed hurdle.
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BridgeJumper
· 01-03 09:44
Talking nicely is not enough; you still need to have execution power, or it's all just armchair strategizing.
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TrustMeBro
· 01-03 09:41
It sounds very rational, but in reality? Most people simply can't stick with it.
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SerumSquirter
· 01-03 09:33
Rolling positions sounds simple, but in reality, it's full of pitfalls. It's easy to say but hard to do.
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ReverseTrendSister
· 01-03 09:30
The logic of rolling positions seems very clear, but in actual execution, most people will still be overwhelmed by emotions.
**How to Break Through with Small Capital? The Key Lies in a Clear Goal**
In the circle, there are always people shouting "Small capital has no hope," but from a different perspective, 1 million is not the end point, but a milestone to test your ability. The real turning point often lies in whether you can use limited funds, through the right strategies, to grow them.
Using tens of thousands to test the market, as you grow to 1 million, you will gradually master the rhythm of the market—no longer relying on intuition to place orders, but operating according to a system. The advantage of a 1 million principal is obvious: even without leverage, a 20% increase yields 200,000 profit, enough for you to stay calm during market volatility, and even have the capacity to buy the dip at the bottom. But a deeper change is a mental transformation. From earning small money to earning big money, the biggest obstacle is not technology, but your mindset. Only by reaching this step can you truly understand the saying: opportunities are created, profits are made through persistence.
**Rolling Positions: Reinvest Profits as Principal**
Rolling positions sounds simple, but it is actually an art of risk management. The core idea is straightforward—protect the principal at all costs, and use the profits earned to amplify the next opportunity.
**Phase One: Exploration Period (Principal within 50,000)**
In this stage, focus only on mainstream assets like BTC and ETH. Why? Because they have good liquidity and relatively controllable volatility. Never allocate more than 10% of your total funds to a single position.
What if you make a profit? First, withdraw the principal, and the remaining profit becomes your "chip pool." For example, if you earn 5,000 yuan in the first trade, then use 3,000 yuan to open a new position, and keep 2,000 yuan as emergency funds. What’s the benefit of this approach? Even if subsequent trades result in losses, you won’t be pushed back to the starting point.
**Phase Two: Expansion Period (Funds between 50,000 and 300,000)**
At this level, your vision should broaden. Start capturing trending markets—for example, when BTC stabilizes above the 30-day moving average on the daily chart, which is a signal many experienced traders watch.
When floating profits reach about 15%, you can use 30% of the floating profit to add to your position, but keep the overall position within 20%. The key at this stage is to learn how to use technical analysis to guide decisions, rather than being driven by short-term fluctuations.
**Phase Three: Breakthrough Period (Funds between 300,000 and 1,000,000)**
When your capital reaches this level, you should start focusing on macro opportunities—such as major bull waves in a bull market, or rebound opportunities after significant negative news. These opportunities are infrequent, but once seized, the returns can be substantial. At this point, you can moderately increase your position size, provided you have established a complete stop-loss system that allows you to exit quickly if your judgment is wrong.
Real profit is never made from a single big win, but from countless small victories accumulated over time. The key is to maintain discipline and stick to your rules.