Eight years ago, when I transferred my entire savings of 20,000 yuan into a crypto account, my hands were trembling.

Now with tens of millions in my account, I'm surprisingly calm instead.

What truly changed me over these eight years isn't how much money I made, but learning how to survive first, then gradually earn big money.

Let me start with position management.

I never go all-in, only risking 20% of my position each time. The market always has opportunities, but your capital only has one life.

Stop-loss is my iron rule.

A single position loss capped at 10% maximum, then I cut it. Even if I'm wrong five times in a row, I lose at most half my capital, but once I catch a trend wave, I can make it back quickly.

Many people die on "wait a bit longer," but I survive on "must cut losses."

For trend trading, I have one principle: never chase the bottom.

Trying to guess the bottom during a decline is essentially catching a falling knife.

I only wait for the trend to establish, then find entry points during pullbacks. The market has already proven the direction, so the win rate is naturally higher.

Those altcoins that do 10x in a day, I basically avoid them.

What looks like an opportunity is often just market makers pumping to find exit liquidity.

I'd rather miss out than be a sucker.

I rarely look at indicators, basically just watching one: MACD.

Golden cross below the 0-axis, and it breaks above 0-axis, then I consider entering;

Once a death cross appears above the 0-axis, whether profitable or not, I'll reduce my position.

Trading doesn't rely on prediction, only following trends.

I also have principles for averaging up:

Adding to losing positions just makes errors snowball bigger;

Only adding to winning positions counts as riding the trend with a snowball effect.

If price breaks through while volume obviously expands, it means real money is pushing the move. Following at such times often lets you catch the main wave up.

After all these years, it really boils down to six words:

Follow the trend, control losses, be patient.

Multi-timeframe moving averages resonating upward, then hold. Once they turn downward, exit.

Trading has no "holy grail." Only two things truly determine if you can make money:

Discipline and execution.

After eight years, what I've accumulated isn't technique, but the ability to resist human nature.