#大户持仓动态 Last year I met a fan who started with a principal of $100,000 and watched it shrink down to just $2,000, almost breaking his mindset.

His story is actually very typical: making dozens of trades frequently in a day, with transaction fees eating up the principal at a faster rate; seeing others in the community sharing hundredfold returns on certain small coins, he couldn’t resist the fire in his heart, went all in, only to see the market reverse the next day, and his account was wiped out. In his most desperate moments, he was still staring at the charts at 3 a.m., cigarette butts piled up everywhere, eyes bloodshot, repeatedly asking himself: Is it just my fate to be harvested by the market?

When he found me, he was already somewhat resigned. I told him a metaphor: stop spraying with a machine gun, learn from the sniper’s way.

The core is one word—**Patience**.

Don’t act until the market reaches that critical point; wait patiently when signals are still blurry; only when technical breakthroughs are in front of you and signals are clear enough, then decisively open a position. The minimum time frame should be at least a 4-hour chart. Better to miss ten opportunities than to blow up on one trade. No more than three trades per day; if your fingers itch, go for a run. Absolutely no reckless operations.

Then I taught him a set of my own "**Stepwise Position Management Method**":

The initial position should not exceed 10% of the total available capital—this is your safety cushion; only after seeing floating profits in the account should you gradually add to your position in stages; when a single trade reaches a 20% profit, you must take half of the profit off the table to secure gains, and let the remaining position follow the trend. Conversely, if a loss exceeds 5%, cut your losses immediately and stop thinking about averaging down to reverse. Those who daydream about turning around with averaging down often end up dead on the luck-based path.

But honestly, technical analysis is secondary—the **real determinant of life or death is trading discipline**.

If you encounter two stop-losses in the same day, that signal is telling you: shut down, stop looking at the charts, the market is not suitable for you right now. Spend 15 minutes after each trading day reviewing your trades, dissecting those losing positions clearly, and extracting the logic behind profitable trades. The market is indeed cruel, but beneath this cruelty, there are certain patterns and order.

Protect yourself first, don’t get caught in the market, and the remaining profits will naturally follow. Those who truly turn their accounts around are always those who can stick to their discipline; the fantasy of getting rich overnight from a single wave of market movement has been taught countless times by the market.

All these methods are accumulated from repeated practical experience. If you are also working hard to get out of losses and pursue stable profits, you might consider trying this approach.