I've been in the crypto market for 5 years, witnessing too many overnight turnarounds and also seeing the tragic stories of margin calls and bankruptcies firsthand. Today, I want to share some practical tips: how to survive in this crazy market and still make money.

**Tip 1: Diversify Risks, Don't Put All Your Chips in One Basket**

Suppose you have 1 million in idle funds to enter the market. Don't think about investing it all at once. My approach is simple—divide into five parts.

Buy 200,000 at the current price to get a feel for the market's temperament. The remaining funds are split into two tiers: invest one part if the price drops 10%, another part if it drops 20%. The more the price falls, the lower your average cost becomes. Conversely, sell one part each time the price rises by 10%, and another part at a 20% increase. This isn't greed; it's a prudent way to lock in profits.

The clever part is this: when prices fall, you have ammunition to add to your position; when prices rise, you've already started to exit in stages. Your mindset instantly shifts—from "Please, don’t fall anymore" to "Let it crash, I’m already waiting to buy the dip." This is the transition from passive getting beaten to active taking initiative.

**Tip 2: Three Ironclad Rules of "Counterintuitive" Trading**

Rule 1: Don’t chase highs. When everyone is FOMO (fear of missing out), you should be selling according to your plan. It sounds counterintuitive, but that’s the essence of making money.

Rule 2: Don’t panic. When others are screaming and selling during sharp declines, you’re buying according to your plan. The market loves to play this drama—shaking out emotional traders and letting rational ones profit.

Rule 3: Never go all-in. I’ve seen too many people put their entire net worth into one coin, only to see a black swan event (like Bitcoin plunging 30% one day), and their accounts blow up. Keeping some reserve to handle surprises is a fundamental rule for survival.

A more realistic example: Bitcoin is now at $100,000. You buy one part, then buy another when it drops to $90,000, and sell a part when it rises to $110,000. Execute mechanically, without emotional interference. The market fears these ruthless trading machines—they can’t come up with tricks because your actions are fully predictable and emotionless. Emotional trading? That’s just giving money to the market.

**Tip 3: Repeat this process until you become a profit-making machine**

When your principal is exhausted, it means your position is fully built. Next, just wait for the reversal. When all your coins are sold, profits are safely in the bag, and all that’s left is to watch the show.

This method isn’t flashy, nor will it make you rich overnight, but it will help you survive longer and more steadily in this market. The core of crypto trading is actually simple: suppress desire with systems, beat emotions with plans, and defeat noise through repetition. Everything else is just stories.