The market fears not those who lose money, but those gamblers who refuse to repent and still go all in.

Newcomers often ask me what it really takes to make money in the crypto space—luck? Insider information? Luck? I always want to laugh.

Five years ago, one early morning, I rushed in with 50,000 yuan I had saved from work, full of dreams of getting rich. As a result, in less than three months, my account was down to 8,000 yuan. Every day, watching those strange candlestick patterns move, I couldn't sleep all night, feeling like a vampire had drained me.

Until a completely hopeless deep night, I suddenly realized one thing: for retail investors like me, the only way to survive is not to predict the market, but to have the execution ability to adhere to a set of self-imposed discipline.

I divided the remaining 8000 yuan into five parts, each part being 1600 yuan. Then I started operating using a method that seemed ridiculously foolish. Looking back two years later, this "foolish" method allowed me to climb back up to 100,000 in six months, and a year later, I broke through 1,000,000.

**My operational logic actually consists of five steps, simple to the point of being a bit painful:**

**Step 1: Troop Deployment**
You can't put all your money in at once. In a battle, you can't deploy all your troops at once; I also have to always leave myself a way out. Divide the principal into five parts, so even if I make a wrong judgment once, the remaining four parts of the funds are still there.

**Step 2: Test the Position**
Use the first capital to buy mainstream coins that you truly understand. Note - it must be something you truly understand. Don't even look at those coins that have been overly speculated and where the whales have already hinted at harvesting.

**Step 3: Buy more as it dips**
If the price drops by 10%, it's not a disaster; it's the market on sale. I will continue to increase my position with the second portion of funds. Many people are afraid of a drop, but a drop is actually the lowest cost opportunity to get in.

**Step Four: Small Wins, Immediate Collection**
The price has risen by 10%, so I decisively sold a portion. Don't dream of waiting for it to skyrocket. Some say I'm not greedy enough this way, but I never aim to sell at the peak—that's a trap set for traders with explosive mindsets.

**Step Five: Looping**
Funds are constantly rolling in this volatility. This year's harvest is next year's seed. Just like farmers planting crops, the seasons cycle, rather than going all in.

This set of things may not seem special, but executing it requires a quality called "self-discipline." Every time the market skyrockets, there are voices in your head screaming to make you go all in. Every time there is a crash, someone pops up saying "the crypto world is dying." Being able to withstand these noises is the true secret to making money.

Luck? Insider information? These things exist, but they are not for retail investors. What we can control is only our ability to execute discipline. The market will always be here, and the next wave of trends will come. Only those who can survive to that moment will be able to laugh last.