From 20% Profit to 30% Loss: I Used 5 Billion VND to “Burn Money” and Learned 2 Vital Survival Rules in Crypto

Have you ever experienced this feeling? 😱 Your account is up 20%, eyes glued to the chart, telling yourself, “Just 5% more, then I’ll take profit.” But when the price returns close to your entry, you reassure yourself, “It’s probably just a correction, it’ll go up tomorrow.” Then, after a sudden crash, your account is down 20%, 25%, even 30%, and all you can do is stare at the glaring red numbers and regret, “If only I’d sold back then…” “In over 6 years of trading, I’ve witnessed too many people who didn’t lose because of lack of knowledge, but because they refused to sell, were afraid to sell, or were too attached to let go.” I used to be like that too, until I paid 5 billion VND in real money as “tuition” to the market. In return, I distilled 2 survival rules—just doing these right helps you avoid 80% of the traps that 90% of newbies fall into.

1. The 70-Day Discipline: The Line Between “Still Have Money” and “Wallet Burned” Now I have a hard rule: Any asset that breaks the 70-day trend line → sell on the same day. No further questions. No regrets. Why 70 days? I didn’t just make it up. I… lost 1.5 billion before I understood. Three years ago, I went all-in on a top coin in a hot ecosystem. After buying, the price went up 18%. I was so happy I couldn’t sleep. But then the market started correcting. On the day the candle broke below the 70D line, my 18% profit was down to just over 5%, and I thought: “No worries, it’ll bounce back tomorrow. It’s just a shakeout.” I didn’t sell. And in just 7 days, the price plunged like a waterfall. When I finally cut my losses, my account was down 32%—an amount equal to half my yearly income at the time. From that day, I understood: 70D isn’t just a technical number, it’s the lifeline of the medium-term trend. When the price breaks it, it means: The uptrend is broken,Buying power is exhausted,The risk of entering a downtrend cycle is very high. But what kills us isn’t the red candle, it’s hope. Since I forced myself to sell on any break, I’ve dodged 3 major dumps last year, preserving nearly 1 billion VND in profit that would have evaporated if I’d “just held a bit longer.”
2. The Profit-Taking Ladder: Money Is Only Money When You’ve Sold Wanting to catch from bottom to top is every newbie’s dream. But that’s also what makes them lose everything they’ve earned. I use an extremely simple formula, but few have the discipline to follow: ✔ When up 30% → Sell 50% Recover all capital + some profit. ✔ If price increases another 20% (total profit 50%) → Sell another 30% ✔ Keep the final 20% to “ride the trend” If it keeps going up → you win more If it corrects → it doesn’t affect your results Last year, I got into a mid-cap coin. After 15 days, it pumped 40%. The whole community was cheering “about to x2, x3.” But I still sold half at the 30% mark. Three days later, just as usual, the market dumped hard, that coin fell straight from +40% to +20%. I sold another 30%. I didn’t catch the later x2 move. But I locked in 28% profit, no pressure, no regrets. While many held from +40% to negative, then complained “the whales are ruthless.” It’s not the whales—it’s that you don’t know how to put money in your pocket. Surviving Is More Important Than Winning Big The crypto market is never short on opportunities. The only thing always lacking is people surviving long enough to catch those opportunities. Most losers don’t lose because they can’t analyze. They lose because: They refuse to cut losses when the trend breaksThey don’t dare take profit when already upThey always hope for "a little more"They always believe they can predict tops and bottoms The harsh truth is: Tops and bottoms aren’t meant to be predicted, but accepted. To Sum Up: Want to Survive in Crypto? Start With the Word “Discipline” You don’t need to learn 200 indicators, 300 candlestick patterns. You just need:
3. Breaks the 70-day line → sell
4. Up 30% → take profit on half Do these 2 things for one year, and you’ll outperform over 60% of players in this market. If you can’t do it… Then even if you read 1,000 more analysis articles, the market will keep collecting your tuition—never at a discount.