There was an old veteran who entered the market in 2017 with $1,000. While friends around him were getting margin called and even had to mortgage their homes, his account kept climbing at a 45-degree angle. His drawdown never exceeded 8%. The secret isn’t insider information or airdrops; it’s three tricks that turn the exchange into a bookmaker in a probability game.

**First Trick: Armor Your Profits**

From the moment you open a position, set your take profit and stop loss orders. When profits reach 10% of the principal, immediately withdraw half and store it in a cold wallet. The remaining part is "free bullets" to continue snowballing. If the market keeps rising? Maximize compound interest. If it turns around? At most, give back half of the profit, while the principal remains untouched.

He repeated this operation 37 times over 8 years. One week, he withdrew $180,000. The exchange’s customer service even did a video call to confirm if he was laundering money.

**Second Trick: Plant Landmines at the Liquidation Points of the Newbie**

Simultaneously monitor three timeframes—use the daily chart for the main trend, the 4-hour chart to define the fluctuation range, and the 15-minute chart to find precise entry points. Open two orders on the same coin: A order breaks through to chase the long side, with a stop loss set at the previous low on the daily chart; B order places a limit sell short, lurking in the overbought zone on the 4-hour chart waiting for the sucker.

Both orders’ stop losses are controlled within 1.5% of the principal, and profit targets are at least 5 times the risk. The market spends 80% of its time in sideways oscillation. While others are getting chopped up, he profits on both sides. During the Luna crash in 2022, with a 90% intraday plunge, he closed both long and short positions profitably, and his account jumped 42% in one day.

**Third Trick: Treat Stop Losses Like Lottery Tickets**

This idea is counterintuitive—he considers each stop loss as spending 1.5% to buy a "casino ticket." If the market moves favorably, he moves his take profit to let profits run; if not, he cuts quickly. Over the long term, his win rate is only 38%, but his risk-reward ratio reaches 4.8:1, with an expected value of +1.9%. In plain English: risking $1, he can earn $1.90. Catch two trending moves a year, and the returns will easily beat bank savings.

**Three Iron Rules for Practice**

Divide your capital into 10 parts, use at most 1 part per trade, and never hold more than 3 positions at once; after losing two trades in a row, stop trading and go to the gym. Never open a "revenge trade" to recover losses. When your account doubles, withdraw 20% to buy U.S. bonds or gold. Even in a bear market, don’t panic.

$ETH and $BTC ’s contract strategies are all about transforming yourself from a gambler into a casino operator. Don’t guess the rise or fall—focus on whether the probabilities and odds are profitable enough.