In 2017, when I entered this circle with 5000U, the people around me were collapsing on contracts, some mortgaged their houses to turn things around, and more lost everything. Yet, my account steadily grew at a 45° angle, with no more than an 8% maximum drawdown over five years.

Without relying on insider information, airdrops, or superstitions about candlestick patterns, the core secret is to treat the market as a probability machine and see yourself as a "casino boss" managing risk. Today, I share three real, replicable methods:

**Method 1: Lock in profits and armor your gains**

Set take-profit and stop-loss orders immediately when opening a position. Once profits reach 10% of the principal, withdraw 50% to a cold wallet, and let the remaining principal plus gains continue to compound. Even if the market reverses, the worst-case scenario is just giving back half of the profit, keeping the principal safe forever.

Over five years, I have done this 37 times, with the largest weekly withdrawal reaching 180,000U. Later, exchange customer service even contacted me via video to verify if I was money laundering—they had never seen such frequent and stable large withdrawals.

**Method 2: Displaced positioning, trading based on market pain points**

Observe three timeframes simultaneously: daily, 4-hour, and 15-minute. The daily chart determines the direction, the 4-hour defines the range, and the 15-minute allows precise entry. Open two orders on the same coin—A order chasing a breakout with a stop-loss at the previous daily low; B order using a limit order to short in the 4-hour overbought zone.

Both stop-losses are no more than 1.5% of the principal, with take-profits set at over 5 times. The market spends 80% of its time oscillating. While others get liquidated, I profit on both sides. During the Luna crash in 2022, with a 90% drop within 24 hours, my dual long and short take-profit strategy made my account increase by 42% in a single day.

**Method 3: Turn stop-loss into a ticket, small risk for big opportunities**

Treat stop-loss as the "cost" of entering. Use a small risk of 1.5% to seize a trending opportunity. When the market is favorable, move the take-profit to let profits run; when the market weakens, exit promptly.

Long-term statistics show my win rate is only 38%, but the profit-to-loss ratio is 4.8:1, with an expected value of +1.9%. That means for every 1 dollar risked, I can reliably earn 1.9 dollars on average. If I catch just two real trend opportunities per year, my returns can outpace bank savings easily.

**Three essential practical points:**

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." When your account doubles, withdraw 20% to allocate to US bonds or gold, so you can sleep soundly even in a bear market.

The methods seem simple, but executing them is counterintuitive. Remember the last words: **The market doesn't fear your wrong judgment; it fears you getting wiped out and never recovering.**