When I lost 500,000 that year, I almost gave up.

Staring at the candlestick chart until my eyes hurt, my fingers trembling uncontrollably, smoking through sleepless nights, my throat burning like fire. When my account was down to only 5,000 USD, I wanted to close the software and give up countless times.

But in the end, I managed to hold on.

This 5,000 USD was not out of anger, but the only chip to re-enter the game.

I summarized three strategies:

First — Sniping the dips. When the price drops near the 20-day moving average, I get itchy to act. Using five times leverage with small positions, I take a 5% profit and exit immediately. Playing twice a day, small wins accumulate slowly but steadily. Greed is a thing; change it, and you’re dead.

Second — The first ten minutes after a new coin opens are a gold mine. The order book is as shallow as paper. I place a low bid in advance, then quickly list at a 3% higher price, like shooting targets with precision. Catch opponents off guard and retreat unscathed.

Third — After my account exceeds 20,000 USD, I transfer half of the funds into a cold wallet every night at 8 o’clock without fail. This move has saved me more than once. Watching others’ accounts triple or quadruple, I keep transferring money step by step. Many people lack this restraint, and in the end, they lose everything.

Honestly, technical skills are not the decisive factor. Self-control is.

I’m not a genius, luck isn’t particularly good either, but I understand one principle: being completely broke is okay, but having no knowledge of the market is not. Turning things around doesn’t rely on waiting for miracles; it depends on making every decision carefully, on being ruthless enough, on being steady enough.

Everyone loses money, but the real question is whether you can find a way out when you’re at the bottom. Playing the last 5,000 USD well depends on whether you still want to survive in this market.