#数字资产市场动态 Late at night, my phone kept vibrating. The incoming call display showed a trader who has been in the crypto circle for two years. When I answered, the other side’s voice was very urgent: "There’s 10,000 USDT in the account, full position short, and it only retraced 3 points before it was gone."

Hearing this, countless similar stories flashed through my mind. Eight years ago in the crypto world, such liquidations happened almost every day. At that time, many people believed that "full position is faith," thinking that only those who go all-in are true traders. But the market’s lessons are often very direct — a small retracement can wipe out your account.

I asked him to send over the trading records. It was obvious where the problem was: entering with 9,500 USDT full position, without even setting a stop-loss. Such operation, frankly, is gambling on a miracle.

Actually, many people misunderstand this. They think that making big money requires full position trading, but in fact, that’s the fastest way to exit the market. Betting your entire wealth on one direction, as soon as the market reverses, there’s no buffer — the market doesn’t need to exert effort, it just clears your account.

Looking at this from another angle makes it clearer:

If the account has 1000 USDT, using 900 USDT to leverage 10x, a 5% drop in price will directly trigger liquidation. But if the same account only uses 100 USDT, it would take a 50% drop to trigger liquidation. The difference isn’t about technical skill, but about how much "room to survive" there is.

After being hammered repeatedly in the market, I summarized some iron rules:

💡 Never risk more than 20% of total funds on a single trade; even if you stop out, it’s just a minor injury that doesn’t affect your ability to continue fighting.

💡 Limit each loss to within 3% of total funds; even with the best ideas, don’t gamble your entire wealth.

💡 During market fluctuations, it’s better to stay idle than to make random moves, because opportunities always exist, but once the account is wiped out, it’s really gone.

Relying on these three rules, I survived three waves of large market declines, never once liquidating my position, and my account grew from an initial 70,000 USDT to nearly 400,000 USDT.

That trader later restarted according to this approach and reported doubling his funds after three months. He summarized with one sentence: "So this is the meaning of ‘staying alive’."

The cruelest part of the crypto world is here: $BTC $ETH market movements you can’t change, but position size and risk control are entirely in your hands. To make more profit, the prerequisite is to learn how to lose in moderation. Don’t always fantasize about getting rich overnight; first, make survival a norm.

This methodology has been tested in practice for eight years. The core logic is: survival first, profit second. As long as you live long enough, the power of compound interest will naturally manifest. Market opportunities are continuous; the key is what mindset and strategy you use to seize them.