Three years ago, I started with 800U.

On the day I joined the group, a bunch of people looked at my account balance and sneered: "This amount of money isn't even enough to cover the fees."

I didn't argue, I just silently did three things.

**First: Divide the principal into pieces and leave myself four ways out**

Split 800U into four parts, each 200U. Stop after one part is lost, never look at the market again. This way, the market can't wipe me out all at once. It sounds like small money, but the mindset is different—I’m not betting my entire fortune, I’m doing four experiments.

**Second: Write down four ironclad rules and post them on my screen**

Only trade $BTC and $ETH, ignore any other altcoins no matter how tempting. Stop-loss fixed at 3%, take-profit automatically at 6%, exit at the set time—no bargaining. Profits can be added to positions, losses must be cut back, never average down. Watch the market for a maximum of two hours daily; when time’s up, shut down and walk away, don’t look again.

These four rules sound rigid, but they saved me several times later.

**Third: Turn the profits into "life"**

Two weeks ago, the account grew from 800 to 1000, painfully slow. But that 200U profit wasn’t for spending; it was split into a fifth part. I added a "life" rule to my account.

A friend asked why I didn’t quickly add to my position and double up. I could only say: The power of time is much greater than the power of impatience.

The turning point came in the third week.

BTC broke through a key moving average with volume. I pushed the accumulated 400U profit in, set the take-profit to 12% all at once. Four days later, the account crossed 1600U for the first time.

My first reaction wasn’t excitement, but immediately I withdrew the entire 800U principal to a cold wallet. From that moment on, every penny in the account was profit, and the principal was safe. My mindset was completely different.

After the principal was secured, I became even more cautious.

Profit was split again: 60% for short-term hot trades, 30% for holding for swings, 10% as reserve funds. Over two months, I caught three major market waves. 1600U turned into 7200U.

I withdrew 800U from it and bought myself a second-hand monitor—that was the first material reward I got from those four rules. I still use that monitor today.

After crossing ten thousand, my discipline became even stricter.

I allowed a single position to grow up to 20% of the account, but I added a new rule: if the daily drawdown reaches 5%, immediately cut half of the position and stop to review. It sounds aggressive, but this rule saved me twice—twice I felt I was about to get liquidated, but after reducing the position according to the rule, I avoided the worst market crashes.

A year later, BTC’s trend took me upward all the way, and the account stopped at 180,000U.

I sent a screenshot back to that group chat I had long blocked, only three words: "Still laughing?"

No one responded. But silence is the answer.

If you’re starting now with small funds, I want to say just one thing: The market doesn’t mock how much U you have in your account; it only mocks those without discipline. Keep the principal safe, and leave the rest to the rules. The rules will gradually take you to places you never dared to imagine.