Lock profits into your DNA, making taking profits an instinct.



In my early thirties, I hit the pause button on life. My startup project fell apart, costing me 600,000 yuan, and my relationships also reached a dead end. I was left with only 3,000 yuan in my pocket. I invested 1,000 USD into the crypto world—not a reckless gamble, but a set of survival rules I devised in despair.

Six years have passed in the blink of an eye. I haven't become a legendary figure, but through several bull and bear cycles, I managed to grow my account to seven figures. Today, I want to talk not about wealth myths, but about how to survive longer in this market by using a trading system that defies intuition.

**First Transformation: Lock in Profits**

When I first entered the scene, like most people, my account would double one day and then halve the next. The real change started with a strict rule: every time I opened a trade, I set stop-loss and take-profit levels. Once I earned 8% of my principal, I immediately transferred 40% of that profit into a cold wallet.

I stuck to this practice for over ten years, locking in profits 52 times, with the highest single withdrawal reaching 180,000 USD. The platform’s risk control even called to ask if something was wrong. I showed them my trading records: letting some gains "evaporate" was the most direct way to fight greed.

The truly wealthy people in crypto all have one thing in common—they have ingrained anti-human operations into their bones.

**Second Breakthrough: Paying Toll in Volatility**

I don’t bet on the direction of price movements. Instead, I focus on capturing the 75% of market chaos. My strategy is simple: for the same coin, I place long orders at breakout levels and short orders at pullback levels. Each stop-loss is strictly controlled within 1% of the principal.

While most chase the trend, I pick up bargains amid the ashes of bulls and bears fighting each other.
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LayoffMinervip
· 01-09 11:15
Listen... not everyone can really do this. Most people are still dreaming of getting rich overnight, but your discipline actually suppresses greed completely. --- 52 profit-locking cycles may sound boring to the extreme, but that's the difference, right? Living is more important than winning. --- I laughed at the part about cold wallets. When the platform's risk control called to ask about the situation, haha, now that's true "I am very stable." --- Picking up leaks during the long and short battle... easy to say, but it takes a lot of ruthlessness to execute. The 1% stop-loss line really trips up many people. --- The thing I learned after losing 600,000 is definitely more effective than reading a hundred articles. The cost was too high. --- The problem is, once this system breaks down, everything is lost. The hardest part is the psychological barrier. --- 52 profit-locking cycles. Was there ever a moment you regretted especially? That "I wish I hadn't brought it up" moment.
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SchrodingerWalletvip
· 01-08 19:55
Honestly, I've heard of this "stop loss + take profit" strategy before, but few people can actually stick with it. The key is self-discipline. --- Withdrawing 180,000 USDT one chunk at a time? That kind of resolve is really tough; most people have already been broken by FOMO. --- Not betting on direction and just riding the volatility—it's easier said than done... Truly disciplined traders are indeed a minority. --- Six years, seven figures—sounds great. But the hardest part isn't earning, it's probably controlling yourself when the market explodes, right? --- 52 times take profit... Have you calculated compound interest? Is this steady, small gains better in the long run than going all-in on big waves? --- Withdrawing from a cold wallet is really about mental discipline. Once you transfer it out, you can't get it back, which actually feels more reassuring. --- Picking up leaks during long and short battles sounds exciting, but when faced with a one-sided trend, do you also have to take some losses?
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EntryPositionAnalystvip
· 01-08 19:42
That's right, not locking in profits is suicide. I've suffered this loss too many times.
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SerumSurfervip
· 01-08 19:33
Honestly, it sounds a bit metaphysical, but it does make sense. I've tried locking in profits for a while, but I just can't resist wanting to gamble again. Can anyone really stick to 52 times without changing their mind? I can't do it.
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AirdropHunter9000vip
· 01-08 19:30
That's right, but I just can't execute it. When I make a profit, I want to add more positions; when I lose, I want to recover...
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RegenRestorervip
· 01-08 19:26
Wow, six years turning 1000U into a seven-figure amount—that's true survival, not some get-rich-quick dream. Locking in profits like this sounds boring but really effective... 52 times forcibly extracting profits, if it were me, I would have already impulsively sold everything.
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