When my account dropped to 7,000 RMB, I made a decision — to convert everything into 1,000 USDT. Basically, I pushed all my chips onto the table.

Over the years, many people have asked me, with just a few thousand USDT in hand, how can they grow it to a million-level? I’ve walked that path and also had my setbacks.

In the beginning, I didn’t go all-in recklessly, but instead used 200 USDT as bullets to test the waters. I specifically looked for highly volatile coins, and would exit immediately after doubling, stopping loss at 50 USDT if I lost. After winning several rounds, the principal gradually accumulated. The real test isn’t choosing the right coins, but maintaining the right mindset. Every time I earned over 1,000 USDT, I would force myself to stop trading for the entire day, otherwise I’d get overly excited — that feeling is like gambling addiction.

Once the principal reached a certain level, I started using the "Three-Point Rule": one part of the funds for short-term quick trades, taking profits and then exiting; another part for dollar-cost averaging, following the trend without paying attention to market emotions; the remaining part locked up, waiting for a major market move to go all-in.

Before each trade, I would write down specific take-profit and stop-loss numbers in my notes. I’ve seen too many people operate without a plan — rushing in without a plan, then being dragged along by market sentiment, losing everything until they’re completely wiped out. That’s the cruel reality of derivatives trading — it amplifies your judgment tenfold, hundredfold. If you’re right, great; if you’re wrong, it’s a total loss.

Over the years, I’ve set four ironclad rules for myself, never broken:

Never hold full position; each trade must have a stop-loss; at most three trades per day; take out a portion of profits whenever there’s a gain.

I’ve seen too many rely on luck to make a quick profit, only to give it all back out of greed. The reason I’ve been able to go from 1,000 USDT to where I am now boils down to one core logic — knowing when to hold the line on the market, and being strict with myself. Coins will rotate, exchanges will update, but self-discipline is always the fundamental principle of surviving in this market.