If you can’t even hold steady with less than 1,000U, don’t start thinking about getting rich overnight. In this market, staying alive is always the first lesson—everything else comes later.

Let me tell you a real story. Last year, I got to know a young guy. He entered with 900U. With no connections and no one to guide him, he ended up rolling it up to more than 80,000. The most incredible part is that he managed to go through the whole time without a single liquidation. He doesn’t have any fancy skills—he just stubbornly sticks to a few basic, down-to-earth methods.

His capital was split into three parts: the small portion for short-term trades—he places only one order per day, and won’t touch anything else; the middle portion waits for swing opportunities—he won’t act unless the setup takes at least ten days to half a month, and he can endure loneliness; the large portion is always locked and untouched—that’s what he uses to stay alive during extreme market conditions. Many people come in and go all-in right away—that’s not trading, it’s gambling.

In a choppy market, he stays far away. He calculated it himself: more than 80% of his losses came from the “stuck in between” consolidation periods. If the direction isn’t clear, he closes the computer and rests, waiting until the trend becomes unmistakable before entering. At that point, when he places the order, the win rate is naturally higher, and profits are more solid.

All the rules are set before the market opens, and he never changes his mind on the fly during trading. Once the stop-loss is triggered, he doesn’t delay even a second. If he reaches the target, he reduces position first to realize gains. When his account has more unrealized profit, he withdraws it—he never lets profits sit in there and grow into a snowball. The harshest one of all: when you’re losing, never add to the position “dead” (no matter what). You think you’re averaging down to buy the dip—but actually you’re filling an endless bottomless pit.

After his account reached more than 80,000, he became even more relaxed—no more staring at charts late at night, no more opening trades on a whim. Every day he spends only about ten minutes checking the bigger picture and then calls it a day. He said that at first he thought trading was about courage and aggression; later he finally understood: what you truly compete for is who can stay at the table all the way through, without getting kicked out.

People who make fast money in this circle are a dime a dozen, but those who can calmly survive two full cycles of bull and bear are rare. Living longer matters far more than making it big fast.
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