Attention all traders, we need to talk about a very painful but very real topic.

For those who dream of getting rich overnight and fantasize about going all-in on hundredfold coins, I don't look down on you, but I’ve also fallen into this trap myself. Staying up late watching charts, chasing rallies and selling dips, opening leverage of ten or twenty times recklessly—what's the end result? Only watching your account go to zero even faster.

Anyway, I’ve woken up. In less than three months, I turned an account with less than $2,000 into nearly $80,000. This is not luck, not insider information, and not full-position gambling. It’s based on one logic: earning a steady 3% daily, and time will help you turn small money into big money.

**The Turning Point of Starting Over**

I changed to a seemingly simple but actually life-saving move—dividing the account into two. Half of the funds are directly locked into a cold wallet; this is my safety net, untouched. The other half is the actual trading capital. What’s the benefit of doing this? Even if I make mistakes in the market, I will only lose unrealized gains; the principal will never be sacrificed due to my momentary emotions. Many people might think this is conservative, but it’s this conservatism that allows me to survive longer and stay more stable.

Since then, I’ve set only three rules for myself. No detours, no negotiations.

**Discipline One: Follow the Trend, Don’t Catch Falling Knives**

Only trade those bullish assets that have already stabilized on the daily chart. Don’t think about bottom-fishing for fun—that’s gambling. My approach is to wait for the 1-hour K-line to retouch the moving average before taking action. Simply put: no red candles, no volume spikes, I won’t buy even if it’s cheap.

Those sudden drops? That’s a feast prepared for gamblers, not for traders like us. Why? Because traders want to survive long, gamblers just want to survive one day.

**Discipline Two: Take Profits and Let Them Grow**

Whenever I make a profit of at least 3% on a trade, I split it into three parts immediately. The first part is taken off the table—this is my guaranteed profit. The second part is reinvested, letting the funds continue working in the market. The third part is kept as a buffer to handle sudden market volatility.

Stop-loss always moves up with profits. People can step back, but money must never be lost. It sounds like a cliché, but have you really done it?

**Discipline Three: Shut Down When the Time Comes, People Are More Valuable Than the Market**

Maximum two trades per day. When the time is up, I turn off the trading software immediately, with no exceptions. Spend 10 minutes at night reviewing the day’s operations—replay what I did, where I was greedy, where I panicked, where I stepped on a mine, and write it all down. I absolutely do not allow myself to fall into the same trap twice.

By sticking to this, in three months I went from $2,000 to $80,000. I won’t even count how exaggerated the annualized return is. But what’s the key? No margin calls, no getting trapped, no insomnia.

**Final Words**

Don’t obsess over the dream of getting rich overnight. Steady small profits are the real way to grow a big account. Time is your best friend and also your cruelest enemy—depending on how you use it.