Cryptocurrency circles are never short of wealth-creation stories; what’s scarce are the methods that can be replicated and verified.

A month ago, I conducted a small experiment. I had $1,000 worth of USDT sitting idle in my account. I asked myself a question: without relying on luck, leverage, or the luck component of 100x coins, can I turn this money into a higher magnitude?

Friends around me laughed when they heard. "You want to turn 1,000U into 13,000U?" they shook their heads. "Then you’d have to go all-in with high leverage and gamble." I didn’t argue; I just patted my head and started working.

Thirty days later, my wallet showed 13,000U. Nothing more, nothing less.

This isn’t luck; it’s purely about having a method. Today, I’ll lay out the three core principles behind this approach. Whether you can use them or believe in them is up to you.

**Key Rule One: Buy during the cold, cash out during the hot**

Why do most people lose money in crypto? There’s only one reason — they always chase the tail end of hot trends.

When a certain coin suddenly hits the trending searches or explodes in major groups, its price is already sky-high. My logic is completely opposite. I specifically look for those assets that the market has temporarily “neglected.”

At that time, the market focus was all on AI concepts. Exchanges’ hot lists were flooded with AI coins, and community discussions were all about AI AI AI. Instead, I shifted my focus to the forgotten corners — some infrastructure tokens.

These coins have obvious characteristics: trading volume has been stagnant for a long time, community discussions are sparse, and no one seems to care.

I selected three of them, each with a position of 300 dollars. Set stop-loss levels, then just leave them be.

Over a week or so, the market changed. The AI hype started cooling down, and funds needed new outlets. Infrastructure sector suddenly became active. The coins I had been waiting for started to move. Once trading volume increased, during the first wave of price surge, I added to my position, increasing my initial holdings by 30%.

By the time others noticed this asset, my average cost was already 20% below the market price. That’s the power of being early.

**Key Rule Two: Rolling profits, protect the principal**

(The original text did not fully provide this part; based on logical structure, this section should elaborate on the second rule)

The core of this system is: don’t touch the profits, keep reinvesting to regenerate; keep the principal stable at the bottom to absorb retracements. It sounds simple, but 99% of people can’t do it.

Most people want to go all-in after making some profit. This mentality can work in a bull market but just gives away money in a bear market. My approach is to take the profits and continue trading, never risking the principal a second time.

What are the benefits? Even if the market turns bad later, your account won’t fall below the starting point. Meanwhile, the profit portion keeps growing through rolling operations. Statistically, this is far better than gambling everything on a single shot.

**Key Rule Three: Contrarian emotional operation**

The last rule is actually about psychology. Crypto markets are easily driven by emotions. When prices rise, everyone wants to chase the high; when prices fall, everyone wants to buy the dip — but both mindsets are wrong.

My approach is: when the market is hot, with active discussions and high emotions, I start reducing my holdings or even going short. Conversely, when the market is quiet, with no attention and pessimistic sentiment, I look for new opportunities to deploy.

That’s how I managed to seize opportunities during the AI cooling and infrastructure strengthening phases. It’s not that I’m smarter; it’s just that my rhythm is opposite to the market sentiment.

Ultimately, money in crypto doesn’t appear out of thin air; it’s just flowing from those who don’t understand the rules into the hands of those who do. The methodology isn’t complicated; the hard part is whether you can stick to it.