There is an interesting phenomenon in the crypto world: newcomers often stumble over being "too smart."

I know a trader who was a complete novice when he entered the circle. He would get dizzy looking at candlestick charts, staring at the red and green bars and asking, "Is this fluctuation a scam?" With a principal of 1000U, he held it tightly, afraid that one wrong move would wipe it out.

Three months later? 1000U turned into 10,000U.

Someone asked if he used some advanced indicators or insider information. No. He relied on a set of seemingly "ridiculously simple" methods to firmly establish himself in the crypto space, especially with coins like ZEC and BEAT.

**First Trick: Divide Positions.** Strictly speaking, this is mandatory partitioning. Break 1000U into 10 parts, only trade 100U at a time. Some mock him for being too cautious, saying placing 100U orders is like playing house. He just said: "Don’t put all your eggs in one basket."

**Second Trick: Stick to a Set of Signals.** He never randomly looks at indicators. He only watches two charts: the 1-hour chart where the 7-line crosses the 21-line, combined with the 4-hour MACD turning red below the zero line. Only act when both conditions are met. Once ZEC was about to hit the target, he stayed up until dawn waiting for confirmation. Others said "close enough," but he shook his head: "Rules must not be broken."

**Third Trick: Discipline in Execution.** When opening a position, immediately set take-profit and stop-loss orders. Exit at a 1% loss immediately, and take profit at 3% then exit. When he first placed a stop-loss order, he hesitated for a long time, afraid that selling would cause the price to rise. But right after selling, it dropped 2%. That lesson made him never hesitate again.

**Fourth Trick: Compound Growth.** When he wins, he reinvests the profit and half of the principal. When he wins the second time, he only trades with 2% of the total funds. It looks slow, but after a month, his returns are much higher than those chasing quick gains and panic selling.

**Fifth Trick: Avoid the "Retail Graveyard."** Don’t trade around non-farm payroll releases, avoid Friday nights from 8 to 10 pm, and focus on trading BEAT between 1 am and 3 am. "That period has fewer market manipulations, so you can earn steadily," is his most valuable experience.

How advanced are these methods? Not at all. They are rigid, disciplined, and persistent. But precisely because of this "simplicity," he went from a clueless beginner who couldn’t read candlestick charts to a trader who can consistently profit.

People losing money in the crypto space are never defeated by technicals; they are defeated by impatience and overconfidence. Don’t envy others’ wealth—turning 1000U into 10 times that amount is actually just one step away, separated only by a threshold called "stubborn, simple persistence."