Since entering the crypto space in 2017 with $4,200, I have seen countless stories—some have their contracts liquidated, others mortgage their homes, but my account has always been trending upward at a 45-degree angle, with drawdowns never exceeding 8%. Over the years, I haven't relied on insider information, haven't farmed airdrops, and I don't believe in K-line mysticism. I just treat the market like a gambling machine, running my own casino. Today, I want to break down three core methods for everyone.

**First: Lock-in profits with compound interest, add protection to gains**

Place your stop-loss and take-profit orders immediately when opening a position. When profits reach 10% of the principal, I withdraw 50% to a cold wallet, and use the "free profits" to roll over positions. If the market continues to rise, you earn compound interest; if it reverses, you only give back at most half, and the principal remains rock solid. Over 8 years, I’ve taken profits 58 times, with the largest weekly withdrawal reaching $220,000, even prompting a video call from exchange customer service to verify I wasn’t laundering money.

**Second: Misaligned position building, use the liquidation points of retail traders as a "map"**

Monitor three timeframes simultaneously—set the direction on the daily chart, find ranges on the 4-hour, and enter precisely on the 15-minute. Open two orders on the same coin: Order A is a breakout chase long, with a stop-loss placed at the previous low on the daily chart; Order B is a limit short, lurking in the overbought zone on the 4-hour. Both stop-losses are controlled within 1.5% of the principal, with take-profits set at over 5 times. During 80% of market oscillations, while others get liquidated, my two orders are both making money. On the day LUNA collapsed in 2022, with a 90% intraday spike, I closed both long and short positions with profits, and my account gained 42% in a single day.

**Third: Stop-loss is instant profit, small risks for big opportunities**

Treat stop-loss as a ticket—use a small 1.5% cut to seize trading opportunities. When the market is favorable, move your take-profit to let profits run; when it's unfavorable, exit promptly. Always divide your capital into 10 parts, using at most 1 part per trade, with no more than 3 parts in a position. After losing two trades in a row, I shut down and go to the gym—never revenge trade. Every time my account doubles, I take out 20% to buy US bonds or gold, so even in a bear market, I can stay calm.

Honestly, this method isn’t anything profound—just old-fashioned risk management and discipline. But the simplest things are often the hardest to do because they require repeatedly facing your own face in the mirror during floating gains and losses. Yet, it’s precisely because of this dullness that my account has avoided countless liquidation storms over the past 8 years.