Discipline beats luck; persistence is more deadly than rushing.

Five years ago, I entered the market with $5,000, feeling confident and thinking I was the favorite in this space. The first wave of the market slapped me hard: at 3 a.m., watching the screen, a huge bearish candle dropped, and my account evaporated 92% in a single day. I sat there frozen for over ten seconds, finally shut down the computer, and went outside to breathe the cold night air.

That night, I realized: making money in this market is important, but avoiding elimination is the top priority.

Since then, I completely changed my approach. I no longer predict the market, no longer watch the charts at midnight, and no longer chase every trend. After five years of persistence, my account grew from $5,000 to seven figures, with zero margin calls during the process. This is not luck; it’s three survival methods earned with real money.

**First: Taking profits is often more decisive than cutting losses**

Everyone says stop-loss is important, but I believe what really destroys long-term gains is poor take-profit strategies. My approach is simple: take half profits when gains reach 10% of the principal, and let the rest run. It’s like using the exchange’s money to keep playing, which completely relaxes the mindset. I’ve done this over thirty times in five years, with the highest weekly withdrawal reaching 18,000U@E5@.

Floating profits are just numbers in the account; a reverse wave can wipe them out. The real money is what you actually take home.

**Second: Only fight battles you’re confident in**

Newcomers like to chase every rise and fall on the 1-minute chart. After being hurt, I learned to use multi-timeframe coordination: confirm the big direction on the daily chart, find rhythm on the 4-hour, and enter on the 15-minute. With this setup, misleading signals are reduced significantly, and success rate naturally increases.

During last year’s market wave, I avoided several deep corrections using this method.

**Third: Account size determines mindset**

$5,000 and five million dollars are two different worlds. Professional risk management makes me calmer with large positions. Keep risk per trade at 1-2% of the account, and even on extreme days, I won’t go broke.

This is the secret to longevity in the crypto space.