#美联储重启降息步伐 I've seen the outcomes of two types of people: one threw 5,800 yuan into a single trade with an account balance of 6,000; the other split the same principal into 14 portions to try gradually. Three months later, the former disappeared from the community, while the latter tripled their account.

Leverage isn't poison—what's deadly is losing control of your position size. You can see this clearly with an 800 yuan experiment: if you use 750 yuan to open a 5x long position, a 6% market drop will liquidate you; but if you only use 75 yuan with the same leverage, the market would have to drop 86.7% before you take a serious hit. The same tool, used differently, can change your risk tolerance by an order of magnitude. Those who go all-in usually pay tuition within a 3%-5% price swing.

Three hard truths for survival:
**Never put more than 7% of your total funds in a single trade.** If you have 6,000 in hand, only invest 420 per trade. Even if you stop out, it's just a scratch and won't affect your next move.

**Set a 1.1% stop-loss for every trade.** With 420 yuan at 5x leverage, if your loss reaches 8.4 yuan, it's time to exit. Many think stopping out is embarrassing, but professionals know admitting mistakes in time is the only way to preserve capital.

**If you can't read the market, don't trade.** Trading blindly during sideways markets is just giving away money. It's not too late to enter once there's a clear breakout on the daily chart and trading volume expands simultaneously.

I know a trader from the south who got liquidated for months in a row. Later, he strictly followed these rules and grew his account from 3,200 to 55,000 in four months. He summed it up himself: "I used to think heavy positions were about seizing opportunities; now I understand that only survival brings opportunities."

There’s no shortage of get-rich stories in this market, but there are even more cases of going to zero. Those who can consistently profit are never the boldest, but the ones who know best how to lock down their risk.