For a long time, I treated trading like a game of luck—always thinking the next trade would help me recover my losses, but the result was my account repeatedly going to zero.

It was only later that I understood: most people lose money not because they can’t read candlestick charts, but because they never established a trading rhythm from the start.

Why is your account always shrinking?

After observing dozens of traders around me, I found they repeatedly fall into three traps:

**Averaging down on losses**—adding to positions as prices fall to lower the average cost, under the pretense of “buying the dip,” but in reality, pinning themselves down on the knife’s edge;

**Impatient with profits, stubborn with losses**—taking profits quickly at 3% gains but holding onto positions that are down 30% hoping for a rebound. This asymmetric decision-making almost guarantees long-term losses;

**Stop-losses in name only**—setting a 10% stop-loss but refusing to cut losses when the time comes, always wanting to wait a little longer, only to be forced to sell at the lowest point in the end.

What do profitable traders do? They use mechanical rules to counter human nature, accumulating big wins through small, consistent victories.

A replicable rhythm system

Here’s an example: someone started with 1500U, only targeting 3%-5% gains per day, and after 30 days, their account grew to 5600U. Sounds slow? But that’s how stable compounding works—don’t aim to double your money in one trade, just capture 1-2 high-confidence opportunities each day.

Another case climbed back from the brink of liquidation using the “three-tier position allocation method”:
- 30% for short-term trades
- 30% for trend-holding positions
- 40% as a safety cushion

This way, you never bet your entire fortune in one direction.

The essence of trading is rhythm management, not predicting the market

I don’t study mysterious indicators, nor do I stay up all night watching the market. I only do three things:

**Operate at fixed times**—only check the market at specific times each day, and don’t trade outside those periods no matter what the market does. This filters out 90% of emotional impulses;

**Strict position rules**—no more than 20% of the portfolio in a single coin, and withdraw the principal as soon as there are profits;

**Mechanical profit-taking**—reduce position by 30% after a 5% gain, keeping ammunition for the next wave. This works especially well in sideways and choppy markets.

If you’re stuck in the “chase highs—liquidation—deposit—liquidation again” cycle, maybe it’s time to pause and think:

After every loss, are you always hoping to recover it with the next trade?

Do you impulsively open positions at the end of a trend?

How many times have you actually executed your set stop-losses?

The most ironic thing about the crypto market is: most people’s losses come precisely from refusing to admit they need a system. When you start replacing feelings with rules, the market stops being a casino and becomes your money-printing machine.

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