Holding for ten years is no match for riding one cycle correctly. I only understood this after turning 10,000 into 1 million in half a year. It's not because I'm especially good at reading trends—to be honest, it's because I'm "lazy" enough—I never turned trend-following into emotionally-driven gambling.
Most people around me who trade trends love putting on heavy positions, doubling down when losing, and scaling up aggressively when winning, only to dig themselves deeper. My "lazy trend-following method" operates on completely opposite logic: I only add to winning positions, keep stop-losses locked in tight, and never exceed 3x leverage.
**Step One: Segregate Capital and Lock the Exit**
I split 10,000 into two accounts: - 5,000 locked in a vault, never to be touched. - 5,000 for trading, risking only 10% per trade (500 per trade). No matter how high the platform allows leverage to go, I only use 2-3x. I set hard stops at 2%—maximum loss per trade is 100, just 1% of total capital. My emotions stay completely intact.
**Step Two: Only Chase High-Certainty Opportunities**
Last May, a major coin dropped for three consecutive days with market panic everywhere. I entered a small position at the bottom, exited at target price three weeks later, netting 35,000 clean. The real trick to trend-following is: build your capital base first, increase your risk capacity, then let profits truly compound.
**Step Three: Only Gamble with Profits, Never Touch Principal**
All subsequent trades use only locked-in profits. For example, when a certain coin was ranging for 38 days then suddenly saw volume spike 30% and break above previous highs, I entered with 2x leverage. After a 10% gain, I moved the stop to cost. After another 10%, I scaled a portion of float gains. Leverage stays under 3x throughout, and the two trades generated decent returns.
**Four Commandments for Survival:**
1. Set a stop-loss the moment you open a position—no exceptions, no matter how sexy the trend. 2. At 30% profit, withdraw 20% to your vault account. 3. After two consecutive losses, stop trading for 48 hours and reflect. 4. If monthly losses exceed 10% of capital, don't trade that entire month.
Now that market volatility is compressing, sitting still won't make real money. Using leverage isn't scary at all—the scary part is reckless operation. Once risk is properly compartmentalized and you catch those high-certainty opportunities, being "lazy" actually grows your account more steadily. The people making real money in markets are never the busiest traders—they're always the ones who control risk best.
Holding for ten years is no match for riding one cycle correctly. I only understood this after turning 10,000 into 1 million in half a year. It's not because I'm especially good at reading trends—to be honest, it's because I'm "lazy" enough—I never turned trend-following into emotionally-driven gambling.
Most people around me who trade trends love putting on heavy positions, doubling down when losing, and scaling up aggressively when winning, only to dig themselves deeper. My "lazy trend-following method" operates on completely opposite logic: I only add to winning positions, keep stop-losses locked in tight, and never exceed 3x leverage.
**Step One: Segregate Capital and Lock the Exit**
I split 10,000 into two accounts:
- 5,000 locked in a vault, never to be touched.
- 5,000 for trading, risking only 10% per trade (500 per trade). No matter how high the platform allows leverage to go, I only use 2-3x. I set hard stops at 2%—maximum loss per trade is 100, just 1% of total capital. My emotions stay completely intact.
**Step Two: Only Chase High-Certainty Opportunities**
Last May, a major coin dropped for three consecutive days with market panic everywhere. I entered a small position at the bottom, exited at target price three weeks later, netting 35,000 clean. The real trick to trend-following is: build your capital base first, increase your risk capacity, then let profits truly compound.
**Step Three: Only Gamble with Profits, Never Touch Principal**
All subsequent trades use only locked-in profits. For example, when a certain coin was ranging for 38 days then suddenly saw volume spike 30% and break above previous highs, I entered with 2x leverage. After a 10% gain, I moved the stop to cost. After another 10%, I scaled a portion of float gains. Leverage stays under 3x throughout, and the two trades generated decent returns.
**Four Commandments for Survival:**
1. Set a stop-loss the moment you open a position—no exceptions, no matter how sexy the trend.
2. At 30% profit, withdraw 20% to your vault account.
3. After two consecutive losses, stop trading for 48 hours and reflect.
4. If monthly losses exceed 10% of capital, don't trade that entire month.
Now that market volatility is compressing, sitting still won't make real money. Using leverage isn't scary at all—the scary part is reckless operation. Once risk is properly compartmentalized and you catch those high-certainty opportunities, being "lazy" actually grows your account more steadily. The people making real money in markets are never the busiest traders—they're always the ones who control risk best.