Six months ago, I was still worrying about that small principal in my account. Now, it has multiplied a hundredfold. It’s not luck or some secret, just learning to control my own hands.

Honestly, the early days of entering the market were particularly tough. Watching the charts every day, fearing missing out when prices rose, panicking and cutting losses when they fell. And what happened? After a month, I made a little profit and then ran away; when I lost money, I stubbornly held on, and the money just stagnated in the account. Most of the time, I was fighting my own emotions. The real opponent was never the market.

It wasn’t until a certain moment that I realized—what I was really trading was my own fear. When I shifted my focus from "how to get rich quickly" to "how to avoid pitfalls," everything turned around.

**My Four Rules for Turning Things Around**

**Limit Trading Frequency**
I used to think that not trading every day meant missing out on opportunities. Later, I set a strict rule for myself: no more than two trades a day, and I also designated several "no-trade days." This actually forced me to take higher-probability setups—only trading when the chances were greatest. Trading less increased the quality of my trades. The market doesn’t reward your diligence; it punishes your greed.

**Only Take Opportunities You Understand**
In the past, I followed every rumor, jumping into any coin with news. Now, I focus only on assets with clear trends, abandoning the chaos at the start and the backlash at the end, only eating the most stable middle segments. Although I missed some crazy surges, my account has become much more stable. True wisdom isn’t about catching every opportunity but about giving up those that don’t truly belong to you.

**Calculate the Risk First, Then Look at the Reward**
This was my final realization. No matter how tempting the profit, you need to consider whether your counterparty has the capacity to fulfill the deal.