Last year, I met a fan whose account had just experienced a liquidation, dropping from 120,000 USDT directly to 10,000 USDT. At that time, his mental state was very poor, and he was almost ready to give up. But surprisingly, after just half a year, he not only recovered all his losses but also made an extra profit of over 60,000 USDT. What is the secret behind this turnaround? I reviewed his comeback journey and found that there are indeed some principles to follow.

First, I looked at his trading records, which were full of familiar loss patterns: chasing gains when others are making money, cutting losses when prices fall, going all-in when unstable, and stubbornly holding onto losing positions without stopping loss. These issues are very common but also the most deadly. My advice is straightforward—stop trading for a week, do nothing, and spend time reviewing each losing trade to identify the problems clearly.

The review results were shocking. 90% of his losses pointed to two fundamental issues: first, trading purely based on feelings, impulsive actions like a runaway horse; second, lacking real stop-loss execution, making it just a paper concept.

To address these problems, I set two strict rules for him. The first, no single loss should exceed 5% of the total capital. The second, even if there are multiple small losses in a day, the total daily loss must stay within 10%. These two rules may seem simple, but truly following them can be life-saving.

The second major change was a complete shift in trading mindset. I taught him a method called 'Profit Leverage'—the core idea is to only open positions at key support and resistance levels of BTC and ETH, with stop-loss precisely set 1.5% outside these key levels. When profits reach 5%, immediately withdraw all principal, leaving the remaining profit as 'free chips' for subsequent bets. This way, the risk is fully locked in, while maintaining flexibility for growth.

The third move was the real turning point. He invested 2000 USDT in three small altcoins, but this was not random shooting. The selection criteria were very strict: first, confirming on-chain data that big players were still involved; second, observing that the holdings of these coins on exchanges were continuously decreasing—often a strong signal of impending price surges.

Relying on these three strategies, he powered his account from 10,000 USDT to 180,000 USDT in six months.

Looking back, 10,000 USDT in the crypto world is not a hopeless situation. What really defeats most people is the obsession with 'quickly getting back to break even.' The more you want to turn things around fast, the easier you fall into old traps. In the crypto world, the key is not how ruthless you are in the short term, but whether you can survive long enough.

Thinking this way, controlling your hands and embedding your trading strategy into every detail of your trades, the turnaround becomes a matter of time. Those who understand this logic are already winning at the starting line of cognition.