A friend recently came to me, with only $1,200 in his account. Honestly, he’s not expecting to get rich overnight; he just wants to make a comeback. I didn’t teach him how to read candlestick charts, nor did I give him specific buy or sell signals. I only gave him three sentences. He followed these for three months, never once blowing up his account, and his balance grew stubbornly to $50,000. Today I’ll relay these three sentences to you exactly as I did him. How far you go depends entirely on your execution.

**First sentence: Money must be diversified; never go all-in.**

Split the $1,200 into three parts, $400 each, operating independently and without affecting each other. The first part trades short-term swings, with at most two trades per day—take profits and then exit. The second part focuses on the major weekly trend; if there’s no upward signal on the weekly chart, treat this money as nonexistent. The third part is a life-saving fund, used specifically to handle sudden dips or black swan events. Even if this portion gets wiped out, you can rebuild the same day to ensure you still have a chance to participate. Remember one iron rule: if you blow up your account, you can turn it around—full position is a dead end. Losing a finger still allows you to play cards; losing your head means the game is truly over.

**Second sentence: Only ride the most profitable segment of the trend, pretend to sleep the rest of the time.**

Consolidation and oscillation are like a meat grinder—enter ten times, get cut nine. My stock selection logic is very straightforward and unpretentious: if the daily moving averages aren’t aligned bullish, stay out; if there’s a volume breakout to a new high and the daily chart confirms, then you buy for the first time; after earning 30% of your principal, immediately take half profits, and set a trailing stop at 10% to let the market run on its own. Don’t forget, opportunities are everywhere in the market every day; what’s scarce is the person who survives to the next wave.

**Third sentence: Freeze your desire, operate mechanically.**

Before each trade, write down strict rules: set a 3% stop-loss, trigger automatic liquidation—no negotiations; when profits reach 10%, move the stop-loss to the breakeven point, so everything earned afterward is free money; shut down your computer promptly at 11 PM every night. No matter how tempting the candlestick patterns, don’t look at them. If you can’t sleep, uninstall the app. Trading must be boring and mechanical so you can survive long enough.

Finally, some harsh truths.

Turning $1,200 into $50,000 is never about some black technology or secret tricks; it’s about making as few mistakes as possible. The market is always there, but your principal isn’t always available. Memorize these three iron rules first, then study wave theory, Fibonacci, various indicators, or funding rates. Remember this: only by staying alive can you make money; if you die, you become just a fee in someone else’s account.