After losing 1 million, I finally understood a truth: the crypto world has never been about who is lucky, but about who has a complete system.

During that time, like most people, I was daily scrolling through screenshots of others’ sudden wealth, fantasizing that I could turn things around overnight. Until the big crash of BTC, I was trapped so tightly that I lost everything in the last all-in attempt. That night, sitting on the edge of my bed with only $3,000 left in my account, I will never forget that feeling.

I initially wanted to give up, but then I thought—rather than blaming the heavens, why not start over? I decided to build a trading framework that could truly survive with the remaining $3,000. Today, this system has helped me grow my account to $189,000.

**First Layer: Risk Segmentation, Don’t Gamble Your Life**

I divided the $3,000 into 6 parts, each $500. The first and most important rule from then on is—never go all-in. Each trade only uses one part of the capital, with a stop loss firmly set at 3%, risking at most $15. The profit target is set at a risk-reward ratio of 1:2 or 1:3, steadily earning $30 to $45.

Doing the math makes it clear: even if I make three wrong trades in a row, the total loss is only $45. Conversely, one successful trade can immediately recover the loss. The benefit of this approach is that your mindset will never blow up.

**Second Layer: Purely Focus on Technical Patterns, Ignore News**

I only trade three types of candlestick patterns—breakouts from consolidation, volume washouts with re-breakouts, and trap setups like false breakouts and pin bars. These patterns have a stable hit rate and relatively controllable risk.

Every day, I focus on the trends of main coins like BTC, ETH, SOL, and ARB. I don’t pay attention to social media news or follow the herd. Honestly, the charts of the big players are more honest than anyone’s words.

**Third Layer: Profit Rollovers, Let the Snowball Grow**

Initially, I closed each trade after earning $50. After my account reached $6,000, I changed my strategy—I locked in the principal and only used the excess profits to take more aggressive swings.

For example, last week’s OP breakout signal, with technical and chip analysis both aligned, I entered with an extra $1,500 profit, and three hours later, I took out $2,200. This is not luck; it’s the system operating normally.

Among friends following this method, some have grown from $800 to $5,600, and others from $700 to $12,000. Now, they’ve all shifted to full-time trading.

The crypto world is not short of opportunities; what’s missing is that you truly understand what to do. Once the system is established, the rest is just following the plan step by step.