The starting point is only $2000.

It's not the principal—it's the last bullet remaining after significant losses. If you mess up again, this money will be gone. So at that time, there was only one choice: survive.

How to survive? Through position management.

Divide $2000 into 5 parts, each $400. Always only open one position, keeping 4 parts as spare bullets in the account. No adding to positions, no full positions, no big bets. This logic is simple, but it allows the account to survive the longest amid volatility.

Stop-loss and take-profit are not set based on feelings. A 3% stop-loss means a maximum loss of $12 per trade, and a 6%-10% take-profit can lock in profits of over $24. It may seem insignificant, but when the average monthly trading volume is 70 trades with a 60% win rate, the data speaks:

28 losing trades: -$336
42 winning trades: +$1470
Net profit: over $1100+

This is how the power of compound interest manifests.

Three iron rules are never relaxed: set a stop-loss (don't hold onto losing trades), exit when the target is reached (don't be greedy), and only trade familiar models (focus on breakout structures). No watching the screen constantly, no chasing hot topics, no fighting the market.

The real reason most people lose money is actually very simple—once the position gets messy, liquidation becomes inevitable. Holding against the trend blindly, holding onto the right direction but unable to hold, wanting to turn around but actually losing money—that's not due to poor technique, but a collapse of discipline.

I don't bet on whether the market will rise or fall. I only bet on whether I can fully execute my established discipline. Turning $2000 into $60,000 in 43 days is not luck, but the result of shifting from a gambler's mindset to a trading mindset.

$1000 can also take off, and $100,000 can be wiped out overnight. The difference isn't in the account size, but whether you can survive until the next opportunity comes. The market never lacks opportunities; what it lacks are people who can survive long enough.