The cracks on the screen record failure, but light can also shine through the gaps.

Last year at this time, I saw a crypto investor who, after a loss of 360,000, was once overwhelmed with despair. Her phone was shattered, her eyes red, and she hadn’t left her room for three days. The turning point came this spring—when she took out her phone, her account balance was only 3,600U. "Give up or turn things around," she set this as her motto. In the following months, her initial capital was pushed up to just over 100,000 through relentless trading, not only recovering her losses but also earning an extra 30,000.

Having navigated the crypto market for so many years, I’ve seen too many stories like this. There’s a hard rule in this market: "Make a profit of 1, break even on 2, and lose on 7." It sounds harsh, but it’s the truth.

What is the most common ailment for beginners entering the market? Dreaming of getting rich overnight. They believe in so-called "insider information," and chasing rallies and selling dips becomes instinctive—leveraging to the max, only to be met with liquidation. This investor initially also followed this old path—until she realized she was completely wiped out.

In fact, everyone who has survived long enough in this market has gone in circles within the maze of complex indicators. I also once stubbornly tried to find a secret to predict the market 100%, only to realize a truth: market fluctuations are fundamentally random, and no method can fully predict what will happen next.

The most dangerous thing is not the loss itself, but the mindset after losing. Many choose "revenge trading"—what is revenge trading? It’s the mindset of trying to quickly recover lost money, which often leads to falling into an even deeper trap. This vicious cycle can completely crush a person.

The reason the investor who turned 3,600U into over 100,000 succeeded is not because she suddenly learned some advanced skills, but because she finally learned two words: restraint. Restraining the impulse to chase rallies, restraining the desire to leverage, restraining the revenge mentality. In fact, those "boring" trading methods—small positions, strict stop-losses, steady growth—are the ways to survive the longest in the crypto market.