Having been in the crypto world for three years, I finally understand one thing: the market itself isn't that cunning; the real problem lies within ourselves.

I still remember when I first entered this industry, I was a typical chasing gains and panic selling trader. Seeing green numbers made me excited; seeing red made me anxious. At my worst, I had only $2,000 left in my account, and even opening the trading app required mental preparation, for fear of seeing even more heartbreaking numbers.

But you know what? The market punishes those who are impatient and greedy the most. The more you try to quickly recover, the deeper the drawdown becomes. It wasn't until I pushed myself to despair that I started to reflect—perhaps the problem isn't the market at all, but self-discipline.

What happened afterward might sound a bit exaggerated, but I dare to speak with data: I turned $3,800 into $110,000 in four weeks. Not just myself, I also helped some friends around me achieve results. Some started with $300 and grew to $24,000; others entered with $700 and turned it into $41,000; a buddy even turned $20,000 into $357,000. None of these were luck; they were all results built on strict discipline.

**Why do most people end up being harvested by the market?**

Let's start with the most common issues. The first thing you do every day upon waking is to watch the market. If you don’t refresh the prices for a few minutes, you feel uneasy. The crypto market is open 24/7, and many traders are like wind-up toys, constantly watching the charts and making decisions, eventually burning out.

FOMO is the biggest trap. When a certain coin suddenly surges, and someone in the community shares five-figure profit screenshots, you can't help but chase the high, only to become the last bag-holder.

Panic selling is the second pitfall. When the market pulls back, you get scared and rush to cut losses, but often the price rebounds a few days later. Watching the rebound, that feeling is even worse than losing money.

And greed—this is another hurdle. Even when your account is already profitable, you’re reluctant to take profits, always hoping for further gains. The result? profit retracement, sometimes even turning into losses.

**How can you survive longer?**

My current approach is actually very simple: four words—**Strict Discipline**.

First, admit that you cannot predict the market. This sounds like motivational talk, but it’s crucial. Once you give up the illusion of "precisely bottoming out and topping out," many unnecessary trades naturally disappear.

Second, develop a fixed trading plan. Decide your stop-loss and take-profit points before entering a trade. Once reached, execute without hesitation. Don’t change your plan because of market fluctuations. It sounds difficult, but once you do it once or twice, it becomes a habit.

Third, control the size of each position. Don’t put all your assets into one coin, even if you have confidence in it. Diversify your holdings so that any single market fluctuation won’t damage your overall assets.

Lastly, keep your mind stable. My current habit is to reduce watching the market when I’m profitable, and not to refresh every day when I’m losing. Give yourself some breathing room—it's much better than being anxious every second.

**The logic behind the numbers**

Those accounts that doubled or tripled aren’t successful because I got lucky or predicted accurately; it’s because I stuck to discipline. In a bear market, I gradually built positions according to my plan; in a bull market, I took profits in stages; in volatile markets, I controlled my trading frequency.

The brother who turned $300 into $24,000 did so over about half a year. The one who turned $700 into $41,000 followed a similar timeline. These aren’t stories of overnight riches; they are slow, steady accumulations under a proper trading framework, leveraging time and compound growth.

The real "sure profit" in crypto has never been a myth, nor does it require extraordinary intelligence or luck. What’s needed is the calmness to not panic when your account halves, and not to be greedy when it doubles. That calmness is the key to how long you can survive.

So if you’re still FOMO-ing, panicking, or dreaming of a meteoric rise—don’t blame the market for being tricky. First, ask yourself: have you truly established your own trading discipline?