When I first entered the circle, I was also a greedy ghost—seeing hot spots and rushing in, hearing news and jumping on board. In the end, my positions were scattered like fireworks, and a slight market fluctuation would make my entire account shake. Only later did I realize: the secret for small funds to survive in this market is not to chase more opportunities, but to learn how to cut back.



**Focus on one point, leverage can be used accurately**

Don’t expect to eat all the meat. Lock your energy onto 1-2 of the most familiar assets—like only trading BTC and ETH—and get to know their temperaments thoroughly. The deeper your understanding of a coin, the more patient you can stay during volatile markets, and the better you can seize the nodes during explosive moves. Spreading your energy out is like digging a pit for yourself.

**Mindset is more valuable than charts**

Don’t rush to chase highs during a surge, and don’t panic and cut losses during a plunge. The market’s favorite victims are those who get emotional—impulsively jumping in, or panicking and cutting losses. These are the real killers of your account. My old trick is: before placing an order, write down your stop-loss and take-profit levels on paper and stick them where you can see. If the price doesn’t hit your lines, don’t move your finger. It sounds silly, but execution is what really works.

**Always leave yourself a breathing room**

Never use all your bullets at once. Keep 30% of your cash in the account; your mindset will be completely different: when a big correction comes, you dare to add positions; if a project is about to explode, you won’t lose your vitality. Full positions are like walking on a tightrope; leaving room is like laying a safety cushion.

**Rules should be simple, execution must be ruthless**

It’s not some complex art, just a few dumb rules:

— Take profits in stages once you gain more than 20%, don’t be greedy for that last bite
— If losses reach 10%, cut immediately—don’t give yourself false hope
— Limit daily trades to 3 times; doing more just means more mistakes

Small funds fear not slow gains, but losing money rapidly. A set of foolproof rules that you can stick to will always be more effective than wavering "expert predictions."

**Tools are tools, not saviors**

Don’t need to obsess over every technical indicator, but you must understand candlestick language: where are the support and resistance levels, how should volume and price coordinate, what is the current trend. When you no longer rely on others’ signals and can independently judge buy and sell points, you’ve truly entered the door.

Finally, a truth: the biggest opportunities in the crypto world often hide in those moments when you "hold back and do nothing." The core secret for small funds to turn around is never about how many times you guess right, but about making fewer mistakes. Those who survive and make money in this market are always those who first control their risks.

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MoonRocketmanvip
· 6h ago
This article is spot on. The core is the preparation of the risk management launch window—based on multi-indicator overlay analysis, the rule of 20% take profit and 10% stop loss is actually calculating the optimal escape velocity angle coefficient to avoid being repeatedly trapped by gravity resistance levels. Full position operation is equivalent to having no fuel supply redundancy; a single adjustment can cause a direct fall.
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StopLossMastervip
· 6h ago
Exactly right, just don't get carried away. I'm currently sitting on 30% cash, feeling great. Actually, it's just one thing: greed is really poison. When I was fully invested, I was scared to pee every day. Laugh out loud, those guys who are fully invested are still bragging about their predictions. I can crush them just by sticking a stop-loss line on a piece of paper. Doing nothing is the biggest move—this phrase is spot on. If you can't control your fingers, you're really doomed. My current rule is to avoid any coins I don't understand. Sell at 20%, that's how you survive. Everyone else is just a gambler's delusion. Catching 80% of the gains is even more satisfying than catching 100%, because the principal is still there. Retail investors just want to go all-in too quickly. Actually, stable compound interest is the real king.
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EntryPositionAnalystvip
· 6h ago
No problem with what you said, but executing it is too difficult. --- I silently finished reading this article with a full position. --- Stop-loss is really something many people can't do, including myself. --- No wonder my account has been shrinking; it turns out all these pitfalls. --- BTC or ETH? How do I choose? I want both. --- Keeping 30% cash sounds simple, but when your mindset is disturbed, you end up going all in. --- I definitely can't trade more than 3 times a day; it's just my bad luck. --- This set of rules is indeed useful for small funds, but it depends on whether you can stick to them. --- Not cutting losses truly tests human nature; the biggest fear during a sharp decline is that one last sell. --- In summary: don't be greedy, don't panic, staying alive is the most important. --- 20% take profit feels too conservative; I still want to wait a bit longer.
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ChainWanderingPoetvip
· 7h ago
Really, those who are fully invested are just asking for trouble themselves. Exactly, I only focus on BTC and ETH now; no matter how tempting others are, I don't look at them. This mindset management is a hundred times more important than technical analysis; I've already realized that. With 30% cash on hand, I’m not panicked during a pullback and have the confidence to add positions. Stop-loss is easy to talk about, but few people actually do it, right? Making money in a year isn’t hard; the hard part is not losing money... Yeah, small funds are most afraid of losing their mindset and going all in at once. Writing this down on paper is indeed a bit harsh, forcing myself to stay calm. Compared to those who chase indicators every day, staying patient is still more profitable.
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ImpermanentPhobiavip
· 7h ago
Really, this is how I live now... full position and still taking losses Stop-loss is still easy to hesitate on, writing it on paper is useless The 30% cash pool trick is brilliant, completely changes the mindset Always can't catch the last bit of profit, but at least I'm still alive, right? Doing BTC and ETH alone is enough to keep me busy, I’ve deleted all other coins
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