Two years ago, when I only had 2,380 USDT left in my pocket, I never imagined I’d be able to save over 70,000 today.
The market is full of “get rich overnight” stories. Some people take a few thousand bucks and open 50x leverage, dreaming of waking up financially free the next day. Most of the endings I’ve seen? They can’t even recover their principal.
The path I took might sound ridiculously conservative. In September 2021, I had just finished paying off my car loan, and my account balance was even more anxiety-inducing than my receding hairline. I scraped together every penny I could, totaling 2,380 USDT.
At the time, everyone around me was playing contracts, leveraging harder and harder. Me? I didn’t even dare touch 5x leverage. Why? Because I understood a painfully simple truth—if you go to zero once, the game is over.
So I split the money into 5 parts, 476 USDT each. I only picked mainstream coins recognized by everyone and set a strict rule for myself: sell if it goes up 3%, cut losses if it drops 2%. Sounds super timid, right? But this “timid” approach is what kept me alive.
First week, I made 1,380 USDT. I thought it was just luck. Second week, my account hit 5,420 USDT, and I started to believe this dumb method might actually work. Third week, it jumped straight to 13,900 USDT—that’s when I realized that in crypto, “surviving” is way more important than “making fast money.”
While others were sweating in the contract market, I was like a scavenger, looking for opportunities thrown away by panic sellers. When the market was crazy, I stayed out; when it was fearful, I stepped in. Simple and straightforward.
The day my account broke 50,000, I actually became even more cautious.
I set up a simple limit order tool, only watching BTC and ETH daily swings. My take-profit and stop-loss levels were set rigidly, with no room for compromise. Once, during a sudden rally, a friend in a group chat urged me to add more, saying, “You’ll regret missing this wave.” I glanced at it and stuck to my plan, took profits, and cashed out.
The next day, the market pulled back, and the group was full of wailing. Those who chased the pump got liquidated or trapped. I made a few thousand less, but I slept especially well that night.
Life is pretty comfortable now: half an hour in the morning to set up orders, go about my day, check the charts at night, and adjust my strategy. The returns aren’t explosive, but they grow steadily every week. This feeling is way more reliable than those wild ups and downs.
If you’re hustling in this market too, let me give you some heartfelt advice:
This isn’t a casino, don’t throw your life savings in. Going all-in might seem bold, but it’s a road to nowhere. Splitting your positions may sound conservative, but it’s the real safety net.
Don’t try to guess where the market will go—no one can get it right every time. What you should do is calculate probabilities, calculate your win rate. Only by earning steadily can you stay in this market longer.
Those who stare at doubling opportunities every day might have forgotten the simplest truth: only by surviving can you play the next round.