#数字资产生态回暖 Seven years in the crypto world have taught me one truth: it’s never the not-smart people who get wiped out in this market.

Two years ago, a friend asked me about Ethereum’s trend. I suggested she could try deploying some positions. When the price surged by 50%, she was asking every day whether she should sell. I casually said, “You might consider reducing your position,” and she immediately sold everything.

Guess what happened next? ETH doubled again. Since then, she’s rarely spoken up in our chat groups.

Actually, most people don’t really need advice; they’re just looking for someone to give them an excuse to step back.

At the end of the year, a trader friend came to me for a vent. His account only had 3,500 USDT left, but he had a huge record of liquidation. He said one more loss would make him give up completely.

I laid out three bottom lines he must not touch:
- Keep each position within one-fifth of total funds
- Don’t hesitate at stop-loss — cut when it’s time
- Dedicate time after market close to review

He stuck to it. In less than two months, his account grew from 3,500 to 70,000. During that time, we almost daily watched the charts, studied on-chain data, eyes sore from staring, but the account kept rising.

When you have more money, your mentality becomes more vulnerable.

He suddenly wanted to do live streams trading for followers and immediately used 20x leverage. A single bearish candle dropped, and his account shrank by 40% instantly.

At 3 a.m., he called crying, asking, “Am I starting to mess up again?”

I only said one thing: “In trading, there are no ‘if’s — only results.”

I told him to close all positions and take two days to cool off. Just two hours later, he sent a screenshot of his full position.

Before deleting him, I left him with one sentence:
“Your principal can be rebuilt through skills, but once discipline collapses, you have nothing left. What you truly lose isn’t a certain market condition — it’s every hollow excuse you give yourself for failing.”

The cruelest truth in this market is this: most traders aren’t really making decisions; they’re just amplifying their inner weaknesses with their funds.

Those who survive this are often not the smartest, but the ones who can stick to the rules.

If you find yourself constantly stumbling in the same place, maybe it’s time to pause and ask yourself — are you struggling with the market itself, or are you just fighting your own personality?