When I saw Xiao Yu over the weekend, she was rolling up her sleeves to show me her newly acquired ancient gold bracelet—42 grams swaying on her wrist. "This is a birthday gift for my mom!" she said with an expression more excited than getting a job offer.

Half a year ago, she had accumulated a total of 2800U in her WeChat Wallet, all from part-time jobs and saving on meals. At that time, her mom was still wearing an old silver bracelet, and she was thinking about whether she could do something with that money. When she found me, she was tense, everyone afraid of losing their principal, right?

Now, her account shows over 56,000U. She endured two major crashes in BTC. How did she do it? Actually, by sticking to three simple rules.

**First, how she managed her funds.** She allocated 800U into a "snack fund," focusing on 15-minute MACD crossovers, taking small profits of 5 to 8 points and then withdrawing; another 1000U went into the "main fund," only trading when SOL hit the Bollinger middle band support and the daily moving averages lined up; the remaining 1000U was transferred directly to a cold wallet. During BTC's drop below 40,000 dollars last November, she didn't touch it at all.

**Next, the timing of her trades.** At first, she kept asking daily, "Can I enter now?" until she saw her roommate lose 4000U over three days chasing AI concept coins, then she relaxed. Last month, when SOL retraced to a critical level of 100U, she bought based on the signals, and within a week it rose to 135U. The profits, besides stocking up on skincare, also bought her mom a massage device.

**Finally, discipline.** We set strict rules—cut losses at 5%, take profits at 20%, and withdraw 30% to transfer to her bank account. Now, BTC stays above 42,000 dollars and ETH has returned to around 2200 dollars. She no longer stays up all night staring at the charts; her account balance just keeps climbing.

Having little capital isn't shameful; what's shameful is having a few thousand and wanting to double it overnight. Xiao Yu often says, "It turns out making money isn't about gambling luck; it's about learning to wait for the right opportunity."

All these efforts are just to give my family a little more peace of mind—that's much more meaningful than staying up all night staring at K-line charts.