The day I got liquidated, my account was left with just 900 USDT. Everyone around me thought I was done for, but I actually calmed down and treated those 900 USDT as my final chips—split them into three parts, 300 USDT each. I’d only move on to the next chunk after the previous one was used up.

I stuck four strict rules next to my monitor:
Prioritize major coins. Stop loss capped at 2%, take profit set at 5%. When I made money, I compounded positions, but my principal always had to be withdrawn. And the most important rule—ignore news, only focus on the structure of the K-line (candlestick chart).

The first ten days felt like manual labor. One trade a day, grinding from 900 up to 940, then climbing to 1000. It was painfully slow, but surprisingly steady. Some people mocked me for being too conservative, but I kept splitting profits, turning three lives into four.

In the third week, ETH started surging in volume on the four-hour chart. I watched it for two whole days, only daring to put in the 300 USDT floating profit after confirming the volume wasn’t fading. Still stuck to the same rules: 2% stop loss, but this time I loosened take profit to 10%.

Three days later, my account jumped to 1,500 USDT. My first reaction wasn’t excitement—it was to immediately withdraw that original 900 USDT. Left myself a note: what’s left is what I’ve won back, so even if I lose it, I’m not down.

With the principal safely in hand, I became even more cautious. I split the 1,500 USDT into three parts: one for short-term trades, one waiting for pullbacks, and one just for trial and error.

The next four weeks happened to coincide with a great market: BTC sentiment soared, SOL had consecutive green candles, ETF expectations kept building. But I only acted on the high-certainty setups. I split profits finer and finer, like paving a stone road, stacking them up one by one.

After my account broke through 5,000 USDT, I set a new red line for myself: maximum daily drawdown capped at 4%. If that line was hit, I’d immediately reduce my positions. The market was wild during that period; I got stopped out twice, but I always protected my capital. The rest of the profits kept rolling up.

The day I broke 10,000 USDT, I used the 900 USDT I’d withdrawn earlier to buy a new keyboard. That was my first reward to myself.

From 10,000 to 60,000, it was all thanks to eight words: test the waters with small positions, wait for opportunities with big ones, cut losses quickly, and add when steady.

From 60,000 to 120,000, it was all about rhythm: use the four-hour chart for the big picture, the fifteen-minute for entry points, and the five-minute for confirmation signals.

On the night of April 9th, my account settled at 128,000 USDT. I took a screenshot and sent it only to myself.

Three core principles that turned things around for me:

First, keep each loss strictly within 1.5% of total funds; when adding to a winning position, never exceed one-third of the previous trade’s profit.

Second, only enter when there’s a breakout with volume and mainstream coins are in trend resonance—otherwise, I’d rather stay in cash.

Third, use short timeframes to gauge strength, long timeframes for direction. Rhythm always beats prediction.

It wasn’t luck. Ever since that liquidation, I’ve never dared to mess around again.