A newcomer added me and immediately asked: Brother Le, how do you dig for the first bucket of gold? I'm too lazy to repeat it again. Today, I'll say it all at once. Your first lesson is not about making money, but about survival.
In the cryptocurrency world for eight years, I've died five times, and only then did I truly realize one thing: first learn not to die, then talk about making money.
In 2017, when I first jumped into the cryptocurrency contract area, I was like I had been injected with chicken blood, leveraging 10 times, 20 times, 50 times, and thought I was a god when the K-line moved. But a sudden crash brought me back to zero. The most brutal part isn't the liquidation itself, but that sweet feeling. Winning once makes adrenaline hijack your brain, and losing once makes you want to double down immediately.
Just like that, I was carried away by the market five times in a row, leaving only the balance in my bank account as a text message reminder. In the end, I relied on running late-night food deliveries to save up 3200U. When I opened the trading software again, my hands were shaking.
90% of the funds were locked in spot trading, leaving only 10% for testing the waters. I kept reminding myself that if I gamble again, I would chop off my fingers. I started writing a daily loss diary, not recording how much I made, but only how I could lose a little less.
Every day has its market, but there are many more traps than opportunities. 90% of the time is spent waiting, and only 10% is used to confirm signals. It's not about blindly chasing up; it's about genuinely waiting for the wind to come. A year passed, and my account slowly grew from 3200U to 20,000U. The increase isn’t stunning, but I can finally sleep soundly.
That sense of security from bringing my life back is a thousand times more satisfying than the thrill of a hundred times leverage. The cryptocurrency world is not a sprint; it’s a marathon in a graveyard. I've seen too many daily warriors, and within a month, their avatars turn black. Those who survive are those who treat leverage as poison and capital as oxygen.
So don't ask how to dig for the first bucket of gold anymore; first, think about how to stabilize your first breath.
In the next market round, Zhang Le won't teach you to double down, nor will he teach you a hundred times leverage; he will only teach you how to bring your capital home. Remember, first learn not to die, and profits will naturally come knocking on your door.