At three in the morning, on the other end of the phone, a girl from Zhejiang, Xiao Yezi, spoke with a trembling voice: "Mr. Ye, I've blown my account, 500,000 USDT is gone, only 4,000 USDT left..."
The despair in her voice was palpable—I wasn't feeling sorry for the money, but for the fear of not being able to recover. I looked through her trading records, and the problem was clear:
When the market rises, she chases it; when it falls, she stubbornly holds on; seeing others profit, she directly goes all in; she talks about stop-losses, but takes no action.
This is not trading cryptocurrencies; it’s clearly gambling with her life. I didn’t blame her, nor did I rush her to trade; I just said: "Don’t think about making money first; learn not to lose."
I had her stop trading for a week, reviewing each losing trade. A week later, she told me: "I understand now, it’s not the market that loses money, it’s myself."
Her 90% losses stemmed from two points: impatience and lack of discipline.
So, I set two strict rules for her:
1. If a single trade loses more than 5%, cut losses immediately;
2. If daily losses reach 10%, stop trading for the day, no matter how tempting the market is.
Next, I taught her a stable and progressive approach:
Only trade mainstream coins like BTC and ETH; only open positions at key support levels, with stop-loss set 1.5% beyond the price; for each trade that profits 5%, first withdraw the principal, then use profits for further trades.
As a result, she no longer feared being wrong because the losses were from the profits she had made.
Finally, I assigned her a small task: divide the 4,000 USDT into three small coins, provided that large wallets are accumulating and the exchange balance is decreasing, indicating someone is buying.
Five months later, she sent me a screenshot showing an account balance of 700,000 USDT. She excitedly said: "Mr. Ye, I’m no longer afraid of losses; not only did I recover my losses, but I also made an additional 200,000 USDT."
I smiled with satisfaction; she had transformed from a gambler into a planned trader.
Brothers, there are no dead ends in the crypto world, just the fear of not learning from experiences. What you lose is not the market, but the greed of getting rich overnight. A blown account is not scary; not waking up is what is deadly.
Opportunities in the market are always present; whether you can seize them depends on your survival. Want to turn around? Don’t expect miracles,
first practice your fundamentals. Securely earn the first 5%, then the following 500%, 5000% will naturally come.
Not making money is normal; surviving is what makes you a winner.
