I was awakened by a fan's private message early in the morning, and the core question hit me hard: "With the same market outlook, why did you lose 28% while I made 42%?"

To put it simply, our difference lies in one point — he keeps holding the principal to gamble, while I have long protected the principal and only use profits to push forward.

In these 8 years in the crypto world, I’ve had my share of falls, with 3 liquidation events, losing from 200,000 down to the bottom, and only then did I gradually develop a relatively stable methodology — the "profit snowball" approach.

**The core principle is simple: the principal is fundamental, 5% small trial trades, with a stop loss at 0.8%.** Without clear signals, stay in cash and observe. This way, you can beat 80% of retail traders — they lose because of frequent trading.

**After making a profit, split it into two parts:** half immediately locks in gains and takes profits, the other half is used as ammunition for attack. The benefit of this is that even if the market moves against you later, your principal and initial profits are safe.

**When floating profits exceed the principal amount, switch to insurance mode.** Use 10% of floating profits for hedging operations, and set the stop loss at 1.5 times the original. This way, during a pullback, you can withstand it, and profits continue to grow.

**A quick way to judge is by looking at the 3-minute K-line.** Breakouts with increased volume mean go all-in on profits; breakouts with decreased volume mean clear all positions with one click. Don’t get emotionally attached to the market.

**Whenever a retracement reaches 15%, lock in half of the profits,** allowing the remaining part to run freely, while completely shutting down greed.

**The last key habit is: withdraw daily profits, leaving only the principal plus 10% of liquid funds in the account.** This effectively prevents over-leverage and over-concentration.

Market opportunities are never lacking; what’s truly scarce is disciplined execution. Use profits to explore opportunities, let the principal sleep peacefully — that’s the secret to smiling at the close of each day.