# Recently, there's been a frequent question: "With limited funds, is there still a chance to turn things around in the crypto market?"
I usually take a step back before answering. To be honest, opportunities do exist, but the process is neither fast nor smooth.
Last year, I helped a friend manage an account with an initial capital of 1500U. No futures, no dreams of 100x returns, no all-in gambles. Four months later, the account had grown to 45200U. This wasn't sophisticated strategy—just mechanical repetition of three principles below.
**First principle: Learn diversification first, don't rush to make money**
How do we split 1500U? Into three parts:
First portion: 500U for ultra-short-term trades, exit immediately upon 3% gain, no greed.
Second portion: 500U for major trends, only enter for opportunities of 15%+ or higher.
Third portion: 500U sits idle, emergency reserve, untouched no matter what.
Many people die fast not because they lack technical skills, but because they bet their entire net worth on the first trade. Position sizing sounds cowardly, but it ensures you always have capital to keep playing.
**Second principle: Turn off the screen during sideways markets**
There's a brutal fact in crypto—70% of the time is choppy, repetitive consolidation. In these conditions, not losing money means you've already won.
We focus on one thing only: when does the real trend emerge. Once the signal confirms entry, when profits hit 25%, harvest some gains. Let the remaining position run while you're already safe on shore.
Compared to others glued to charts with racing heartbeats, his most frequent action was simply—waiting.
**Third principle: Systems beat intuition**
I had him write these rules beside his screen to see them constantly:
Single trade stop loss never exceeds 2%, execute immediately.
At 5% profit, close half the position, convert the remaining to break-even stop loss.
Absolutely forbid cost averaging—it's the fastest path to zero.
Over those four months, he never made any "genius moves," but also never made a critical mistake.
**The logic for small accounts is surprisingly simple**
It's not about aggression, but three things: surviving long enough, timing market cycles correctly, and controlling your hands. 1500U becoming 45000U works the same way 45000U can go to zero overnight—the difference lies in whether you can consistently practice those seemingly "basic" rules.
If you can't sleep over a few hundred dollar fluctuation, panic entering trades, always wanting to average down, always chasing breakeven, then the problem isn't the market—it's your framework. A clear trading discipline often matters more than market prediction accuracy.
# Recently, there's been a frequent question: "With limited funds, is there still a chance to turn things around in the crypto market?"
I usually take a step back before answering. To be honest, opportunities do exist, but the process is neither fast nor smooth.
Last year, I helped a friend manage an account with an initial capital of 1500U. No futures, no dreams of 100x returns, no all-in gambles. Four months later, the account had grown to 45200U. This wasn't sophisticated strategy—just mechanical repetition of three principles below.
**First principle: Learn diversification first, don't rush to make money**
How do we split 1500U? Into three parts:
First portion: 500U for ultra-short-term trades, exit immediately upon 3% gain, no greed.
Second portion: 500U for major trends, only enter for opportunities of 15%+ or higher.
Third portion: 500U sits idle, emergency reserve, untouched no matter what.
Many people die fast not because they lack technical skills, but because they bet their entire net worth on the first trade. Position sizing sounds cowardly, but it ensures you always have capital to keep playing.
**Second principle: Turn off the screen during sideways markets**
There's a brutal fact in crypto—70% of the time is choppy, repetitive consolidation. In these conditions, not losing money means you've already won.
We focus on one thing only: when does the real trend emerge. Once the signal confirms entry, when profits hit 25%, harvest some gains. Let the remaining position run while you're already safe on shore.
Compared to others glued to charts with racing heartbeats, his most frequent action was simply—waiting.
**Third principle: Systems beat intuition**
I had him write these rules beside his screen to see them constantly:
Single trade stop loss never exceeds 2%, execute immediately.
At 5% profit, close half the position, convert the remaining to break-even stop loss.
Absolutely forbid cost averaging—it's the fastest path to zero.
Over those four months, he never made any "genius moves," but also never made a critical mistake.
**The logic for small accounts is surprisingly simple**
It's not about aggression, but three things: surviving long enough, timing market cycles correctly, and controlling your hands. 1500U becoming 45000U works the same way 45000U can go to zero overnight—the difference lies in whether you can consistently practice those seemingly "basic" rules.
If you can't sleep over a few hundred dollar fluctuation, panic entering trades, always wanting to average down, always chasing breakeven, then the problem isn't the market—it's your framework. A clear trading discipline often matters more than market prediction accuracy.