3 Minutes to Understand: How to Turn an Exchange into a "Personal ATM" – 8 Years Without Account Burning

In 2017, I entered the crypto market with just 5,000U. At that time, friends around me were either burning money on contracts or losing everything due to FOMO. As for me — based on a “survival probability chart” I developed myself — I haven’t been liquidated in 8 years, my account curve has been steadily upward like a ruler, drawdowns never exceed 8%, and I ultimately turned a small capital into a seven-figure account. Not relying on insider information. Not chasing random airdrops. Not worshipping indicators or models. I simply view the market as a special casino, where I must become the house, not the gambler. Here are 3 core methods, easy to do, easy to apply, but capable of changing your trading forever.

1. Lock in Profits & Use Compound Interest to “Armor” Your Gains First principle: every profit must have a value to protect the account. My approach: Open a position → set immediate stop-loss + take-profit. When profit reaches 10% of the principal, immediately withdraw 50% of the profit to a cold wallet. The remaining part is used to “roll over” — meaning trading with pure profit, not touching the principal. In 5 years: I have made 37 profit withdrawals. One peak week, I withdrew up to 180,000U, so much that the exchange had to call a video verification to see if I was… money laundering. Key point: 👉 Prevent profits from “flying away” due to market fluctuations. 👉 Accumulate gradually, letting profits generate more profits — that’s how a small capital becomes big.
2. Build an Opposing Position – Retail Liquidation Trap The crypto market is wildly volatile, but retail money always follows a pattern: break – FOMO – liquidation – reverse. I use 3 timeframes: Daily: identify the main trend. 4H: find oscillation ranges. 15m: precise entry points. For example, with $BEAT: I open 2 positions simultaneously: a long chasing the breakout and a short in the overbought zone. Stop-loss set very tight: ≤1.5%. Take-profit set far: at least 5R or more. During the 2022 LUNA crash — where prices fell 90% in 24 hours — both long & short positions hit TP on each wave. Result: account increased by 42% in just one day. The mindset here isn’t “guess the right direction,” but rather exploiting the panic of the crowd.
3. Use Small Stop-Losses to Generate Big, Stable Profits I don’t trade to win every single trade. I trade to win mathematically. My stats: Win rate: 38%R/R(: 4.8 : 1Mathematical expectancy )Expectancy(: +1.9% Which means: 👉 For every 1 unit of risk invested in the market, I earn 1.9 units of expected profit. 👉 Small losses like mosquito bites. 👉 Big gains like whales. When you understand that a stop-loss isn’t a failure, you’ll surpass 90% of traders who get liquidated out of fear of cutting losses. Summary — To Survive Long in Crypto, You Must Trade Like a “House” Protect profits before thinking about doubling your account. Avoid retail’s liquidation trap instead of becoming its victim. Accept many small losing trades while waiting for a few big wins. If you seriously apply these 3 principles for 6–12 months, you will see how differently the market treats you.