Rhythm saved me, and it also saved my friends.

Half a month ago, a buddy of mine reached out to me late at night. His account only had 1800U left, and he couldn’t sleep at all. I didn’t say much, just gave him one sentence: "Stop looking at the market, find your rhythm first."

Over the next 14 days, he strictly adhered to discipline—no chasing orders, no holding onto losing positions, no chasing highs. Two weeks later, his account surged to 53,000U. He told me that the moment he saw the capital curve turn upward, his hands were actually trembling.

This isn’t luck. It’s the market rewarding disciplined traders.

Recently, I reviewed trades with over thirty traders. Some multiplied their capital five times, others steadily grew from 600U to 8,000U. Their commonality isn’t precise predictions, but finally learning to wait. Waiting for their own rhythm.

**Why most people lose money has little to do with the market itself**

The market is the best at messing with people. When greed takes over, it tempts you to leverage fully, and a single limit-down can wipe out your account. When you’re scared, just as you cut losses, the market rebounds. When blindly following the trend, you end up buying at the highest point.

People lose money mainly fall into two traps: one is frequent trading chasing highs and selling lows; the other is having a gambler’s mentality without stop-losses.

I’ve seen someone go all-in on small coins with 10x leverage, only to get liquidated by a big bearish candle. That’s not the market being cruel; it’s the rhythm being completely disrupted—using 1-hour candles to chase, 5-minute candles to stop-loss, splitting the mind into fragments. How can they not lose?

**My three-layer rhythm trading framework**

The first rule of trading is to survive. Making money is second.

I base my framework on three principles:

**1. Use 2-hour candles as the main rhythm**
Why choose 2-hour? It won’t let you be blinded by the larger daily cycle, nor trapped by the noise of 5-minute charts. It’s a balance between "stability" and "quick response." Using 2-hour candles to judge the big direction—that’s your anchor.

**2. Risk management always comes first**
Every trade must have a pre-set stop-loss, no ambiguity. Keep the risk per trade within 2% of your account. That way, even if you lose 10 trades in a row, you won’t be wiped out. Many people’s problem is this—no stop-loss equals no rhythm.

**3. Be patient and wait, don’t try to "make every dollar"**
Market opportunities are continuous. Missing one today doesn’t mean total loss; there will be new ones tomorrow. Too many rush in for fear of missing out, only to become the bag-holder.

Traders with rhythm and those without will ultimately be revealed by their account curves.