On the day I called my parents, I said that I managed to secure a down payment for three traps. The person who used to spend nights on the balcony watching the market ten years ago, who was so poor that he hesitated to order food, finally said this phrase.

When I first entered the market, I had 200,000, and after two months it dropped to 48,000. BTC fell significantly, TNSR was trapped, and I didn't even dare to look at ZEC. During that time, I was smoking one cigarette after another, but even the lighter felt like a luxury. The balcony became a battleground, and I was watching the market all night until my eyes became weak.

After more than three thousand days and nights, 200,000 turned into millions. Looking back, the secret to staying in this circle is actually three words: do not gamble, do not fear, do not be lazy.

Now I will directly present here the experience that I lost, and suffered for, and gained:

**Article One - The Bull Market is a Filter, Not a Money-Making Machine**

While others were competing for animal coins and meme coins, I was solely focused on high-quality projects and leading brands. In 2021, when the market was crazy, everyone was trading in fake projects, and I fully invested in the Layer2 environment, where my account multiplied by 7 times. The rewards of a bull market always go to those who keep a clear mind.

**Article Two - Buy the new, not the old; emotions are the most valuable**

All old coins are under the pressure of the trap of the holders, while new coins only have room to explode. In 2022, I offloaded the old projects I held and replaced them with new chains, and the bear market only dropped by 18%. Those friends who cling to emotions? They were cut to half the value, then again to half the value.

**Article 3 - Leverage is a tool, and discipline is more important than technique**

I won numbers consisting of eight digits from it, but I had my account liquidated three times because of it. Now I adhere to three strict rules: not to fill the account completely, not to exceed five times, and not to resist trades. The contract itself is not the problem; the problem lies with the people.

**Article Four - The cycle is more important than the hundredfold currency**

Every four years a cycle occurs, when everyone screams "wealth code" you should flee. In November 2021, I liquidated all the small coins, and it dropped in the bear market in 2022 by only 28%. The cycle was comfortable, anything you buy will be better than buying in a reverse cycle.

This circle has never been rich in one night, but has always been poor in one night.

Ask yourself first: Can you withstand a 90% drop? If you can't, don't invest heavily; if you can, don't buy garbage. As long as capital exists, opportunities will always be there.

I hope for the day when you can tell your family: I succeeded on my own.