$200,000 U is now only $5,000 U. I've heard this dilemma more than once.

A friend once asked me, is there still hope?

I said yes, but only if you admit to every mistake you've made.

His story is very common: full position at the top, leverage, frequent trading, FOMO chasing, adding positions after losses. In the end, only a small fraction of the account remains.

I asked him if he wanted to try a method. He said yes.

I said: then do three counterintuitive things.

**First: Completely stop disorderly trading**

Stop watching 1-minute candlestick charts. That stuff is just for harvesting rookies.

Give up chasing every fluctuation. Truly worthwhile opportunities are trends you can understand and are highly certain about. If you don’t understand, stay out and wait. Better to miss a hundred trades than make one mistake.

This is the hardest part. Because when you do nothing, your brain will generate anxiety — it feels like wasting time. But actually, not trading is the smartest move.

**Second: Restart with a tiny position**

Only trade 10% of your total funds on the first order. Calculate: 10% of $5,000 U is $500 U.

Use this $500 U to test your idea. If you make 20% profit, take half of the profit, and set a trailing stop for the remaining position to let it run.

The key is: use the profits to gamble on the future, not the remaining principal to gamble. The mindset will be completely different.

**Third: Turn stop-loss into a conditioned reflex**

Every trade must have a preset stop-loss, for example -5%. Hit it and exit immediately, no discussion.

If you hit stop-loss twice in one day? Close the market for the day, enforce a halt. This is not giving up; it’s about survival. Only by surviving can there be a future.

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He stuck to this method.

Honestly, the process was not exciting at all. It was even a bit dull. But after two months, his account steadily grew back to six figures.

I asked him what his biggest takeaway was. He said: "I finally understand that making money isn’t about one big profit. It’s about avoiding deadly mistakes and gradually accumulating wealth."

If you are currently stuck in a losing streak, first let go of the idea of "quick recovery." Open your trading records and ask yourself honestly: how did I lose this money?

Was it full position at the top? Or frequent chasing? Or adding positions after losses?

Find that fatal mistake, and never repeat it.

The path can be slow, but the direction must be right. In the crypto market, first learn to survive, then profits will come back little by little. Those who can survive and profit in the market are often those who first learn to protect themselves.

Are you ready?