A trader once came to seek advice with $1500, hoping to turn the situation around. There's no need to discuss complicated indicators; the most crucial thing is the three rules gained through losses.

He adhered to these rules for three months, and his account grew to $50,000, without a single liquidation. How much of these "life-saving principles" can you understand? Ultimately, it depends on whether you truly respect the market.

**Rule 1: Segmented management of capital, survive first, then profit**

Strictly divide the $1500 into three parts of $500 each, each with different purposes. This is a painful lesson learned from experiencing full account liquidation and sleepless nights reflecting:

The first part is for short-term testing — at most two trades per day, exit immediately after each, even a second of hesitation can lead to greed;
The second part is for opportunities — only trade when the weekly chart shows a clear bullish pattern and the price breaks through key resistance with volume. In choppy markets, reckless trading is just throwing money away;
The third part is for emergencies — when the market suddenly plunges and threatens your position, use it to add margin, ensuring you can stay in the game.

Remember a harsh fact: liquidation is just losing a finger; losing all your capital is like having your entire arm cut off. Without capital, even the best opportunities are meaningless.

**Rule 2: Only follow the trend, be a spectator the rest of the time**

Having been badly cut in consolidating markets in my early days, losing nine out of ten trades. Later, I summarized that only three signals are enough:

When the daily moving averages are not in a bullish arrangement, stay completely out — don’t obsess over "missing out."
Wait until the market volume breaks previous highs, and the daily close can hold above the new high — then try with a small position.
Once profits reach 30% of the capital, take some off the table — lock in gains, withdraw half of the profit, and set a 10% trailing stop on the rest.
Having cash in hand is your own, don’t be deluded into thinking you can ride the entire wave.

**Rule 3: Freeze your emotions, execute with machine-like precision**

Every day before the market opens, write down your plan, then follow it strictly:

Set stop-loss at 3%, cut when hit — no "wait a bit" thoughts.
When profits reach 10%, immediately move the stop-loss to the cost price — subsequent gains are market gifts.
Close your trading app promptly at midnight every night. Don’t even look at tempting candlestick charts; if you can’t sleep, uninstall the app — the longer you stare, the more chaotic your mindset becomes, and chaos leads to mistakes.

Markets are always there, but opportunities never wait. To survive in this market, you must discipline yourself with these rules. Mainstream coins like BTC and SOL often give the clearest signals; catching the trend is catching wealth.