“Old Li, I turned down my company’s work and took my saved 50,000 to go big!” When I got this message last spring, I had just finished a review meeting, and my phone almost fell to the floor from vibrating.

Honestly, I wasn’t too surprised. This guy couldn’t even read K-lines when he was trading stocks, and now he wants to play with crypto? I didn’t discourage him or hype him up—I just sent him a selection logic I’d figured out over several years. After being in this business for a while, you realize that just talking theory is useless—you need to give actionable stuff.

A month and a half later, he sent me a screenshot of his account. The balance had jumped to just over 120,000. His message was just two words: I’m convinced.

Today I’m going to break down this method, without any of those mysterious terms—newbies can understand and follow along. But I need to make it clear first: this isn’t some get-rich-quick secret—it’s more like a survival guide to help you last longer.

**Level One: Filter Out “Hype” Tokens with an 11-Day Observation Period**

What’s the most common problem people have? Chasing rumors, following whoever’s calling the shots. It’s no different from lining up on the street for a limited edition drop—most likely, you end up with a “gimmick” instead of a “blue chip.”

Here’s what I do: set up an 11-day rolling watchlist, paired with a hard rule—“three consecutive days of decline and you’re out.”

How to do it: first, add the top gainers from recent trends to your watchlist, then keep a strict deadline—any token that closes down for three days straight gets cut immediately, no mercy.

Why three days? This is something I’ve learned after watching countless trading days: when the big players want to exit, they don’t do it all at once. Usually, they’ll test the waters with two days of mild declines, and only on the third day do they show their true intentions and dump hard.

My friend started with a list of over a dozen tokens, and three days later, he cut four of them right away. One of them was super hot at the time—he couldn’t bear to remove it and even argued with me, saying, “What if…