There are always people in the crypto space who complain: “If you don’t have tens of thousands of USDT, you can’t really play.”

Last year I met a trader named Xiaoya. She started with only 2,000 USDT. At the time, many people advised her not to waste her time—what can you do with such a small amount?

But half a year later, her account had already grown to 31,000 USDT.

The first time I met her, she was staring blankly at the daily chart of $BTC. Curious, I asked how she did it, and she said something that left a deep impression on me: “The biggest advantage of small capital is that you can grind it out slowly.”

The way she trades actually sounds pretty boring—she only swing trades BTC, never touches altcoins, and doesn’t chase hot trends.

How does she operate specifically? She summed it up in three strict rules:

**First: Control your position size, never go all in.** No matter how good the entry looks, she only uses up to 30% of her funds.

**Second: Only take high-certainty opportunities.** She only acts on markets she understands, like rebounds at support or continuation of trends. If she doesn’t understand it, she skips it.

**Third: Withdraw profits after gains.** When her account grows to a certain level, she immediately withdraws some profits, never letting unrealized gains turn into losses.

It sounds simple, but I know how hard it is—watching others make huge gains without getting tempted, being able to calmly take profits when up 50%, adding to positions at support without panic.

These things are easy to say, but actually doing them goes against human nature.

Xiaoya once told me: “People with small capital often don’t make it not because they have too little money, but because their mindset collapses. The moment you go all in, you lose all discipline, and end up getting liquidated.”

Her zero liquidations over the past six months wasn’t luck—it was because she strictly executed her plan on every single trade.

Looking back now, going from 2,000 to 31,000 USDT—a 15x return—wasn’t due to insider info or catching some 100x coin. It was just a dumb method and iron discipline.

In the crypto space, the ones who truly survive are never those with the biggest capital, but those who can stick to their discipline the best.

Don’t have much capital? It doesn’t matter. As long as you stick to your rules and have the patience, small money can grow into big money.

The question is—can you do it?