Yesterday I received a message that made my heart skip a beat: "There's only 5,000U left in my account, my credit card bill is due next week—should I just admit defeat and leave the scene?"

I've been in this space for eight years, gone through three full bull and bear cycles, and I've seen this kind of despair too many times. I immediately typed back to him: "Don’t rush to uninstall your trading app, and definitely don’t label yourself a ‘noob.’ Try the ‘slow-paced strategy’ with me—we’re not competing to see who runs the fastest, but who can last the longest."

He replied instantly: "I’ve tried every method—chasing hot trends, copying big influencers’ trades—the more I trade, the worse my losses get."

I looked at the screen and smiled: "This time we’re not relying on luck or using complicated indicators. We're just testing one thing—whether you can control your impulses and strictly follow discipline."

The strategy I gave him is almost ‘boring’ in its simplicity: split the 5,000U into ten parts, only invest 500U at a time. Focus on swing trades in a sideways range, take profits as soon as you hit 15%-20%, and never go all-in.

He almost broke down in the first week—his social feeds were full of screenshots bragging about "doubling up with full positions," while following my method, he was only making a few dozen to just over a hundred U a day. His messages were full of doubts: "This is way too inefficient," "What if I miss out on the main rally?"

I replied with a simple truth: "There’s no shortage of get-rich-quick stories in crypto, but what’s rare is the ability to survive. Those showing off their profits today could get liquidated to zero tomorrow. Going slower is like buying insurance for your capital."

Having seen too many cases of people making fortunes overnight only to lose it all just as fast, I now only believe in one principle: in choppy markets, acting on impulse is slow-motion suicide, and greed is the accelerator.