After wandering in the crypto world for so long, you must have encountered two types of people.

One type sees their account multiply tenfold overnight, hailed as a "trading genius," posting profit screenshots every day in the square, as if their next story will be a sudden wealth explosion.

The other? Their principal burned out within seven days, quietly changing their avatar, disappearing from the group.

Most people think the difference lies in technical depth, market intuition, or even talent.

But after seeing enough cases, I realized: the true dividing line is never about whether they can make money, but whether they understand which mines they must absolutely avoid.

People who multiply their money tenfold overnight often owe more to luck than ability—just happening to hit the market’s turning point. The problem is, they tend to mistake this "luck" for skill. Then, when they add to their position next time, they’re already pointing the gun at their own foot.

In contrast, seasoned players who last long almost always follow a few nearly "perverted" ironclad rules:

Never fully leverage. Never bet all chips on one direction. Never gamble on extreme market conditions. Never stake their entire wealth on a single judgment. Allow for misreading the market, but never allow one mistake to lead to bankruptcy.

Sounds pretty dull, right?

But it’s precisely these "boring bottom lines" that separate those who survive from gamblers who blow up.

I’ve seen too many examples: technical analysis that’s articulate and logical, yet they die because of one habit—winning makes them float, losing makes them resist, adding to their position endlessly.

The market’s cruelest aspect is here: even if you’ve won a hundred times before, it won’t let you off easy once. True experts are not defined by a single big win, but by their ability to stick to that bottom line even when they’re making money.