Every self-questioning before a trade is worth ten minutes of your time; the regret after getting liquidated is enough to regret for ten years.

In 2013, I plunged into the crypto market with three years of savings, my head filled with thoughts of financial freedom. When someone in the group shouted "hundredfold coins," I went all in, chasing every rise in the K-line. As for risk control? That's something only cowards think about.

As a result, 2018 taught me a lesson. At the end of the bear market, I got liquidated once, and my account was wiped clean, unable to even pay the rent. It was that late night staring at the screen that I realized: each time I placed an order, I couldn't distinguish whether it was based on analysis or just out of frustration.

From that day on, I set rules for myself—any trade must pass five checkpoints first. It was these five "life-saving questions" that pulled me out of the pit and later allowed me to achieve stable profits.

**The first question: Is this a real opportunity or just noise?**

The noise in the crypto market is unbearable every day, with thousands shouting "opportunity," but the truly valuable ones are few and far between. I only look for two types of signals: a breakthrough at the weekly level key positions or classic patterns on the daily chart.

FOMO? Don't touch it. I only act when the conditions are truly triggered. It's like fishing; you have to wait for the fish to bite the hook, you can't just jump into the water and grab randomly. There was a time when a certain popular coin was hyped in the group, and its price soared rapidly. I was tempted, but since it didn't trigger the conditions I set, I held back. Later, it dropped by seventy percent, and those who chased the high were crying, while I was still alive.