Contract liquidation is like a curse, entangling most people. I haven't escaped it either; when my account dropped below $1,000, my mindset completely collapsed. That amount of money might be nothing to big players, but for me, it was a watershed moment.

Today, I want to talk not about get-rich-quick schemes, but about how discipline helped me escape death.

**Four Bottom Lines at Critical Moments**

When your balance is almost gone, surprisingly, you need to calm your mind. Since it's already like this, you might as well try seriously. I set four strict rules for myself, none of which can be broken: only focus on mainstream coins—BTC and ETH—these have deep market liquidity and relatively predictable volatility. Leverage no more than 20x—that's a lifeline; too high is gambling with your life, lower leverage allows for longer survival. Only invest $500 per trade, with another $500 always on standby to guard against black swan events. And most importantly, take profit at 10%, cut losses immediately at 5%.

Sounds stupid, right? But this simple method, in half a month, turned $1,000 into $3,000. The crypto world is the same—slow is fast.

**Rolling Positions: The Power of Compound Interest**

When the funds reached $3,000, I started to roll positions, but with even stricter rules: only half of the capital is used for each entry—$1,500—and the other half is always kept in reserve. Profits are reinvested to let compound interest work. Once a stop-loss is triggered, immediately withdraw to the initial position and start accumulating again.

During that period, people around me liquidated twice in a single day. I only caught a few small trends, but I survived. In two months, my account grew from $3,000 to $100,000.

**Why This Method Works**

Simply put, it’s two words: restraint. Most people's problem isn't that they don't know how to trade, but their mindset. They want to double their money after earning a little, and panic to recover after a loss. This mentality in the contract market is basically suicide. Discipline and patience may seem boring, but in front of a real account, they are worth more than anything. IQ, in trading, actually doesn’t rank very high.