The easiest trap to fall into in the crypto world is the same: when your principal isn't large, you want to double it quickly, so you start adding leverage to your full position right away. But as long as you stay in this market long enough, you'll discover an iron law—liquidation is never a market problem; fundamentally, it's a problem with the position itself.

Over the years of trading, I focus on three core principles. I don't look at fancy technical indicators, nor do I rely on gut feelings:

**Position size is always the first priority**
Use only 5% to 10% of your total funds for each trade. This way, even if you make a wrong call, your account remains alive and you can continue to participate in the next opportunity. This isn't conservatism; it's about leaving yourself a way out.

**Leverage is just a tool, not a speed booster**
I use leverage, but only at levels of 3 to 5 times. Many people treat leverage as a gambler's chip; in reality, the only purpose of leverage is to allow you to use your capital more efficiently when you're confident about the direction. It doesn't solve greed.

**Ask yourself the worst-case scenario before placing an order**
Before each trade, I ask myself: if the market moves against me, how much could I lose? Only if this potential loss is acceptable to me do I open the position.

Exchanges amplify not your profits but your volatility. The most painful part isn't necessarily making the wrong call, but being repeatedly shaken out or fooled by false breakouts during sideways movements. Even if your logic is correct and the direction is right, a full-position, high-leverage account simply isn't qualified to wait for the market to fully play out. This is a structural issue, not a technical one.

Why can I stay relatively stable? Because I don't stand with traders who are full of positions, high leverage, reckless moves, and stubbornly refuse to cut losses. I only do one thing: prioritize staying alive over making money.

Markets are always there, but once your principal is gone, the game is over. If you're still dreaming of changing your life with a single 20x or 50x trade, let me be blunt: that's not trading; that's speeding up your exit.

The real way to turn things around is never about one single big win, but about avoiding those fatal mistakes in every trade. These are lessons I've learned through real trading experience. Believe it or not, the market will eventually tell you the answer.