Recently, the most common question I’ve been asked is: "How can the crypto market maintain a steady rhythm and truly keep profits in hand?"

This reminds me of a friend I met last year, Lao Li. He was managing an account with 12,000 USDT, with a furrowed brow. His judgment was actually pretty good, but the problem was that his trading rhythm was completely chaotic:

He would rush to exit as soon as the market was about to move, taking small profits and then leaving; when the trend really started to unfold, he couldn’t resist buying at high levels, getting caught right away. In simple terms, he wasn’t losing to the market, but was being dragged down by his own trading habits.

I asked him one question: "Do you want to keep relying on luck, or do you really want to grow your account?"

He chose the latter. I broke down the logic of "finding the rhythm" for him — the real secret to consistent profits doesn’t require reckless rushing, just sticking to four bottom lines:

**1. Wait until the pattern is stable before acting.** When the 5-day and 10-day moving averages are not yet in a bullish alignment, even if the market looks tempting, just observe and hold back.

**2. Keep initial positions light.** Only add when floating profits appear; don’t add any more principal.

**3. Be decisive with stop-losses.** Cut losses immediately at 1.5% decline, no fantasies.

**4. Take profits in stages.** Sell half first to lock in gains, let the trend run with the rest.

He stuck to this approach for three months, and his account felt like it had a new engine. In the first two months, mainstream coins steadily grew, and his account reached 40,000 USDT; later, he followed the sector rotation rhythm, entering each wave accurately; after adding on a key retracement, profits exploded, and his account surged to 110,000 USDT.

Recently, he sent a message saying: "It’s not that I’m chasing the market anymore; it seems like the market is waiting for me."

Doubling your profits really isn’t about luck. What’s missing are the method and rhythm. The core of trading is positioning yourself correctly, letting the trend become your driving force. Markets won’t wait for anyone, but rhythm can keep you always in the game.