A friend recently came to me complaining that his $20,000 USDT has now dwindled to only $800 USDT, and he urgently asked: "Is there still a chance to turn things around?"

My advice has always been simple and unchanged.

**Option 1**: Select solid fundamental projects with technical indicators in good shape, concentrate your efforts and bets, and try to turn things around in one shot. But this approach carries huge risks and tests your mindset and vision severely.

**Option 2**: Divide your funds into 4-5 parts and allocate them across 3-4 promising projects. This way, you can reduce the fatal impact of a single project failing and also seize potential explosive opportunities.

No matter which path you choose, the core logic is always the same: once a position starts to rise, withdraw your principal immediately, and let the remaining profits run freely. This is what I call "zero-cost holding"—the safest and most efficient way for small funds to progress.

**But reality often hits hard.**

Spot trading moves so slowly that it’s suffocating, and it’s easy to get trapped. Most people can’t endure this waiting; strategies often collapse before they even start executing.

I’ve seen too many small fund players in distress:

Want high win rates? Then growth will be slow. Pursue high reward-to-risk ratios? Then win rates will inevitably drop, and frequent drawdowns can crush most people’s psychological defenses. Small funds actually need not dreams of overnight riches, but **low drawdowns + stable compounding**—these seemingly ordinary but extremely valuable qualities.

Whether to go long or short isn’t that important; the key is whether you can consistently and steadily make money. And a common mistake many make—overleveraging. Don’t look at some people daring to hold heavy positions and think you can learn from them; their win rates and psychological resilience are far beyond yours.

**This might hit some people:**

Don’t always dream "Once I have a few million, I can start making money." Honestly, if you can’t even manage a few thousand USDT now, giving you millions will only make you lose it faster. The only true path for small funds to reverse the situation is—steady, precise entries, fewer mistakes, and continuous compounding.

In this market, slow often leads to success more easily than fast. Persistence is far more important than speed.