Recently, a group friend asked me the same question: How can I make steady money to accumulate principal?

They mentioned a new coin launched yesterday. The attention wasn't high, and since the trend was unclear, they didn't dare to participate and ended up missing out on the gains. They also lost quite a bit trading futures and want to find a more reliable way to make money.

Honestly, the root of this problem isn't the market itself, but whether you've truly established your own trading system.

**Find Your Own Profitably Niche**

Many people hope I can give them a push when I trade, but doing so makes it hard for them to really earn money. The reason is simple—without your own trading logic, you can't judge independently. More importantly, you need to first figure out: who are you actually making money from in the current market, and which part of the process?

Take a certain DeFi project as an example. These new projects are usually featured on the homepage of leading platforms and then listed on major exchanges. Spot trading volume can reach 500,000 during weekdays and about 300,000 on weekends. The question is—how do you find counterparties? How do you ensure you’re not repeatedly being drained?

A DeFi project goes through a full lifecycle from launch to decline. The project team needs to attract liquidity through token rewards, create buzz before launch (there are so many new projects, if you don’t promote, you’ll be forgotten), and release tokens to market makers when it’s listed on exchanges. These are basic operations. After listing, some will continue to push the price, but during low liquidity phases, this kind of capital injection often comes at a high cost.

**Systematic Thinking Is More Profitable Than Following the Crowd**

My community has over 8,000 members. I never do rebate or referral programs. My goal isn’t to guide you to chase quick gains or buy high and sell low, but to help you establish a trading system and investment mindset.

Let me give a concrete example. A token project launched liquidity mining, allowing users to deposit crypto assets and earn multiple rewards: including inflation rewards from the main chain, lending interest, and project tokens that can be claimed at TGE, with large account holdings capable of earning points. This is the most straightforward DeFi profit logic.

What if you're worried about the price of the main chain assets dropping? You can open short positions on derivatives platforms, hedging with equivalent short positions. This way, you can protect your principal and still participate in mining yields while earning points for acceleration. That’s true hedging thinking.

What’s a smarter approach? Participate in early-stage projects backed by major exchanges. You won’t need to spend much, but you stand a good chance of gaining a seat or long-term growth potential. This probability and return are far higher than chasing obscure coins with 300,000 daily trading volume.

**Arbitrage Is Better Than Chasing Sideways Markets**

In such market conditions, developing arbitrage thinking is easier to profit from than gambling on market volatility. I’m not talking about advanced strategies, just understanding each stage of a project’s lifecycle and finding inefficient liquidity areas to make money.

Of course, if you’re not afraid of risks, you can also trade low-liquidity spot assets—I just won’t mention it.

**Final Words**

Once you understand these principles, if you’re still lazy to learn and analyze, just hoping others give signals and you follow along, don’t expect to make steady money. That’s unrealistic.

Recently, I rarely actively recommend buying. The new coin I mentioned was a special case. But it’s not because I want you to chase quick profits; it’s because it fits into my established system—entering at the right time, at the right stage, in the right way.

That’s how to make steady money.