# How long does it take to earn your first fortune?

It depends on how much capital you have on hand.

Making 1 million from 1 million is not difficult in this market—just buy in and hold, wait for the wind to come.

But the vast majority of people think: how can I turn 100 dollars into 1 million?

So those without money play futures contracts, following chart drawings on the plaza: breakthrough = go long, break below = go short, get it?

Then within an hour you experience three emotions: anxiety when placing orders, relief when the market moves, regret when it pulls back. You can't eat, can't sleep well, but your account keeps getting thinner.

What about people with money? They buy spot assets, go exercise when they feel like it, take vacations whenever. Then one day they open their account and realize it's doubled without them even noticing.

It's not that they're smarter than you—it's that they don't need to bet their lives on every fluctuation.

The most brutal truth in this space is: the less capital you have, the more desperately you want to reverse your fortune, and the easier it is to destroy yourself.

Want to make money? First extend your time horizon. Stop obsessing over turning 100 dollars into 1 million. Instead, think about how to turn 100 dollars into 1,000, then 1,000 into 10,000.