Gamble or Learn? — The Life-and-Death Choice for Small Capital Among all the questions on traders' lists, "How to grow small capital" always ranks first. Because the capital is small, the pressure is low, and the margin for error is extremely limited, every move feels like dancing on a tightrope. How to grow a small account has become the most concerning and easily misled issue for beginners. There are only two common answers: gamble or learn. The former exchanges speed for explosive results, while the latter exchanges time for structure; one relies on intuition to gamble with fate, and the other relies on a system to endure probabilities.