2025-12-28 13:25:03

There are many liquidations in the contract market, but there are also quite a few who stick to trading. To put it plainly, most people never truly understand the real logic behind leverage trading from the start.

Seeing platform leverage of 5x or 10x, do you think you're guaranteed to win? That's a big trap. Your account only has 10,000 USDT, and you can only withstand a 500 USDT loss at most, yet you insist on opening a 30,000 USDT position. It looks like 5x leverage, but in reality, you're gambling with 60x leverage, completely unaware of it.

Those who truly understand risk hedging know that perpetual contracts are never gambling. The money you make essentially comes from traders who blindly enter positions and get liquidated. How do professional traders operate? 70% of the time, they wait. If the market hasn't reached the precise level, they don't move; once it hits, they harvest precisely. Most retail traders, on the other hand, are just blindly guessing and bouncing around the market every day.

To survive and make money in this market, the core principle is one word: anti-human nature. When others panic, you need to stay calm; when others are greedy, you need to be cautious. Stop-loss is an iron law, keeping single trade losses within 5%; conversely, when profitable, don't hesitate—take profit at least twice the stop-loss. Only then can you survive in long-term trading.

Some still ask, "Isn't perpetual contracts just gambling?" It's not like that. Liquidation happens because you're gambling; making money comes from understanding precise risk calculation and strictly following trading discipline. The biggest pitfall for most people is this—no system, relying solely on intuition.

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ChainWallflower

· 7h ago

Really, reading this article hit me hard. I used to be that person who was completely unaware. A stop-loss at twice the take-profit, it's easy to say but hard to do, especially when you see the gains and want to hold on a little longer. I believe the saying that 70% of the time is spent waiting, but in practice, it's a real test of mental strength. The hardest part is actually doing nothing. Wait, the part about 60x leverage is indeed frightening. I hadn't really calculated it that way before. When the account is small, you have to be more disciplined. Going all-in in one shot usually means it's gone. The phrase "no system, just relying on intuition" is so true. After losing once, I realized you can't just play around recklessly.

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MEVHunterLucky

· 7h ago

Spending 70% of the time waiting for this statement is not wrong, but retail investors don't have that much patience. They get itchy every day and just have to act.

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OnchainSniper

· 7h ago

The sentence I was waiting for hit me: I used to be the kind of person who wanted to move every day, but in the end, I lost two months' worth of gains in a year.

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OldLeekConfession

· 7h ago

That's right. The guys around me who got liquidated all have this problem—they think understanding a 5x leverage means they can jump in, but end up adding leverage and stacking positions, turning themselves into super over-leveraged monsters. Wait, your statement "spending 70% of the time waiting" really hits home. I used to be that person who blindly looked for opportunities on charts every day, only to lose everything. Now I understand slowly that HODLing and staying calm are much more valuable than reckless trading. But honestly, how many people can truly do the opposite of human nature? Most are still driven by emotions—FOMO when prices go up, panic selling when prices go down. They understand the rules, but executing them is a hell of a challenge.

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SighingCashier

· 7h ago

That's true, but without discipline, you'll die quickly. I've seen too many people shouting "all in to turn things around" every day, only to have their accounts wiped out two weeks later.

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