People who got liquidated on $LIGHT and $BEAT, don't rush to blame others. Take a look at your trading records; the truth is often harsher than you think.



Lost money? The first reaction is to curse the platform for being a scam, curse the market for being unfair, and curse the market for tricking you. But if you think about it carefully, it's never the market that gets you liquidated; the thing that truly ruins your account is always one thing – your own greed.

This sounds uncomfortable, but changing one's fate must start with acknowledging this reality.

Many people have only 10,000 U in their accounts, and losing 500 U makes them so distressed that they can't sleep, yet they dare to open a position of 30,000 U. They say "I'll just try 5x leverage," but in practice, the leverage has already soared to more than ten times or even higher. With just a casual fluctuation in the market, the account gets wiped out, leaving no chance to hit the stop-loss. Is this called investing? To put it bluntly, it's just gambling.

Those who truly thrive in the contract market play by a completely different set of rules. They understand one ironclad principle: the essence of contracts is not to gamble on the direction of the market, but to learn how to manage risk.

Let's see how the experts operate. They spend 70% of their time doing nothing, just waiting. Waiting for what? Waiting for signals. If the signals don't appear, they don't make a single trade. But once the signal is confirmed to act, it is precise and ruthless, and they never hesitate when it comes to stop-loss, managing their positions down to every penny.

What about retail investors? They place dozens of trades a day, relying on feelings and emotions to make decisions, and the more they hustle, the more they lose money, ultimately giving all their profits to the counterparties.

If you want to survive longer and earn more in contracts, just remember two words: restraint.

When others chase the market and panic sell out of fear, you should learn to observe calmly. When others go all in and try to take off, you need to cautiously manage your position. The rule of funds management is actually very simple: the loss on each trade should not exceed 5% of the total account funds. The benefit of doing this is that when you lose money, it won't hurt too much. What about when you make money? Gradually increase your position size and let the profits run.

Real profit is never about getting rich through a one-time lucky gamble, but rather about making one hundred or one thousand trades, each time steadily grasping the probabilities. Accumulate small victories for a big win; this is the survival rule of contract trading.

Someone asked: Is trading contracts gambling? The answer depends on how you play.

For those who recklessly leverage and place orders based on intuition—yes, this is a deadly gamble. The odds are clear, and getting liquidated to zero is only a matter of time.

For those who understand accounting, know how to set stop losses, and can control their positions – this is not gambling, it is a precise withdrawal machine. Every trade is systematic, and making money is inevitable.

A person who is blindly reckless has a predetermined outcome. However, if you are willing to follow someone who understands the methods, learn the correct trading logic and risk management, it can take just a few months to transform from a Get Liquidated person into a stable withdrawer.
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HashBanditvip
· 2025-12-25 06:35
ngl this hits different when you've watched hashrate collapse back in my mining days... people really think contracts are different from slots huh? same energy, same outcome. risk management isn't boring, it's literally the only thing keeping you from being rekt like we were in 2018. the 5% rule? that's just TPS for your wallet lol
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LayerZeroHerovip
· 2025-12-24 21:06
It has proven that every trading record before a liquidation could be turned into a thesis. I reviewed my own data: leverage skyrocketed, stop-losses became useless, and position management relied solely on intuition... After this series of moves, the account was directly wiped out. The truth is, the probabilities have been there all along.
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LiquidationWatchervip
· 2025-12-22 10:54
That's really hitting home. I've seen too many people with an account balance of 10,000 who still dare to go all in. It's truly a gambler's mentality.
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IronHeadMinervip
· 2025-12-22 10:31
That's too heart-wrenching to say. I have someone like that around me, opening orders worth thirty thousand with just a ten thousand account. It's really outrageous. However, I think the hardest part is still the word restraint; as soon as the market fluctuates, the mentality collapses.
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ChainDetectivevip
· 2025-12-22 10:27
You are right, greed kills. I used to be like that too, with a 10,000 U account, I dared to go all in on a 30,000 trade. Looking back, I really feel like I was out of my mind. The key is that I could never press the stop loss, thinking there would be a rebound... but I ended up getting liquidated. Now I understand, making money is not about making a big bet, but about restraint and repetition.
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