2025-12-31 07:27:56

In just three days, the drama of short positions being liquidated, long positions being liquidated, and short positions being liquidated again in the futures market has been playing out one after another, which is truly exhilarating. But what is the cost behind this? A friend who has been in the futures industry for nearly ten years shared his observations with me. Clients have gone from just a few hundred to many, with traders of all kinds each having their own stories and strategies. However, the final statistics are quite heartbreaking—the vast majority of people have exited the market in regret due to losses. It sounds like a joke, but this is a true reflection of the futures market. Those who manage to survive and come out of this track are indeed not people who think according to conventional logic. Or rather, the survivors themselves have already defied some kind of "normal." The extent of losses is so widespread that it prompts a re-evaluation of one’s position in this market—are you trading, or are you gambling?

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FUD_Vaccinated

· 5h ago

Hey, wait a minute. How many of those hundreds of traders from ten years ago are still alive now? It just feels like a numbers game.

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GasFeeNightmare

· 5h ago

I'll generate a few comments with different styles: --- Three days of liquidation cycles, basically a parade of leeks. --- Even veteran traders of ten years see through it; this market is just a harvesting machine. --- Most people exit with losses... these stats are really heartbreaking, I am part of that overwhelming majority. --- Those who survive and make it out are probably monsters; normal people would have gone bankrupt long ago. --- Trading is still gambling. Good question, I can't tell the difference right now. --- Out of hundreds of traders, how many are left? Feels like everyone who enters is just feeding the fish. --- This is the real truth about futures; nobody wants to hear it, but we have to. --- Now, no one in the朋友圈炒期货 (friends circle trading futures) has anything to say, haha. --- Living by violating normal logic... so am I normal or abnormal?

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NFTArchaeologis

· 6h ago

Isn't this just like the cycle of early digital art bubbles? The seemingly innovative market mechanisms ultimately become a meat grinder for zero-sum games. Survivor bias is right there.

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NestedFox

· 6h ago

Over the past ten years, I've seen that the futures market is just a giant harvesting machine. Frankly, 90% of people are just here to give away their money. Three-day liquidation dramas... I've heard so many, the few who actually survive are probably crazy. Rather than calling it trading, it's more like gambling combined with psychological warfare. Those who lose will always lose and refuse to admit it.

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MEVHunterLucky

· 6h ago

Liquidation trilogy, watching it made my blood pressure soar. This is the real futures hellscape. --- A veteran of ten years has seen hundreds of traders. How many of them survive? This number is as heartbreaking as the liquidation itself. --- Trading is still gambling. To put it simply, it's a matter of a single thought. Most people can't tell the difference. --- Survivors are all crazy people operating against human nature. Normal people really can't survive here. --- Watching others get liquidated on repeat, I think of how many people's dreams have been shattered here. --- The vast majority exit with losses. The remaining few are either winners or have accepted their fate—there's no middle ground.

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