Market opportunities are everywhere, but there are never enough clear-headed people.

Every day, I see a group rushing into the contract market, shouting "This time I must turn things around," but like their predecessors, they are silently eliminated. Liquidation itself isn't the most terrifying thing; what's terrifying is—after being harshly educated by the market multiple times, still holding onto the same daydream, firmly believing that the next trade will recover all losses.

Many people think they lose due to market trends or luck, but they've never considered a question: do you really know what you're doing? When the platform offers 5x, 10x leverage, most people accept it outright. They have only $10,000 in their account but dare to open positions worth tens of thousands. Officially, it's low leverage, but in reality, they're already holding dozens of times leverage to keep going. When the market slightly fluctuates, they get wiped out instantly, and in the process, they also send money to the market maker.

Traders who truly survive think completely differently. They don't treat contracts as a casino but see them as a risk management business. The profits in the market, to put it plainly, are the chips left behind after others get liquidated.

Most experts spend most of their time waiting—waiting for a clear direction, waiting for signals, waiting for a high enough win rate. Once they act, they do so decisively, taking profits and then exiting; in contrast, most people trade every day, constantly entering positions, and the more diligent they are, the faster they lose. There are no rewards for diligence here, only the cost of action.

To survive in the contract market, there's one core principle: restraint.

When others panic, stay calm. When others are greedy, take your hands off. Stop-loss must be strictly controlled, with 5% of the account as the bottom line; once profitable, let the trend carry you, don't rush to lock in gains. This market doesn't reward impulsiveness, nor does it sympathize with illusions. It only eliminates those without discipline time and again.

If you treat it as a casino, it will consume you; if you see it as a mirror, it will reflect your greed, fear, and whether you have patience and self-discipline. In the end, those who can go far are never the ones who earn the fastest, but those who are hardest to be eliminated by the market. In this market, simply staying alive is victory.