Always losing money in contracts? If you don’t read these six points, you’ll end up paying years of tuition.



For those trading contracts, if your account keeps shrinking, I suggest you stop for a moment and read this—it’s all hard-earned, painful truth.

**Rule #1: Make Take-Profit and Stop-Loss Instinctive**

Prices won’t rise to the sky, and they won’t fall to the center of the earth. The harshest truth in this market? You’ll never finish making money, but you can lose your entire principal.

Taking profit is a battle against greed; stopping a loss is cutting your losses fast. If you’re on the wrong side, admit it quickly—don’t wait for the market to turn around and save you. It won’t.

**Rule #2: Don’t Try to Win Both Long and Short**

Opening trades frequently? Wake up, bro. Most people just end up feeding the platform fees. With high leverage, you lose 1-2% instantly when you open a position. If you’re not sure about the direction, opening a trade is just giving away money.

**Rule #3: If You Don’t Understand, Don’t Force It**

When the market is unclear, staying out is the best strategy. Missing out is just a regret—losing money really hurts. This is a probability game, and no one can guess right every time.

**Rule #4: Slow Gains Beat Getting Rich Quick**

Using $100 principal with 10x leverage, a 1% move only nets you $10? Seems small, but small gains add up—that’s the logic of profit. Make three or four steady trades a day with a 60% win rate, and you’ll actually do better than a regular job.

**Rule #5: All-In Equals Suicide**

Heavy positions + breaking news = instant liquidation. Light positions are your lifeline. There’s a market every day, but only one life—don’t gamble.

**Rule #6: Knowing and Doing Are Two Different Things**

Everyone understands the logic, but less than 1% actually execute it. Crypto can change your life, but only if you can stay disciplined, make tough decisions, judge accurately, cut losses when needed, and not trade impulsively.

**Final takeaway: First learn how not to lose money, then figure out how to make it. That’s the real way to survive in crypto.**
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quiet_lurkervip
· 12-07 19:15
To be honest, I read it all... but that last sentence really hit me. I understand all the reasoning, but how many people can actually hold back and not open random positions? I know I can't.
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ForkMastervip
· 12-07 07:56
Uh, you're absolutely right. It's just that too many people still go all-in after hearing all this. I have a buddy who got liquidated twice like that... He really can't afford to lose with three kids to support.
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fren.ethvip
· 12-07 07:45
Another "learn the hard way or pay more tuition" article. The reasoning is spot on, but honestly, everyone has to get beaten by the market a few times before they truly understand.
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PortfolioAlertvip
· 12-07 07:39
It's the same old story—anyone can talk a good game, but how many people can actually cut their losses? I myself got burned by greed, and now watching my account shrink is the real lesson learned.
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SoliditySurvivorvip
· 12-07 07:38
Here comes the nagging about stop-loss again. It's easy to say but hard to do... Only one in a hundred can actually execute it.
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HallucinationGrowervip
· 12-07 07:36
This theory looks good after reading it, but I bet five bucks that 99% of the people who finish reading it will still lose money as usual.
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ParallelChainMaxivip
· 12-07 07:28
It’s the same old story: we all understand the reasoning, but when it comes down to it, we still can’t resist going all-in at critical moments. It’s truly easier said than done.
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LeverageAddictvip
· 12-07 07:27
To be honest, I've suffered the most from stop-losses... Looking at this now, I realize how inexperienced I was; it took me years of tuition fees to finally understand these things. --- That part about frequent trading really hits home. Seriously, the fees eat up much more profit than you'd expect. --- Forcing trades on things I don't understand—that was totally me last year... Missing out hurts, but getting liquidated is truly terrifying. --- Every time I go all-in, I just want to take a big shot, but the result is... forget it, let's not talk about it. --- No matter how many principles you know, if you can't execute, it's all useless. This is the harshest truth in crypto. --- I've heard the theory of making money slowly so many times, but there are very few who actually do it—including me. --- One heavy position was enough. Now I stick to light positions no matter what. Although I earn slowly, at least I'm still in the game.
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