I opened the app today and was surprised to find myself on the contract profit leaderboard—ranked 32nd over the past three days. Honestly, it feels a bit unreal.

I used to be one of those “learning type” players who checked the leaderboard every day, studying the top traders to see how they opened positions and took profits. Unfortunately, many people would switch their real trading to private, so I’d have to quietly move on to the next one, reviewing their strategies on my own. I never expected that one day my own name would show up here.

But thinking calmly, I realize that making the leaderboard this time is probably because the market is so bad. It’s like the saying in the A-shares market—in a bear market, as long as you don’t lose money, you’ll outperform 90% of people. If this were a bull market, my small profits wouldn’t even be worth mentioning.

So, a sincere reminder to everyone: always be cautious—protecting your principal is more important than anything. I’ve saved a screenshot of making the leaderboard as a reminder to myself—don’t get cocky.

Now I’ve set a cooldown period on my contract account. Next time I play around with contracts, I’ll probably just use a few hundred or a thousand USDT for some small trades. The main funds will wait for the bottom of the bear market. I’m spending much less time watching the charts these days. Occasionally, muscle memory makes me open the trading platform and take a peek, but I can’t really see any clear trends.

Right now, I’m personally bullish on ETH and feel it could push up to the 3600-3700 range. I’ll observe for a while—3700-3800 might be a decent shorting spot. Of course, I’m just saying this casually, so take it with a grain of salt. Don’t blame me if I’m wrong, and don’t hype me up if I’m right.

Wishing all my friends wealth and steady profits.