People who have been trading derivatives for years often find it extremely difficult to truly break free — the challenge isn't technological, but psychological.

I've heard too many similar stories: starting with 1500 yuan, growing it into tens of thousands in just two days. In that moment, it's easy to fall into a cognitive trap — mistaking luck in the market for personal skill. Confidence soars, but risk awareness drops sharply. Heavy positions, leverage, going all-in — accounts are wiped out in no time, returning to square one.

But the real issue isn't losing money itself; it's how the psychology is reshaped.

Staying up every night until dawn, saying you’ll quit derivatives, yet whenever the K-line moves, you rush into the market. Because derivatives are fundamentally about speed and excitement, not investment logic. High leverage amplifies every emotional fluctuation; doubling or halving within hours is commonplace. This extreme feedback mechanism sends a false signal to the brain: there’s a shortcut here.

Compared to the slow rhythm of the stock market, crypto derivatives are like injected with adrenaline. Once you taste this thrill, you keep hypnotizing yourself: one more try, I can turn things around. But the reality is cruel — most people don’t reverse their fortunes; they get continually liquidated until both principal and morale are wiped out.

The most terrifying part of derivatives isn't greed itself, but how it destroys a normal sense of time. It’s like living several months in a hyper-realistic dream, only to wake up and find the cost has already been settled. By then, it’s too late to quit, because the nerves have been tuned to a different frequency.