Many people in the crypto circle are pondering indicators—MACD, chart patterns, memorizing them all by heart. Yet, when they add leverage, they still get liquidated. They blame "poor technical skills," but never ask themselves: were those U's really blown in by the wind?

Honestly, the trades that shrink your account the most are mostly due to mindset issues.

Back in my youth, I was a big believer in technical indicators, studying golden crosses and death crosses every day. But when the market suddenly plunged, I was baffled. Selling at the bottom, chasing the top, taking quick profits after a couple of points—missing out on the big moves that followed. Then, I’d hold on through losses, hoping "a correction will save me." Opening trades frequently, paying hefty fees, yet my account kept getting thinner.

Recently, a fan came to me saying he had been staring at BTC daily charts for three days and nights. Seeing a big bullish candle, he got excited and opened a 5x leverage position. During the midnight crash, the market plummeted, and he got liquidated—most of his capital gone. He asked me if there was a better indicator to save him.

I didn’t recommend any new indicators. I told him to stop trading first and focus on steadying his mind.

How to do that? Very simple—look at the market at three fixed times each day: 8 a.m., 12 p.m., and 8 p.m. Just these three times. Don’t touch your positions unless the price hits your preset entry points. Set take-profit and stop-loss orders in advance; no matter how tempting the market looks—bullish or bearish—don’t manually change your orders.

After two weeks, he told me he hadn’t been liquidated again. Instead, two planned trades saved his account from further damage. The best part was, he said, "Finally, I don’t need to set an alarm at midnight anymore. I can sleep peacefully every night."

That’s the difference. The market is always there; it runs 24 hours but can’t be completely watched all the time. Those rushing to enter tend to step into traps.

This is how I do it now—check the market once a day, act only when signals are clear, and never risk more than 20% of your position on a single trade. When others flaunt screenshots of overnight doubles, I just ignore it and stick to my rhythm.

In the end, futures trading isn’t about who studies more indicators or whose model is more complicated; it’s about who can keep a steady mind. Think about your most painful liquidation—was it really due to poor technical skills? Most of the time, it’s impatience, greed, or just being unable to handle the volatility and closing the position early.

Every trade should be based on solid reasoning—don’t guess blindly. The key to finding your rhythm is to set a set of rules for yourself and stick to them firmly. It’s not about guaranteed profits, but about surviving longer and having more opportunities to catch true opportunities.