Most traders underestimate the psychological toll that perps inflict on retail players. The worst-case liquidations hit exactly when you're most vulnerable. Exchanges lock up. Funding rates flip overnight. And suddenly you're questioning every decision you make.

This kind of repeated trauma rewires how you approach the market—you stop trusting your own judgment. What if there's a simpler way? Some platforms are starting to rethink this. By letting you take losses on your own terms, without the shame spiral, they're changing what loss actually feels like. It's not revolutionary, but it matters.