2026-01-12 08:22:26

Why are most people losing money in the contract market?

Traders gradually discover this strange pattern——

Once you set a stop-loss, the market will precisely come and hit you. If you don't set one, you'll find yourself stuck oscillating near the liquidation line, as if being watched.

But this isn't a matter of luck. Frankly, it's a matter of cognition going astray.

You think you're fighting the market, but in reality, you're playing a game with a set of rules that are extremely unfavorable to yourself. The size of your position, how much leverage you use, where your liquidation price is—these data are essentially transparent. There’s no concealment.

And then a situation like this occurs——

When you're profitable, it's a mosquito bite market; when you're losing money, it's a fatal blow.

Making ten or twenty profits makes you feel on top of the world. But just one misjudgment can wipe out all the hard-earned gains.

This is why most people fall into long-term losses in this market. It's not that they can't understand market trends; the real root cause is——your profit and loss structure has been unbalanced from the moment you entered.

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ZeroRushCaptain

· 01-12 08:52

I'll just say it, setting stop-losses gets hit, not setting them leads to liquidation, it's a lose-lose situation no matter how you play... The real contrarian indicator is yourself. Damn it, earning peanuts and losing everything, this game rules are just cheap. Position transparency so high that people are watching you like a hawk, and our team has never won, haha. Honestly, from the moment you enter, the imbalance is already doomed, who to blame? Blame yourself. Winning ten or twenty times makes you think you're on a roll, but then one loss wipes it all out, this is what it means to be locked out by the contrarian indicator on the battlefield.

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GasFeeVictim

· 01-12 08:51

Really, no one can escape the transparency of positions; the market is just hunting for stop-losses.

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CompoundPersonality

· 01-12 08:36

That’s so heartbreaking, it’s exactly me haha --- Stop-loss always gets hit through, not stopping loss just waits for liquidation, this game has been a trap from the start --- Ultimately, it’s about poor mindset and position management. I’ve also experienced this sense of helplessness --- Got it, got it. Making money feels like a mosquito’s leg, losing money is just gone --- So the higher the leverage, the easier it is to be liquidated. This is the cruel truth of the market --- It looks very right, but actually changing this set of rules is even harder than winning the lottery --- A big loss can wipe out all previous efforts, which is why there are so many rookies --- It sounds like the market maker is watching my position --- In fact, many people haven’t even calculated their win rate. blindly adding to positions is a dead end --- Profit and loss are not symmetrical, that’s the real killer

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SorryRugPulled

· 01-12 08:26

Stop-loss was set but got hit; not setting it led to liquidation. This game has been a trap from the start. Really, transparent data has been watched to death, earning tiny gains while losing big money. Structural imbalance is a dead end. To be honest, it's not that I don't understand; the gameplay itself is inherently unequal. One mistake and it's all gone. All the hard work is for nothing. This is the real nightmare. Lack of proper understanding means being harvested for profit here. It's a bit hopeless.

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