Many people ask why their contracts are always losing. The answer is simple—you're not taking the risks seriously and keep fooling yourself.

Losing every day, yet you can't resist opening new positions. Knowing full well that holding on will lead to bankruptcy, but you just can't bring yourself to cut losses. At this point, you blame the market or the trend, but you've never really thought about what you're actually playing.

**The Truth About Leverage**

You were promised 5x leverage, but what are you really playing with? Suppose your account has 10,000 USDT. You think you'll only lose 500 USDT at most, and you feel that's safe. But as soon as you open a position, you risk 25,000 USDT. What does that mean? Just a 2% move against you, and your entire capital is gone.

On the surface, it’s 5x leverage, but in reality, the error margin you leave yourself is equivalent to the risk threshold of 50x leverage. Don’t blame the platform for not telling you the truth; they never will proactively clarify it. You think you're safe, but a slight market shake can turn you into the easiest target for liquidation.

**What Do Profitable Traders Do?**

Traders with stable profits aren’t placing orders every day. Instead, they spend 70% of their time observing and waiting, only making a move when the situation is clear. When they do trade, they have a clear direction, reasonable position sizes, and defined stop-loss points, ensuring quick profits.

Look at how most losers operate—losing more and trying to add to their positions, panicking and opening random orders, trading more frequently and losing even faster. That’s not trading; that’s working for the exchange for free.

**Survival Comes Down to Two Words**

Discipline.

When others are FOMO-ing, you stay calm and observe. When others are greedy, you remain cautious and stay put. Set a hard stop-loss at no more than 7% of your account, no exceptions. When you catch the right trend, let the profits run, and don’t rush to close positions to lock in gains.

Liquidation is never the market’s fault; it’s because you can’t control yourself.

**Mindset Determines Life or Death**

Treating contracts like gambling leads to the fastest ruin. Blindly over-leveraging, trading on gut feelings, chasing every upward move—these are all gambler’s behaviors. To survive in contracts, you need discipline, probability calculations, and execution skills.

In fact, the opportunity to turn things around has always been there—it's just a matter of whether you still have enough capital to wait for that moment.