In the contract market, nine out of ten people who get liquidated don’t actually lose to the market—they lose to game rules they never bothered to understand.

I've seen this happen way too often: the platform labels it as "5x leverage," you have $10,000 sitting in your account, and then you accidentally open a $30,000 position with a single slip of the hand. Is that really 5x? No, that's dancing on a knife's edge with dozens of times leverage! If the market so much as hiccups, your account goes straight to zero—not even giving you time to react.

So, how do the real pros operate?

They believe in one iron rule: with contracts, it's never about luck. It's about whether you can control your risk.

The moment you get liquidated is exactly when someone else starts to harvest profits.

The rhythm of pros and retail traders isn't even on the same channel—

Pros spend 70% of their time watching and waiting, like an old fisherman sitting patiently on the shore, only striking when the big fish bites, going for the kill in one move. Ordinary people? They want nothing more than to watch the market 24/7 and constantly place trades—the busier they are, the more they lose, and all their money ends up as exchange fees.

Want to survive in this market? The key comes down to two words: self-restraint.

When everyone else is panicking, you stay calm. When everyone else is getting greedy, you stick to your bottom line. Cap your single-trade losses at under 5%. When profits come, don’t rush to pocket them—let your profits run. That’s the rule for long-term survival.

Some say contracts are just gambling? That’s only half true.

Gamblers are those who go all-in with blind leverage, win a couple of times by luck, and get cocky; true pros rely on iron discipline and a probabilistic edge—that’s how they achieve consistent results.

If you blindly charge ahead solo, you’ll crash sooner or later; find the right direction and pace, and you’ll go much farther.