A single stop-loss line rewrote two completely different account fates.

I've seen traders turn $20,000 into $200,000 in three months, only to have their account wiped out overnight on a SOL position because they refused to cut losses. People often say the market is cruel, but honestly, the real enemy is that persistence in human nature—always thinking "just a little more, and I can turn it around," not realizing that the market's greatest skill is creating such illusions.

The rules of contract trading are never about who predicts most accurately, but about who can survive longer. The winners may not have the sharpest vision, but they definitely have the strictest risk control.

**My account once was the market's