Trading futures, the biggest fear is liquidation. Everyone knows this, but very few traders actually survive. I have interacted with thousands of crypto traders, and most of them fail because they have no idea how much leverage they should open.

**Two Basic Futures Strategies**

Trading futures basically boils down to two paths. One is medium to long-term positions— in this case, use large positions with small leverage, 5x or 10x is enough. The second is intraday short-term trading— which requires more precise operations.

But regardless of the approach, the core logic boils down to four words: isolated margin, leverage, position size, stop loss. All are indispensable.

**The Key is How to Open Leverage Without Getting Liquidated**

This is where many people get confused. It’s not that opening more leverage will definitely lead to liquidation; the key is the distance between your opening price and the liquidation price.

For the largest coin, BTC, you can open up to 50x. But the prerequisite is that your opening price is about 2000 away from the liquidation price. This makes it relatively safe.

ETH can also go up to 50x, with a safe distance of about 80 dollars.

For medium-cap coins like SOL, 30x is more stable, with the liquidation price difference controlled within 5 dollars.

BNB is also 30x, with a liquidation price difference of 40 to 50.

For other small coins, don’t be greedy; 20x is the ceiling.

**Experience Gained Over Time**

These numbers are not pulled out of thin air. Seven years of trading, tens of thousands of operations, monitoring every night, summarized bit by bit. Because I strictly follow this logic, my account grew from less than $3,000 to its current size.

From October to November alone, I earned over 1.4 million just from futures. It sounds incredible, but it’s based on zero liquidation. If you don’t get liquidated, time is giving you compound interest.

Many people ask me what my secret to crypto trading is. I say it’s the dumbest method, but also the most effective. Don’t be greedy, don’t chase the wind, follow the rules. Proper risk management naturally increases your win rate.

A junior trader learned this logic from me, and now his monthly income is stably in the millions. He also experienced several major shocks but never got liquidated. This method sounds simple, but executing it requires extremely strong self-discipline—most people fail at the word “restraint.”

In the crypto world, survival depends not on how advanced your skills are, but on whether you can continuously execute a feasible methodology.