2025-12-12 20:20:37

Honestly, I really dislike how some leading exchanges operate. This time's brutal leverage liquidation method really is unsightly; the way they do it is too ugly. But to be rational, without these trading platforms, it would be a luxury for ordinary people to own high-quality assets like Bitcoin.

After experiencing numerous market fluctuations this year, I gradually understood a principle—if you can't beat them, then just stubbornly follow along with them.

This market is gradually being eaten away by quantitative trading. Just look at the A-shares market: some top quantitative institutions have harvested a great deal of wealth from retail investors, but at least they’ve developed black technologies like open-source AI models, which can be seen as another form of giving back to society.

Most of the people wiped out by quantitative trading are, frankly, gamblers who only do short-term trading with a single-minded focus. If you extend the time frame, truly high-quality assets will tend to rise in the long term with increased liquidity and issuance. Losing money in high-frequency short-term trading and getting liquidated on leveraged contracts? That’s just their own fault; no one to blame but themselves.

High-frequency trading is a tool designed for the exceptionally intelligent, mentally tough, and highly disciplined. These people are once-in-a-million or even once-in-a-ten-million-level monsters. The vast majority of retail investors simply don’t operate on that level. As for leverage? That’s even more for the immortals to play with.

But on the other hand, without these emotional market players, short-term speculators, and leveraged liquidations filling the scene, this market would have already suffocated or collapsed in a spiral. So, from a certain perspective, we should thank them for providing liquidity to this ecosystem.

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DeFiGrayling

· 2025-12-14 19:06

Haha, sticking stubbornly and playing along with them is hilarious. That's exactly how I do it. Really, the short-term traders are just giving money to institutions. Wake up, everyone. Extending the cycle is the right way; isn't it more comfortable to hold coins and sleep? By the way, without these big fools, the market would have cooled down long ago. Haha. Leverage is really for gods to play with; retail investors should not be so clever. Exchanges have a bad attitude, but without them, we can't even buy tickets. That's the reality. Those who make money from short-term trading are one in a million monsters. We should just be honest and do long-term investing. The group of people who are cleared of leverage, frankly, have a gambler's mentality. No one to blame.

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GigaBrainAnon

· 2025-12-14 04:54

To be honest, exchanges are just cutting leeks, we all know that. Follow the big institutions, don't think you can make quick money on your own. Face reality. Short-term trading strategies aren't suitable for ordinary people at all. Stop messing around. Without these cannon fodder to support the market, we wouldn't even have a chance to enter. Holding coins long-term and leverage are things better left for those crazy guys to play with.

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GateUser-5854de8b

· 2025-12-12 20:45

Uh... this logic is a bit tangled. Is it gratitude or sarcasm?

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SillyWhale

· 2025-12-12 20:45

The whole leverage thing really makes me want to vomit, but on the other hand, retail investors should reflect on themselves. --- Following the big players is better than blindly messing around on your own. --- Those who are stubborn and do short-term trading deserve it; extending the cycle is the right way. --- Leveraged liquidation is your own fault for being careless; the platform can't be blamed. --- Without these cannon fodder gamblers providing liquidity, the market would have died long ago. --- Quantitative chopping of leeks is a reality; if you're cut, just accept it. --- If you can't beat them, then follow them and make money. --- Short-term trading is a game of life and death; wake up, everyone.

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GasFeeBarbecue

· 2025-12-12 20:36

Clinging shamelessly to big players—that's the way to survive.

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rug_connoisseur

· 2025-12-12 20:34

It's real now; if you don't join, you'll die. --- The liquidity provided by liquidation victims is indeed fragrant. --- You're absolutely right; short-term gamblers deserve to be cleansed. Who's to blame? --- Quantitative eating meat, we drink soup; it's better than having nothing at all. --- That's the law of the jungle—survival of the fittest. --- The key is long-term holding; the short-term tactics have long been eliminated. --- Without those bagholders, where would the gains come from? Thank you all. --- It's better to go with the flow than to resist; I've seen through it long ago. --- Leverage liquidations are purely deserved; there's nothing to pity. --- Exchanges with ugly manners? But can we avoid it? --- Those wiped out by quantification are just amateur short-term traders; can't blame the platform. --- Only gods play with leverage; we should honestly focus on real assets. --- Liquidity providers, invisible contributors to society, haha.

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PhantomHunter

· 2025-12-12 20:34

Uh... That makes sense, but I still feel uneasy inside. Relying on big players shamelessly and following them, it's easy to say, but in reality, it's still easy to get caught and lose money. Short-term gamblers deserve it? I can't quite accept that logic; after all, some people set up these traps to trap others. People getting liquidated are indeed stupid, but what's even more stupid is that we should thank them? That’s backwards. If following quantitative strategies can make money, then why are so many people still losing everything? I've been hearing the long-term holding argument for a year, but that small amount of BTC in my hands has already shrunk significantly.

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