Yesterday, a friend told me about his experience: he made 40,000 yuan from 1,500 yuan in a contract, and he was extremely excited. But less than a month later, all the money was gone, and he even owed his friend some. After hearing this story, I started thinking—making quick money through contracts is essentially trading your principal and mindset for poison.

There is a very painful truth behind this—short-term profits are mostly luck, and long-term losses are inevitable. Many people fall into contracts because they treat one or two wins as their skill. Think about it: it's like winning the lottery and then genuinely believing you've figured out the winning pattern, so you throw money wildly, only to end up losing everything. The market situation in crypto is similar—when there's a rally, it might just be large funds pushing the price up. If you follow the trend and make money, it seems like you have sharp insight, but in reality, you just happened to be riding the wave of capital flow.

So how can you tell if you're gambling? The simplest way is to look at your decision-making basis. If your trading reasons are "I feel it will go up" or "I think it will bounce back," these are subjective guesses, and that's basically gambling. How should genuine investing be done? First, understand the market trend clearly, then analyze the coin from dimensions like trading volume, moving averages, and fundamentals, and finally, strictly control your position size. Don't rely on feelings; let the data speak.

If you're still struggling in the contract swamp, my only advice is: stop dreaming. The market won't change direction because you're unwilling to accept losses, and the money lost won't come back. Instead of doing that, focus on learning—truly understanding how the market operates—so that when the next opportunity comes, you won't make the same mistakes.