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Why is it that with the same 5,000 USD, some people make 50k USD in a month, while others lose down to 500 USD in three days?
It's not the market that makes the difference, but whether they treat leverage as a tool or as a gambling table.
Many people think that the higher the leverage, the easier it is to get liquidated.
Actually, that's not true.
What really causes you to get liquidated is never 20x or 50x leverage.
It's when you clearly open a high leverage position but insist on heavy sizing.
Here's a simple example.
Same position size of 5,000 USD.
10x leverage with 500 USD, and 20x leverage with 250 USD, both involve a total of 5,000 USD.
If the market rises by 1%, both sides make roughly the same profit.
But if the market drops by 1%:
With 500 USD at 10x, you only lose 50 USD, which is 10% of your margin.
With 250 USD at 20x, you also lose 50 USD, but that already eats up 20% of your margin.
And then your mindset collapses.
So, many people don’t lose because of the market.
They lose because they don’t know how to allocate their positions.
If you have 10k USD in your account,
and use 1,000 USD at 10x, you can only do it 10 times.
But if you use 500 USD at 20x, you can split it into 20 parts.
The same amount of money, but the latter is more flexible and safer.
Because the true purpose of high leverage isn’t to go all-in.
It’s to trade lightly, multiple positions, and in batches.
If you see the opportunity, add.
If you see it wrong, walk away.
Low leverage is suitable for those who prefer heavy positions and can withstand volatility.
High leverage is suitable for those who prefer light positions and quick entries and exits.
Choose the style that suits you, and use that approach.
Don’t just look at others making a killing with 50x leverage—go ahead and try.
What you see is their winning trade, but you don’t see the ten losing trades they had before.
In trading, at the end, it’s not about who has the bigger guts.
It’s about who is more stable.
Stable positions, stable stop-losses, stable execution.
Brother Mao has seen too many people