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I found that I can't hold onto spot positions, and contracts are easily liquidated. To be honest, it's not the market trapping me, but my positions being too reckless. Here's a straightforward piece of advice: treat the "money you can sleep peacefully with" as your principal, and consider the rest as nonexistent. Don't buy all your spot holdings at once; buy gradually in several installments. When it rises, take some profit at the stop-loss line, like turning a faucet—don't open it fully nor turn it off completely. Contracts are even simpler: only take the small amount you're okay losing completely, using it as a safety belt, not as the steering wheel. Recently, the testnet incentives, points, and mainnet token releases have started causing noise again. I'll also go and grab a few, but just like queuing for a tasting, don't treat it as a main meal, and don't raise your positions to the sky just because of these expectations. Calmly exiting the market is really refreshing, at least it’s not embarrassing.