Many people treat contracts as a "luck-based" game, but those who truly survive inside have basically paid more than once in tuition.

Brother Mao was like that at first too; a few successful trades made him think he understood everything, even starting to leverage and enlarge his positions.
At that time, it wasn’t trading, it was gambling.
Until one time, the market moved against him, and his account was wiped out.
That moment, he finally understood: it’s not that the market is ruthless, but that he was too reckless.
Later, he gradually realized that with contracts, the essence isn’t how much you can earn, but how many times you can survive without dying.
As long as you don’t die, there’s still a chance; once you blow up with a heavy position, everything you did before is wasted.
The real change starts with “consolidation.”
Reduce your position sizes, no longer think one trade can turn everything around;
Set stop-losses in advance, leaving no room for last-minute regrets;
If the market isn’t clear, don’t trade—better to stay flat than force a trade.
At first, it may seem like there are fewer opportunities, but over time, you’ll notice losses slow down significantly, and that in itself is an advantage.
Many people are stuck in a misconception: always thinking about how to earn a little more, but never studying how to lose less.
In contracts, those who can survive long-term are often the ones who minimize losses to the extreme.
If you’re still placing trades based on feelings, thinking that profits are due to skill and losses are due to the market, you’re probably still a beginner.
The market won’t go soft just because you don’t understand; it will teach you repeatedly through the results.
When one day you start accepting that “you might be wrong,” and are willing to use rules to constrain yourself instead of emotional trading, you’ll have truly reached the threshold.
Contracts don’t require extraordinary talent; you just need to stop messing around.
Surviving itself is a victory.