From Getting Liquidated on Contracts to Owning 0.01 Shares of NVDA, I Quit “The Gambling Instinct”

Honestly, I used to be a typical “gambling addict” in the crypto world. After getting used to 20x leverage, I couldn’t sleep unless I checked the liquidation line every day. At my brightest moment, my account went from 300U to 20,000U—then with a single needle, it was all gone. After getting liquidated three times in a row, I was completely done.

On the night of June 2, as usual I was scrolling through Gate’s Square. I saw someone saying you could directly buy US stocks with USDT. My first reaction was: isn’t this just hype? Later, when I clicked into the trading interface, I was like—wow, you really can buy them, and they’re real stocks, not contracts, not a difference contract.

I hesitated for half an hour. Before, liquidation left a shadow on me. Whenever I saw the “Buy” button, my hands would shake. Later, I thought: if I can trade contracts, what is there to be afraid of in buying real US stocks? So I tried buying 0.01 shares of NVDA, a market order, filled at 225.67. There were still dozens of USDT in my account at the time, but I didn’t dare to buy more—not because I didn’t have money, but because of that psychological shadow.

After I bought, I stared at that position for ten minutes. Market value was 2.25U, floating profit/loss was -0.003U. I laughed. In the past, contract fluctuations could swing hundreds of U in a second; now I was getting tense over three cents. But the feeling was different: I knew NVDA wouldn’t go to zero overnight. It wouldn’t “stab you” and it wouldn’t just pull the plug. That kind of certainty—crypto couldn’t give me.

Around a little past 2 a.m., I got restless again and wanted to buy a bit more of something else. I saw PURR at 10.69 and also bought 0.01 shares. No other reason—just that the name looked pleasing. Looking back now, this trade wasn’t really investment at all; it was just “satisfying a craving.” But it was these two 0.01-share buys that made me feel, for the first time: turns out trading doesn’t have to be a fight with blades.

The next morning when I woke up, the first thing I did wasn’t to check the liquidation line. I opened Gate and took a look at NVDA’s pre-market price. It was 225.35, a slight dip. I actually didn’t think about topping up or cutting losses—I went to make a cup of coffee. This was impossible before. In the crypto environment, if you don’t watch the market, your position is gone.

My current total account value is 2.35U, unrealized profit/loss is 0.00 (because the amount of fluctuation is so small that it displays as 0). But I’m pretty satisfied. Because I finally managed, at an extremely small cost, to quit the habit of “having to gamble at high frequency.” Next, I plan to dollar-cost average 5U of NVDA every week, no matter whether the price is high or low—just treating it like saving money. For me, the biggest meaning of this feature on Gate isn’t “buying US stocks,” but helping me relearn “holding.”

If you’re also someone who came from the crypto world and got tortured by contracts, I honestly suggest you try buying 0.01 shares of NVDA. Not because it lets you make how much money, but because it will teach you one thing: some assets are worth slowing your breathing down for.

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