🧵 125x. $15. 3 seconds.

Luna had crashed. The market was blood red. I was looking at the ETH chart and telling myself:

"This is the bottom. It will turn around from here."

ETH was at $1,200.
I opened a 125x long position.
I had $15. My courage was limitless.

Gate warned me.
I ignored the warning.

1,185.

A tiny candle.
3 seconds.
Zero.

And I... laughed.

Because deep down I already knew.

That trade didn't destroy me.
But it showed one thing very clearly:

At that moment, I was thinking like a gambler, not an investor.

The bottom reversal theory might have been correct.
But with 125x leverage, "maybe" doesn't allow for that.

I didn't touch the 6-month futures contract.

Only the spot contract. Just DCA. Just patience.

A little ETH every month. Regardless of the price. Without panicking.

Those 6 months taught me something no YouTube video could ever teach me:

Staying in the market comes before winning.

Today I use futures — but not 125x, 3x.
Not for speculation, but for hedging.

To protect positions.
To sleep.

The market didn't punish me.

It educated me.

And the best lesson was hidden in that 3-second zero you're laughing at.

Do you have a moment where the market taught you something? Tell us in the comments. 👇

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