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#我的Gate交易时刻 Today I want to talk about my first experience trading contracts—how exciting and happy it was, because I was making money and learning new skills.
Also, because I’m using a demo trading experience to do this, it helps me learn the techniques—how to predict where the market might go, and how to trade. However, there were many times when I was already in profit at first, but I didn’t follow the take-profit, so I ended up turning a winning situation into a losing one. That’s why take-profit is extremely important—because it’s how you can make money. So setting take-profit is very important.
Speaking of opening contracts, you really can’t just open them recklessly, because you could end up losing money and getting triggered for a sudden margin liquidation risk. You should think twice before you act. These are my reflections from starting to trade contracts with a demo account. And also, make sure you look things over clearly—so you can not only avoid losses, but also potentially earn more money.