Don’t blame the market or the “market maker” for liquidation—an unreasonable position was always destined to end in losses.

Liquidation isn’t something to keep blaming on a “targeted” market move or a “harvesting” market maker. In reality, from the moment you opened your position, the final outcome was already written.
Many people, after losing their entire account, immediately react by complaining about the market, thinking the price action is specifically targeting them. But if you look back at your position records, you’ll see the tragedy had clear warnings—there was nothing accidental. With a $3,000 account, they put $2,000 into the trade and open orders. On the surface, they always say they’re using light-position risk control, but in practice they pile on a heavy position combined with high leverage. Before placing orders, they never plan a stop-loss. Their eyes only focus on the upside of doubling, completely ignoring the risk of move against them.
Once the market moves even slightly in the opposite direction, the mindset collapses instantly. Even though the price action has broken their expectations, they won’t leave in time. They keep comforting themselves that it’s just a short-term pullback and will hard-hold until a rebound brings them back to break-even. Losses that start small get dragged out and grow bigger. As the position pressure keeps increasing, they end up deeply trapped, with no room left to salvage—so they can only passively wait for liquidation.
Losing money on futures isn’t the scary part. What’s scary is repeated losses, yet still being unable to find the root cause. In a heavy-position state, people’s emotions are extremely easily influenced by the order book and price movement. Even tiny up-and-down fluctuations can throw off judgment. Every action is driven by subjective assumptions, not real rational trading. Even if you happen to catch a profit streak in the short term, as long as you don’t change the bad habit of heavy positions, a single pullback can make you give all the gains back.
When I trade with students, I impose strict requirements: before placing an order, you must think through three things—how much loss you can accept at most for this trade, how much remaining usable capital you have in your account, and whether you’ll still have room to maneuver after losses. If you can’t figure these out clearly, opening the position is strictly forbidden.
To keep trading for the long term, it’s never about catching a few big pumps. It’s about first defending your risk bottom line. Only by controlling your position sizing and stabilizing your mindset can you continuously seize opportunities in the market. #Gate现货增速全球第一 $BTC ‌