$BTC ‌$AKE ‌The last 2,300 yuan— I put in 2,000. The outcome was exactly what everyone would expect: it went to zero. I’m a contract trading newbie. During the time I was at home after I quit, I kept using a demo account to play. I’ve experienced countless times of going to zero. Every day, I had to reset it—sometimes several times. I repeated this back-and-forth cycle for more than a month. Then, at the beginning of the month, I spent two days taking the demo account’s 60,000 up to 1,000,000. In that moment, I smugly thought I’d “figured it out.”

On the 15th, I received my last month’s salary—5600 yuan in total. I split it into two parts: 2600 as my day-to-day expenses while I go work at the factory next, and 3000 as my original trading capital. At 7 p.m., the salary hit my account. At 7:30, after I ate, I couldn’t wait and deposited 3000. After trading for the whole night, somehow, without even realizing what happened, it was gone.

The next day, I got stuck in indecision—should I deposit another 2000? I was coming up with excuses for myself. The first time, I definitely hadn’t been in the right state while trading on the demo account, and I had no real trading experience. This time, I definitely could. Even if I only profited 200 per day, I’d withdraw 100, and then the days ahead wouldn’t have to be so tight. That’s how I talked myself into it. I didn’t even make many trades, and the account was left with only 280 yuan. At that moment, my whole head was blank. Lying on my bed, staring at the ceiling, I watched for a few minutes, then decided to go all-in. I didn’t set a stop loss—I handed it over to fate. Unexpectedly, I got a 130% gain, doubling it. After taking profit, I opened another trade—over 80% gains. This time, Lady Luck actually stood on my side.

I knew it was luck. After cooling down, I somehow found the feeling I used to have when playing the demo account again. I stepped into my own trading “operating system”—and almost every single trade I made ended with taking profit. After a nightlong battle, by 9 a.m. the next morning, my principal had reached 4800 yuan—exactly 20 times. I admit, at that moment, I got carried away. And heaven will punish every arrogant person. Because of my conceit, my inner arrogance, a single trade severely went off-track. From that point on, my funds went through a drawdown of 30%. From this moment, everything changed—going to zero, that was the end.