The Truth About the Contract Market: Staying Alive Is the Biggest Winner

Countless people enter the contract market, but only a few stick around.

Every day, someone rushes in with the illusion that "this wave is a guaranteed profit," only to almost always exit in a state of liquidation. This is not news; it's everyday life. The most ironic part is that after being lessons learned once, twice, or even countless times by the market, some still believe they can turn things around with the next trade.

Liquidation itself is not surprising; what's surprising is that people never reflect. Most losers simply don't understand what they are playing.

**The Trap of Leverage**

Platforms advertise 5x, 10x leverage, and many people just copy that blindly. Little do they know, this is a huge trap. With only 10,000 USDT in the account, risking a few hundred dollars, they open a position worth 30,000 USDT. On the surface, it’s 5x leverage, but the actual risk could be dozens of times higher. When the market moves, liquidation happens in an instant. In this way, they are harvested by the market and become ATM machines for the whales.

Truly profitable traders think completely differently. They don’t see contracts as gambling but as risk management tools. Where does the profit come from? It’s from the chips left behind when others get liquidated.

**The Rhythm of Experts**

Watching professional traders, 70% of their time is spent waiting. Waiting for what? Waiting for that perfect opportunity. Once the opportunity arrives, they act decisively, take precise profits, and then walk away. And most people? They can’t sit still, trading every day. The busier they are, the more they lose, ultimately working for the platform their whole lives.

**Restraint Is the Moat**

To survive long in this market, one word: discipline.

Resist the impulse to operate impulsively. When others panic, stay calm; when others are greedily chasing, hit the brakes. Set a hard stop-loss, limiting single trade losses to no more than 5% of the account. That’s the baseline. Conversely, be willing to let profits run; don’t rush to lock in small gains. Let your money grow fully.

Many people get it wrong: they take small profits and run, but only cut losses after they become big. The result? Several small profits can’t compare to one big loss.

**Mirror and Casino**

The contract market is like a mirror, reflecting each person’s nature. Greedy, fearful, impatient, disciplined—results vary greatly. Treat it as a casino, and you’ll die in the casino; treat it as a risk management stage, and you can survive longer.

The market shows no mercy for out-of-control emotions, nor does it favor the lucky. It ruthlessly eliminates those without discipline, driven by desire, trapping them deeper and deeper in a cycle of losses.

**Endgame Thinking**

In the contract market, those who last the longest are never the ones who make the fastest money. Those who profit quickly often die just as fast. The real winners are the ones who survive the longest—because with enough time, compound interest can show its true power.

A simple principle: staying alive is already winning.