2026-01-13 13:23:01

The true test in the crypto world is not who makes the fastest profit, but who can laugh last.

I've seen too many people rush into the perpetual contract market, all dreaming of doubling their money overnight, only to end up leveraging wildly and going all-in with their principal, ultimately losing everything. Those who truly survive rely not on luck or intelligence, but on execution.

Over the years of navigating the market, I’ve summarized four ironclad rules, each learned through losing money:

**Position Size Is Life** — Going all-in is digging your own grave. Properly controlling your position size allows you to have a chance to turn things around even if your judgment is wrong.

**Respect the Trend** — Don’t guess the bottom blindly. As long as the trend isn’t truly broken, keep holding. Don’t try to buy the dip against the trend at any price.

**Take Profit and Cut Losses** — Making money is easy, but protecting it is hard. Set strict stop-loss levels to safeguard your principal, maintain a stable risk-reward ratio, and your account will naturally grow.

**Trade Less, Wait More** — Most beginners lose money because they trade too actively. Trading requires patience; learning to wait is the only way to truly make money.

In simple terms: don’t go all-in, follow the trend, control risks, and trade less. If you can stay steady, wait patiently, and survive long enough, the next opportunity for massive gains will find you.

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MetaMisfit

· 01-14 05:30

After hearing it so many times, there are still people going all-in. Truly amazing.

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MiningDisasterSurvivor

· 01-13 13:50

Listening to this again... In 2018, I thought the same way, but I still got liquidated by a contract explosion. You're right, but how many actually do it? I've been through it all, and in the end, I survived not because of rationality, but just luck + small capital forcing me to be conservative. Those who are fully invested indeed deserve to die, but sometimes being fully invested actually helps you survive longer, because once bankrupt, there's no psychological pressure, it's a stroke of luck. Less action, more patience... I believe in this, but I really can't resist watching the limit-down board drop, brother. If we can still make a profit this round, the next bear market will still wipe everyone out; it's always this cycle.

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PessimisticLayer

· 01-13 13:44

That's so true, I am a painful lesson.

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MissedAirdropBro

· 01-13 13:40

That's right, going all-in is just asking for death. I've seen too many newbies lose everything because of this.

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NFTragedy

· 01-13 13:38

That's right, living longer is the true way to succeed.

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HashRateHermit

· 01-13 13:35

It sounds right, but what I fear most are those who understand these principles but can't put them into practice.

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CryptoCross-TalkClub

· 01-13 13:24

Laughing to death, so true, why am I still holding a full position... --- For perpetual contracts, my nickname is "Fund Cleaning Crew" --- Position is life, this is the insight I gained from four math courses --- Wait, your theory is exactly the same as my words of regret when I lost money, are you trying to kill me a second time? --- Following the trend sounds fine, but the problem is I simply can't predict the trend, bro --- Stopping the endless tinkering is even harder for me than quitting smoking... being impulsive is truly a terminal illness

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