At 2 AM, liquidation texts come like a death notice; 180,000 U of principal is left with only 832U.
The exchange's pop-up flashes 'BTC drops below 45,000, with 3.7 billion liquidated across the network,' while your stop-loss order is still lying in the 'pending trigger' list.
The most heartbreaking truth in the crypto world: you are not losing to the market makers; you are losing to your own 'over-trading' and 'greed.'
Leverage is a double-edged sword; opening positions recklessly is like committing suicide with a gun. Newbies believe in 'becoming rich with leverage' but do not understand: under 100x leverage, a 1% fluctuation can cause a fully invested trader to die instantly.
A real tragedy: a retail trader used 50x leverage to chase SOL, the price dropped by 2%, and he was liquidated, losing 8 years of savings in smoke — leverage is not an accelerator; it's the 'suicide switch' for retail investors. Those who stubbornly hold until zero all believed in the 'rebound myth.' On-chain data reveals a cruel reality: 99% of liquidated traders still choose to hold on when their unrealized losses exceed 15%.
Old veteran's advice: if a single loss exceeds 2%, immediately cut losses — a wolf that severs its tail to survive can live, while a sheep that stubbornly holds will only be gnawed to the bone by the market makers. Those who run after making small profits are always working for the market makers.
Retail trader's operation: cash out after making 5%, hold on after losing 30%, ultimately 'profits from ten trades are wiped out by one.'
Expert gameplay:
First, use 10% of the principal to test, after making 20%, use the profits to increase the position by 50%;
Like rolling a snowball, the ruthless person who rolls from 100,000 to 1 million in 3 months relies on 'profits as bullets, discipline as a gunstock.'
The 'line of life and death' for professional players is more deadly than K-line.
Remember this anti-explosion warehouse iron law:
Max position = principal × 1% ÷ (stop-loss range × leverage)
Example: with a principal of 50,000, setting a 2% stop-loss, using 10x leverage — you can buy at most 2,500U.
Mathematics calculates the survival line; your greed will push you off the cliff.
Stop profit should learn the 'three-step method to cut the market maker's leeks.'
Smart people harvest profits this way:
Make 20%, sell 40% for 'BMW down payment,' let profits land;
If it rises another 20%, sell 40% for 'school district house deposit,' let the remaining 20% be lifted by the market makers;
Broken daily support? Clear the position with one click; don't wait until the market makers crash before begging for mercy.
When a black swan arrives, 0.1% of the principal can save your life.
Last month, ETH plummeted by 30%. Someone spent 200U to buy put options, directly avoiding a loss of 300,000 — hedging is not wasting money; it's buying a 'bulletproof vest' for your account, protecting your life when the bullets fly.
These three self-destructive behaviors are draining your blood.
Overtrading cancer: trading more than 200 times a month, fees consume 30% of the principal, equivalent to giving the exchange 'funeral expenses.'
Greed delusion: making money but not running, fantasizing about 'another 10 times increase'; 85% of people end up losing their principal.
Stubborn belief in faith: firmly believing 'the project team won't let the coin drop'; in the end, the victim list of LUNA and FTX is full of such 'believers.'
Trading is not about gambling on the size; it's about clearly calculating 'how much to lose, how much to earn.'
Remember this money-making formula:
Long-term profit = (winning trade profit × 30%) - (losing trade loss × 70%)
Even with a win rate of only 30%, as long as you 'run after making 10%, cut losses after losing 1%', you will definitely make a profit — the cryptocurrency world is a battlefield of mathematics; those who can't calculate their accounts are destined to be cannon fodder.
Final ultimatum: either control your hands or lose until you cry.
Now open your trading records and see if there are:
Is a single position over 2% of the principal?
Have unrealized losses for over 24 hours and still haven't cut losses?
Did you make money but not take profits according to plan?
The crypto world does not believe in tears, only in discipline.. Starting today, set the 'stop-loss button' as your phone wallpaper, engrave the 'position formula' into your brain — when others are crying in the liquidation group, your account is quietly rolling out the down payment for the first Maybach.
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