Let me share a truth most traders won't admit out loud.

I was once the person who believed futures trading was the fast lane to fortune.

I’d see screenshots — 200%, 300% gains — and think, “Why not me?”

Then came my first trade: +70% profit.

Just like that, I was hooked.

The voice in my head whispered,

"Do this 10 times and you’ll be a millionaire."

I believed it. I chased it.

But the market doesn’t reward greed.

Trade two? A red candle of loss.

Trade three? Liquidation.

By the time reality hit, all I had left in my account were digital scraps.

Not even enough to open a proper position.

I sat there, frustrated, asking myself:

“I analyze. I study. So why do I still lose?”

And then it hit me like a slap of cold truth:

The issue wasn’t my analysis. It was my mindset.

I lacked discipline.

I lacked patience.

I had zero risk management.

The market punishes three kinds of traders:

The greedy

The impulsive

The followers of noise and hype

It took countless losses to finally realize:

A trade without a stop-loss is gambling.

An entry without a clear exit plan? That’s not strategy — it’s financial suicide.

If you want to survive in this market, don’t treat it like a game.

If you want to profit, first learn how to protect your capital.

Because in this arena, staying in the game is the first victory.