How 100x Leverage Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know
I learned the hard way. Leverage doesn’t just multiply your position—it magnifies your illusion of control. I used to believe I could outsmart the markets. Twenty, fifty, even a hundred times leverage? I called it confidence. Reality called it something else: liquidation, fast and brutal. One candle the wrong way, and it was gone—my capital, my plan, my illusion of mastery.
I wasn’t trading. I was chasing a lottery ticket. It took me a long time to admit that. The exchanges know this. They don’t have to trick you—they just hand you the gun and let you pull the trigger. Futures platforms aren’t battlegrounds. They’re pressure cookers designed to test how fast your emotions can implode. And they know most retail traders walk in with hope and walk out with less than nothing.
Now? I don’t rage-quit. I don’t rage-anything. I spot-buy Bitcoin, cold-store it, and walk away. Futures? I only use risk-free vouchers—let the platform bankroll the lesson. If I’m going to test myself, it won’t be with my own capital on the line. I’ve already learned that price.
Because this market doesn’t reward boldness. It rewards precision. And every over-leveraged trade is just another way to write your own exit.
