Is Trading Just a Fancy Way to Lose Slowly?
I used to think I could outsmart the system. Hours poured into charts, signals, backtests—I was convinced mastery was just one trade away. But no matter how refined the strategy, how disciplined the risk, the result was always the same: erosion. Not just of capital—but confidence, time, and sanity.
Then I saw it. The exchange was never a neutral playing field. It was the game. Every candle, every spread, every liquidation wick—meticulously engineered. It wasn’t volatility; it was design. Exchanges thrive not when traders win, but when traders churn. They don’t care who wins—they care that you keep pressing the button. Liquidity? That’s just a euphemism for bait. Leverage? A loaded gun with your finger taped to the trigger.
And I realized: you can’t win a race where the finish line moves the moment you get close. The house isn’t playing against you—it built the rules, controls the field, and sells you the illusion of a fair shot.
Crypto trading isn’t a career. It’s an extraction process—with you as the fuel.
