🧃 BEGINNER PHASE: Where Innocence Meets Liquidation
❌ 1. Don’t Confuse Futures With Spot
You’re not buying coins—you’re buying bets on price direction. Futures = leverage, expiry dates (in some cases), and much higher risk. Treat it like a casino with consequences.
❌ 2. Never Trade Before Understanding “Liquidation”
The phrase “100x leverage sounds cool” often precedes financial annihilation. Learn your liquidation price, and assume the market wants to hit it.
❌ 3. Don’t Go In Without a Stop-Loss
No stop-loss = no mercy. Your account can go from $500 to a Netflix documentary subject in one candle. Set stops—hard, logical, unromantic.
❌ 4. Don’t Copy Trade Blindly
Copying a whale's trade without knowing their risk profile is like wearing someone else’s parachute—good luck.
❌ 5. Don’t Ignore Funding Fees
Every 8 hours, funding fees can eat your soul (and P&L). Especially in sideways markets, holding positions too long can turn winning trades into slow bleeds.
⚙️ INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: The Comfort Zone That Bites Back
❌ 6. Don’t Trade the News—Trade the Reaction
CPI just dropped? BTC spiking? Cool. The smart money already positioned hours ago. You’re now entering the “whipsaw zone.” Let the dust settle before diving in.
❌ 7. Don’t Trade Without a Plan
Thinking: “I'll just wing it based on vibes.”
Reality: “Account -87% in 3 days.”
Predefine entry, exit, invalidation, and size—before you hit buy.
❌ 8. Don’t Revenge Trade
Lost a trade? Walk away. Doubling size on the next one to “win it back” = emotional spiraling. The chart doesn’t owe you anything.
❌ 9. Don’t Rely Solely on Indicators
RSI, MACD, Fib levels—they’re tools, not guarantees. Combine them with price action, volume, and narrative.
❌ 10. Don’t Ignore Market Structure
Trading against the trend is like swimming upstream with ankle weights. Know whether you’re in a range, breakout, or distribution phase.
🧠 ADVANCED LEVEL: Mastery Meets Mayhem
❌ 11. Don’t Underestimate Macro Events
Fed meetings, China bans, ETF rumors—macro nukes don't care about your triangle breakout. Adjust size or stay flat when the world goes crazy.
❌ 12. Don’t Overoptimize or Overtrade
Tinkering with your strategy every day is a fast track to inconsistency. Master one edge, scale it, then evolve.
❌ 13. Don’t Forget About Liquidity Pools
Whales hunt stops like sharks hunt blood. That “obvious” resistance? Might just be bait. Think like an antagonist: Where would I place the trap?
❌ 14. Don’t Trade When You’re Burned Out
Low sleep + caffeine shakes + market volatility = liquidation cocktail. Rested brains trade cleaner. Emotional hygiene matters.
❌ 15. Don’t Break Risk Rules—Ever
1–2% max per trade. You break it once, you’ll break it again. Risk management is boring, until it saves your entire account.
🧨 CRAZY OUT-OF-THE-BOX DON’Ts
🤡 16. Don’t Trade While Bragging on Twitter
Performance dips 43% when you start tweeting mid-trade. Stay humble, stay private, then flex.
🤖 17. Don’t Trust the “Green Candle Gurus”
“If this hits $34k, it’s over for bears.” They disappear when wrong. Vet your sources.
🦍 18. Don’t Triple Down to “Prove the Market Wrong”
The market has no ego. Don’t drag yours into battle—it’s always outgunned.
⏳ 19. Don’t Chase Breakouts If You Slept Through the Setup
Missed it? Let it go. Don’t enter post-breakout just to feel involved. Wait for the retest—or wait for your next edge.
🧨 20. Don’t Trade Just Because “Everyone Is Making Money”
FOMO is a drug. And futures is a brutal detox center. If it’s not your setup, let it pass.
💬 Final Word: Futures Are a Weapon. Are You the Warrior or the Casualty?
This space rewards the calculated, not the emotional. Futures amplify your process—not your luck. If you're feeling the itch to YOLO... reread this article.
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