In the crypto contract world, there’s a problem overlooked by 90% of people: opening 10 times leverage with 1000 U and opening 5 times leverage with 2000 U seem to have different margins, but actually hide the key to liquidation — the distance to the liquidation price.
1000U × 10 times, margin 1000U, the liquidation price is closer to the entry price, slight fluctuations can lead to liquidation; 2000U × 5 times, thicker margin, liquidation price is further away, risk tolerance doubles directly.
This is one of the core logic behind me making 200,000 U with 3000 U in March 2025. No advanced techniques, just practical insights, understanding this can save you at least 5 years of detours.
1. Three things more important than technique: mindset, funds, and position.
Many people focus on K-line analysis but fail due to 'fundamentals'. I’ve seen too many people use their house money or wedding money to trade contracts, getting ecstatic over a 1% gain and losing sleep over a 2% drop — in such a state, no strategy can save you.
1. Mindset: treat money as numbers, and you’ll earn steadily.
The essential difference between beginners and veterans is not how advanced the techniques are, but whether they are 'unfazed by fluctuations'. Every day during my review, I ask myself: if this was the last day of my life, would I still care about these few hundred U fluctuations?
Wealth is just a symbol; when it rises, it’s a bigger number, and when it falls, it’s a smaller number. Taking it too seriously leads to being driven by emotions — chasing high and cutting losses, these are all results of a collapsed mindset.
2. Funds: use 'spare money' to play, and you can win.
Never enter with 'pressure funds'. I’ve seen someone use their child’s milk money to trade contracts, panicking and closing positions on a 3% retracement, only to find out later it was just a shakeout before a rise.
My approach: only use money that I won’t regret losing — for example, 10% of my monthly income. Even if I lose it all, my quality of life won’t be affected. With this mindset, I can calmly assess the market situation.
3. Position: don’t exceed 30% on a single asset, always leave a way out.
This is a strict rule I derived from liquidation: with a 3000 U principal, never exceed 1500 U per trade (30% position). Even in a good market, only add once, total position never exceeds 50%.
Why? Losing 50% on 100,000 means only 50,000 remains; to earn back 100,000 with 50,000, you need to double it — preserving the principal is more important than making quick money.
2. Two bottom lines for surviving in contracts: stop losses + waiting for opportunities.
1. Set a stop loss before entering; it’s a 'lifesaver'.
Taking BTC as an example, I always set my stop loss at 40 points away (for example, entry price 30000, stop loss at 29600), or below support levels and above resistance levels.
Last year, a client turned 10,000 U into 16,000 U, but lost over 6,000 U on a single trade without a stop loss. Remember: contracts without stop losses are like running naked across the street; sooner or later, something will happen.
2. Be patient for 'good opportunities', don’t operate every day.
The way of trading is not about 'earning every day', but about 'waiting to earn big'. In a bear market, I can stay out for a month; in a bull market, I only seize those 'low risk, high profit' opportunities.
It’s like taking an hour to climb from the first floor of the Empire State Building to the top, but only 30 seconds to jump down — slow is fast; less trading means fewer mistakes.
3. Use Bollinger Bands to earn steady money: 3 simple methods that even beginners can use.
Many people think the more complicated the technical indicators, the better; however, simple tools like Bollinger Bands are the most practical — the middle line (20-day moving average) determines the trend, the upper and lower lines find buy/sell points, and three strategies can cover 80% of market conditions.
1. Trend market: buy when it retraces to the middle line.
Condition: the middle line is trending up (for example, BTC rises from 30,000 to 40,000, and the middle line moves up), and the price retraces from the upper line to near the middle line.
Action: buy near the middle line, set the stop loss below the lower line.
Logic: when the trend is upward, the middle line acts as a 'support line'; a retracement to this line likely continues to rise (last year ETH rose from 1800 to 2500, I caught 3 waves with this trick).
2. Fluctuating market: buy at the lower line, sell at the upper line.
Condition: the price is hovering near the middle line (for example, BTC fluctuating between 35,000 and 38,000), with the middle line flat.
Action: buy at the lower line, sell at the upper line, and repeat the arbitrage.
Logic: during fluctuations, 95% of the prices oscillate between the upper and lower lines, which is like giving you a 'price difference red envelope'.
3. Extreme market: don’t chase after breaking the upper line; it might be a trap.
Condition: the price continuously skyrockets, breaking the upper line, and the RSI indicator exceeds 70 (overbought).
Action: quickly take profits, don’t chase high.
Lesson: When BTC surged to 69,000 in 2021, it broke the upper line and then plummeted to 30,000; how many people chased at the peak?
Final reminder: don’t step into the 3 pitfalls of Bollinger Bands.
Don’t go against the trend: when the middle line is going down, don't try to catch the bottom even if the price drops to the lower line; it might drop even more severely.
Look at trading volume: when breaking through the upper/lower line, it must be accompanied by increased volume (for example, usually 100 million in trades, now suddenly 300 million); otherwise, it’s a false breakout.
Don’t rely solely on it: look at MACD and RSI together for higher accuracy.
From 3000 U to 200,000 U, I didn’t rely on 'godly trades'; it was all based on these points: using spare money, controlling positions, setting stop losses, and waiting for opportunities.
Contracts are not a casino; it's a battlefield where 'discipline exchanges for profit'. The more you respect the market, the more gentle the market is to you — this sentence is for everyone still struggling in contracts.
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