Munawar was a 42-year-old data analyst who had always dabbled in crypto. His mornings started with coffee and CoinMarketCap, and his nights ended scrolling through Reddit's r/cryptocurrency. But in 2024, when Bitcoin hit $70,000 again, he felt the pull of something riskier—Binance Futures.

He started small: a $100 position, 2x leverage. It felt safe. Predictable.

But then came the adrenaline.

“Why not 5x?” he thought one afternoon, eyeing a promising pattern on the BTC/USDT chart. His screen lit up as he clicked “Open Long.” $500 on the line. Bitcoin surged. In three hours, he was up $300.

The rush was electric.

Munawar kept going. ETH, SOL, even DOGE—he rode the waves with leverage and precision, studying candlesticks like they were hieroglyphs. Binance Futures became his playground.

But the market, as always, had a lesson.

One sleepless night, he entered a 10x long on BTC, certain of a breakout. The next morning, a sudden $1,000 drop liquidated him before breakfast. $1,200—gone in seconds.

He stared at the red “Liquidated” label on his screen.

The silence was deafening.

It took a few weeks, but Munawar recalibrated. He built a strategy. He started managing risk, setting stop-losses, using smaller positions, and treating Binance Futures as a tool—not a slot machine.

Sometimes he won. Sometimes he lost. But he never let the green or red candles define him again.