$LA#la The contract soared to 27U and then crashed to 0.3U, seeing many people get liquidated, the community was filled with resentment, and immediately pointed fingers at Gate.

I'm not surprised at all by this wave of $LA liquidations, let's talk about this.

🧠 The seeds were already sown long ago.

Do you remember a while ago when a bunch of people online were saying—
'New coins opening should be mindlessly shorted for guaranteed profit!'

When I heard this, I had one reaction:
Isn't this just blatantly sending people to the market maker? 🎯

Think from another perspective,
if you were the project party or the market maker, and saw the whole market shouting short, what would you do?

Of course, it's the opposite! A reverse pull, a wave of liquidations, blood profit!

💥 The truth during the opening phase

At the opening, KuCoin's order book was very thin,
with a few thousand dollars in transaction volume being able to move the price and directly break through the index price.

Do you think it's a market trend?
Actually, it's just the market maker pulling the strings to specifically cut 'mindless shorts'!

So don't think that the contract market is just about simply guessing ups and downs,
you don't even know who your opponent is... 👀

🧩 This is not the platform's manipulation; this is the market maker's setup!

Many people's first reaction after losing money is to blame the platform.
But the truth is:
This is the market maker's trick, not the platform's fault.

The contract market has always been a 'shura field',
it's not about who has the better argument,
Whoever has more chips, a stronger mentality, and can hold on until the end wins!

❗ 'Mindlessly shorting' = mindlessly risking your life.

This wave of LA is a textbook example of 'short squeeze':

  • The market sentiment is overwhelmingly one-sided: shorting is guaranteed profit.

  • The market maker directly opened and pulled it to explode.

  • Consensus instantly turned to harvesting, everyone got liquidated 💥

therefore, contract trading is not a game of betting on direction, but a deep game of strategy.
You don't know if the other side is the project party, market maker, or a big player,
Then you will always be on the side that gets harvested.

✍️ A piece of advice from an experienced trader.

To be honest, I've also experienced many liquidations, but I've stabilized over the years.
It's not about news or listening to others, but not following the crowd + having judgment!

I only believe in myself when I open a position; once I enter, all other voices are muted.
The crypto space really doesn’t lack 'teachers', but it severely lacks independent thinking!

✅ Here are a few summaries for you who are still trading contracts:

  • 📌 Contracts are not about rising or falling, but about strategy.

  • 📌 The more consensus there is, the easier it is to be counter-harvested by the market maker.

  • 📌 'Mindlessly shorting' is the most expensive fantasy.

  • 📌 Don't blame the platform, look at yourself to see if you've become the 'opponent'.

  • 📌 A true trading expert is someone who can see the situation clearly and maintain composure!

💡 The last sentence:

There's no easy money in the crypto space, only losses from not understanding the rules.
Liquidation is not scary; what's scary is not learning from the lessons.

I hope you realize the truth soon, stop being the 'leek', and become the hunter! 🧠💪