Leverage is not the devil; stop-loss is the survival bottom line. Leverage is not a terrifying beast; it's the traders who don't know how to brake that are. This is for all those swimming naked in the waves of contracts.
There are always people clutching calculators asking me: "Is opening 1000U at 10x or 2000U at 5x less likely to get liquidated?"
Every time this happens, I want to smash their screens.
When you focus on the liquidation price to four decimal places, you've already lost at the starting point of viewing leverage as a math problem.
The truth is as cruel as ice:
Both opening positions have a risk exposure of 10,000 U.
The difference is whether you can withstand a 3% fluctuation or a 6% heartbeat.
But novices always tremble in front of the K-line chart, saying: "The liquidation line at 10x leverage feels like a gun barrel to the temple."
Wake up!
Trading is not about betting on high or low and calculating odds,
but rather dancing on a tightrope with a stop-loss rope.
Is high leverage a death warrant?
No, what is truly deadly is the gambler's luck.
After placing an order, they block the market software, thinking that pretending not to see losses will make them seem profitable.
What's the difference between that and driving blindfolded at 180 km/h?
The most lethal fantasy for beginners is always accompanied by a honey trap:
"Teacher, how can I turn 200U into ten times in a week?"
The market will teach you how to be a person with the most brutal efficiency.
From the ecstasy of going all-in to the despair of the liquidation pop-up,
it's just a distance of three slippages.
Remember this survival rule written in blood:
First, practice identifying trends in the spot market.
Then test the water temperature of leverage with profit positions.
If you can't even understand Bollinger Bands but dare to go all-in,
it's better to just go to Las Vegas and play roulette.
The essence of trading is never the metaphysics of guessing ups and downs.
Buy on sunny days to catch bullish candles, short on rainy days to chase bearish candles.
These are just the superficial tricks.
The real bottom line is:
Can you strictly execute a trading plan like AI?
Control positions with a fixed ratio, ensuring each trade has a stop-loss anchor point.
With the same 10x leverage,
why do some people use three years to jump their accounts from five figures to seven figures,
while others experience the thrill of a roller coaster to a free fall within 72 hours?
The market is never an emotional trash can.
It only rewards those cold-blooded killers who treat trading as a math problem,
harvesting all the sentimentalists with a gambler's mentality.
The numbers in your account
are the weighing scale of your trading cognition.
Don't blame the market for being too volatile.
First, ask yourself:
When the market moves 2% against your expectation, can you decisively hit the stop-loss button?