Brothers, there is something I have been holding back for a long time, and today I must say something real to everyone: contract trading may be one of the few paths for ordinary people to turn things around in this market through understanding and discipline, but it is also the abyss that can quickly devour the principal.
I have seen too many friends enter the market with several hundred or several thousand U as starting capital, full of enthusiasm, thinking to 'make a profit and leave.' For the first couple of days, they may be cautious, happy with a little rise and comforting themselves with a small drop; but often within a week, a reverse fluctuation leaves their accounts with little left. In the end, it's either uninstalling the app and cursing the market or scrambling for money thinking about 'breaking even.'
I wasn't born knowing this either. In the beginning, I entered the market with 8000 yuan (about 1200 USD) and experienced countless heart-stopping moments: once, I opened a long position with 3x leverage and was just a bit away from triggering a stop loss; I stared at the screen for over forty minutes, my palms sweating non-stop; there were times I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, took out my phone to check the floating loss, and sat until dawn waiting for the market to correct before daring to close my eyes.
But I survived, and I’m getting steadier and steadier. It's not because of good luck, but because I later dissected my liquidation records and finally recognized a fact: contracts don’t kill people; reckless operations do.
What many people call 'stability' is just a slower liquidation. Placing orders based on feelings, holding positions based on emotions, and hoping to recover with luck—this is no different from running naked into a storm; something will go wrong eventually.
The math is even crueler: losing 90% means you need to multiply your capital by 9 to break even. The 'small loss' you think you have might require betting on several big market waves to cover it.
I truly started to stabilize when I learned to understand the Bollinger Bands indicator. Most people only know how to look at the upper and lower bands, but I learned to see the 'breathing of the market': a squeeze indicates accumulation, waiting for a breakout; an expansion indicates a trend that can be followed; a false breakout with low volume is often a trap. For a period, I relied on this rhythm to grow 5000 USD to 150,000 USD. It's not a myth; I just hit the right rhythm.
So I want to ask: when you place an order now, is it based on a clear system, or is it based on mood, or someone else’s call? If you are still in the cycle of 'liquidation - deposit - liquidation again', it’s time to stop. It's not that the market has no opportunities; it's that you haven't found the correct way to open it.
If you are in a state of confusion, with your account shrinking and afraid to place orders, feel free to come talk to me. You bring the capital, and I will bring the methods and rhythm I have summed up from my years of experience; together, we can see how to break out of this deadlock.
After all, I also started from 8000 yuan, struggling through hardships, and I know how difficult it is for one person to walk alone. If I can help a few brothers avoid some pitfalls, I think it's worth it.