$PTB Many people, after being liquidated, first react by looking for "external causes".

$RESOLV The platform has problems, the market is too extreme, and the operators are too shady.

$LIGHT But the real issue is often predetermined much earlier.

From the moment you place your first order, you actually don't know what you're doing.

You say, "I will use 5x leverage,"

but your account only has 10,000 U, and the normal loss you can bear is only a few hundred U.

In a moment of excitement, you open a position of 30,000 U,

this is no longer 5 times but rather carrying dozens of times the actual risk against the market.

The market only needs one normal fluctuation,

and your account will be wiped out directly,

not because you couldn't stop the loss,

but because you shouldn't have opened that order at all.

This is not the market being cruel,

it's you treating trading as gambling.

The real contract traders who can survive long-term,

have a mindset that is completely opposite to most people.

They don't chase prices, they don't operate frequently,

70% of the time they are waiting.

If there’s no signal, they don’t make a trade;

once they act, their goals are clear, positions are controllable, and stop losses are decisive.

But most retail traders are just the opposite:

dozens of trades a day, driven by emotions, hands never stop, hearts even more chaotic.

It seems like they are working hard,

but money gradually stays on the order book.

The essence of contracts has never been about "guessing direction,"

but about risk management.

The truly effective rules are actually extremely simple:

Single losses do not exceed 5% of the account

When profits appear, then consider increasing the position

Let profits run and cut losses

Making money is not about turning around with one trade,

but about a hundred trades, stabilizing the probabilities.

So, is trading contracts gambling?

For those who leverage randomly and place orders based on feelings—yes.

But for those who can calculate, understand positions, and follow discipline,

contracts are just a tool composed of

"probabilities + rules".

A person who rushes based on feelings has only one outcome.

Following those who understand the method and rhythm,

is the only chance to walk steadily and far.

If you still don’t know how to take the first step,

then remember this一句话：

Slow down, stay alive first.

Follow Chuan Ge,

as long as you are willing to take trading seriously,

I will always be here.