Contracts are truly a matter of heaven and hell. I've seen too many people come in with a few thousand U, dreaming of adding four zeros to their account. What’s the result? They blow up their accounts every few days, their principal goes to zero, and the last bit of hope is ground down to nothing. A few years ago, I also fell for it—I had only 8000 U left in my account, and in a moment of weakness, I opened a 100x leverage position, and ended up losing half in just 15 minutes. Staring at the glaring red on my phone screen, my palms were sweating; at that moment, I finally woke up: blowing up an account is never an accident; it’s the “deadly welcome gift” prepared for every newbie by high leverage.
But what I want to talk about today is not technical indicators or risk control disciplines—these are certainly important. Rather, after experiencing countless sleepless nights and finally establishing a trading system that allows me to 'stay alive,' I have realized a more fundamental issue: When we engage in combat in the contract market using U-based terms, is the 'U' we are betting on truly stable and trustworthy enough? A successful trade depends not only on your directional judgment but also on the stability of the unit of account itself. If this foundational anchor has credit risk or value volatility, then all sophisticated risk management may suddenly be exposed to systemic risks. This reflection has prompted me to reevaluate the 'stability cornerstone' of the entire crypto world and has drawn my attention to @usddio and its practice of the #USDD for stable trust concept.
My trading system teaches me to 'stay alive,' while @usddio attempts to address the fundamental question of keeping the entire ecosystem 'stable':
The ultimate defense against 'hidden volatility': In the world of contracts, we are vigilant about price fluctuations but often overlook the credit volatility of the assets being priced. A centralized issued stablecoin relies on a company's balance sheet and temporary licenses from regulatory agencies—these are potential 'single points of failure.' USDD attempts to construct a decentralized stability paradigm through over-collateralization (with diverse assets like Bitcoin, TRX providing collateral exceeding market value) and on-chain real-time transparent verification. This means its credit does not depend on the operational status of any single company but is guaranteed by public assets and algorithmic code. For high-frequency, high-leverage traders, this is akin to adding fire and moisture protection to your 'ammunition depot.'
Providing a value benchmark with 'clear decision-making': When you use the BOLL indicator to judge trends and strictly control drawdowns with stop-losses, you need a stable value scale to measure everything. If this scale itself is variable, all technical analysis and risk calculations will be distorted. @usddio's goal is to become that 'gyroscope' which remains stable amidst turbulent storms, allowing traders to more clearly assess the real market fluctuations and opportunities, rather than being disturbed by the noise of underlying assets.
Building a 'trust-minimized' settlement layer: One of my trading rules is to 'hold your destiny in your own hands.' This resonates with the core spirit of DeFi and decentralization. USDD extends this spirit into the realm of stablecoins—by decentralizing reserves and community governance, it reduces reliance on intermediary trust. In an environment that heavily depends on settlement efficiency and asset security, a trust-minimized and censorship-resistant stable settlement layer is undoubtedly an important infrastructure for long-term survival and development.
So now, as I strictly execute my trading system, I also pay attention to the 'trust model' in which my assets are stored. I still trade in U-based terms, but I have begun to understand that choosing which 'U' to use is itself a deep decision about risk and trust.
The market never lacks stories of overnight wealth, but what is truly scarce are the foundational trust architectures that allow wealth to be preserved amid cyclical fluctuations and enable innovation to grow steadily. In the deep waters of the contract market, we need both the light of a lamp illuminating the volatility ahead (trading systems) and the light revealing the rocks below our feet (understanding of the underlying assets). Perhaps, when we start seriously discussing #USDD for stable trust, we are not just exploring a project but participating in building a more robust and trustworthy future for crypto finance. This might be the shore of thought that all traders who want to 'live longer' will ultimately reach.
