A few days ago, a fan contacted me, their tone filled with exhaustion. "Sister, I clearly had the right direction, held on for four days, but ended up losing 1000U to the funding rate, just got liquidated, and the market took off."
I only replied with one sentence: "You didn't lose to the market, but to the rules."
Many people think that contract trading only requires judging the direction, but what truly determines victory or defeat are often those invisible details—"implicit rules"👇
① Funding Rate: An invisible consumption battle
The funding rate is like boiling a frog in warm water, settled every 8 hours, with both longs and shorts paying each other.
If your direction is correct but the rate is continuously unfavorable, a long-term position could still be "ground down" to zero.
Many people didn't lose to volatility, but to the rates.
Countermeasure: Avoid opening positions during high funding rate periods, avoid long-term positions crossing settlement cycles, and try to stand on the "receiving money" side.
② Liquidation Price: An invisible "safety line"
Do you think 10x leverage can handle a 10% reverse volatility? As a result, the position is gone when the price retraces by 5%.
The reason is that the liquidation price has already accounted for fees, slippage, and risk reserves.
The "liquidation line" you see is not the real safety line.
Countermeasure: Refuse to over-leverage, use isolated margin mode to control risk; keep leverage at 3-5x, reserving buffer space; set a psychological stop-loss line, staying away from the liquidation line.
③ High leverage is not a shortcut, but a trap
100x leverage may seem like a quick doubling opportunity, but in reality, it is a fast lane to zero.
Fees, funding costs, and other expenses are calculated based on the nominal principal after leverage, even if the direction is correct, profits may be swallowed by costs.
Countermeasure: High leverage is only suitable for extremely short-term trial trades, strictly with losses; low leverage is suitable for trend positions, allowing for stability and endurance; take profits when available, avoiding greed and fantasies of overnight wealth.
You need to understand that the market is not afraid of you making money, but is afraid of your lack of boundary awareness and lack of rule consciousness.
In the crypto circle, the ones who ultimately laugh last may not be the smartest, but rather those who are the most stable, understand risk control, and maintain discipline.
I have already paved part of the way for you, the rest is up to you on how to walk! I am Sister Min, if interested, you can follow @区块捕手敏姐 .
