After years of struggling in the futures market, I have seen too many people fall victim to the word "luck".
Many people clearly understand the risks, yet they always turn "I know" into "it won't happen to me": hundreds of thousands of liquidation screenshots are quickly forgotten, pounding the table saying "I've set my take profit and stop loss", but when the market tightens, greed raises the take profit line, and luck again keeps them glued to the stop loss button.
When in profit, they complain it's too slow and rush to increase their positions; when in loss, they cry injustice and blindly average down, until the text message of "your position has been forcibly liquidated" pops up, then they realize they have lost everything.
Futures trading is not about technical skills; it's about emotional control. A 1% movement in K-line can shake their hearts by 10%. When adrenaline kicks in, reason is pushed into the corner, leaving only the instinct of "not wanting to lose" to hold them up: the more they lose, the more they add, and their account feels like sand slipping through their fingers—the tighter they grip, the faster they lose in this "gambler's spiral"; I have been deeply trapped in it too.
That time when I was down 30%, I stared at the red numbers on the screen, suddenly thinking of the worries waiting for me at home. My fingers retracted sharply, I closed the software and sat quietly on the sofa. After dawn, I closed my positions, and the account still had 18% left, enough to buy some practical items for home.
Now when trading futures, I always calculate the bottom line of what I "cannot bear", like leaving a way out for life. The money I earn is transferred to my cold wallet the same day, and after closing the trading software, I return to my daily routine: tidying up the house, brewing a cup of tea to calm down.
Using a slow pace to dilute fast desires, I have slowly steadied the steering wheel of my life.
If you are also trapped in the spiral, you might as well first lower the leverage to 1x, and run a simulated account for 100 times. After trying, you will find that many so-called "god operations" are just the market giving you sugar at the right moment.
None of us are chosen ones; it’s better to first earn a stable 1% in spot trading before attempting the 1% in futures—once the sequence is wrong, life can easily get flustered.
Don't exhaust yourself trying to "break even"; true breaking even is bringing your heart back to a state filled with warmth and stability. The market is always there; we will take our time. @阿二说币
