Perpetual contracts are often packaged as a 'shortcut to quick doubling.'
But those who have truly gone through this journey know that frequent operations and emotional highs,
going All in at any moment, usually lead to one outcome: chronic losses or a total wipeout.
The reason I have made it this far is not due to any miraculous trades but rather a few fundamental principles that have repeatedly saved me.
They don't promise you wealth, but they can help you avoid 80% of the pitfalls in the market.
In the crypto world, surviving is itself the biggest victory.
First principle: Don't go All in — position size is your bottom line, not your courage.
Many people mistake heavy positions for decisiveness and gambling everything for faith.
But the market never rewards 'bravery'; it only punishes those without a way out.
You must accept one thing: you will definitely make mistakes.
The difference lies in whether a single mistake leads to an immediate exit.
A reasonable position is not meant to limit your ability to profit but to allow you to continue trading after making errors.
Second principle: Trading less is more important than trading more.
The scariest part of contracts is not the volatility but the illusion it creates:
'As long as I keep trading, I can recover my losses.'
The result is often: the more you move, the more mistakes you make; the more you try to recover, the more chaotic the rhythm becomes.
Truly stable traders don't make many moves throughout the year, but every trade they make has clear logic and boundaries.
Third principle: Once emotions intervene, trading is already over.
Revenge trading, increasing positions out of frustration, fantasizing about reversals during floating losses, and being reluctant to exit during floating profits
These are not technical issues; they are human issues. What you need to do is not to prove yourself in emotions but to protect yourself within the rules.
Fourth principle: First consider 'how not to lose,' then consider 'how to earn.'
Most people enter the market only focused on profits, never seriously thinking: 'If this trade goes wrong, what's the maximum I will lose?'
Professional traders think about the first thing before placing an order: if I am wrong, is the cost manageable?
Those who can stay in the long run are not the ones who are always right but those who can afford to be wrong every time.
Contracts are not ATMs, nor are they shortcuts to turning things around. They are a long-term game where the competition is not about explosiveness but about discipline, patience, and self-control.
In this market, how long you can persist is often much more important than how much you earn in a single instance.
