For friends who are new to contracts, don't rush to take risks with a capital of 10,000. These 4 core strategies can help you survive from a novice to an expert.
1. Position is the lifeline: Put on a bulletproof vest before going to battle.
The most fatal mistake for beginners is often losing control of their position. Remember the following rules:
Single trade ≤ 5%, total position ≤ 20%: With a capital of 10,000, each trade should not exceed 500U, and total holdings ≤ 2000U.
Funds should be divided into five parts: 3-4 parts for mainstream coins (like BTC/ETH), leaving 1 part as emergency reserves — do not blindly average down, only wait for confirmed signals.
2. Follow signals, don't rely on feelings.
The most reliable weapon for beginners is rules, not intuition.
Dual moving average strategy: 5-day line crosses above 10-day line (golden cross) + increased volume → long signal; crosses below (death cross) + increased volume → short signal.
Be cautious with divergence: price makes a new low, but MACD goes up (bottom divergence) → wait for at least 2 bullish candles to confirm, then test with ≤300U.
3. Stop loss and take profit: If you can't sell, everything is zero.
In contracts, selling is far more important than buying.
Stop loss should be based on key levels: for long positions, set the stop loss 3%-5% below support; for short positions, set it 3%-5% above resistance.
Taking profit is in two steps: lock in profits by closing half when up 20%, set a trailing stop loss for the remainder (e.g., exit automatically if it retraces 5%).
4. Three major pitfalls, a step in leads to collapse.
Skills can be learned, but a broken mindset is hard to recover:
Never hold against the market trend: if the direction is wrong, decisively stop loss; holding under high leverage ≈ going to zero.
Reject information blind spots: major policies and project dynamics directly affect coin prices; not reading news = driving blind.
Avoid mindset explosions: if you lose, don’t go all-in to recover; beginners should seek stability first; earning 5% a month is better than a huge loss.
Final sentence:
Using a capital of 10,000 to learn contracts, the first phase goal is not to "earn how much," but to "try not to lose." Understand the risks, develop the habit of execution, and you can stay in the game — the crypto space is not short of opportunities, only those who can survive until opportunities arise.
If this is helpful to you, we can continue to delve into each specific execution step. The road must be taken step by step, and positions must be practiced one by one.
