Newbie Playing Contracts: Don’t Let 'Greed' Cloud 'Rationality'; Maintaining Risk Control is the Key. Newcomers entering the contract trading market are easily led by the myth of making big profits with small investments, either enviously eyeing short-term doubling cases or constantly thinking that 'holding on a bit longer will yield more profits,' being swept away by greed to continuously increase leverage and expand positions. However, as a trader with 8 years of experience in the contract market, I must awaken this misunderstanding: 95% of newbies whose minds are clouded by greed will fall into the obsession of 'wanting to earn more'—either becoming blindly confident after making a few small profits, ignoring market risk signals, and going all in; or hesitating to take profits after making gains, watching the market pull back while fantasizing about reaching new highs, ultimately not only giving back profits but also losing a significant portion of their principal.
Contracts have never been about 'making huge profits through greed' but rather 'making risk control through rationality.' Throughout my 8 years of trading, I have never been blinded by short-term profits; instead, each operation anchors on the core of risk control: during the novice stage, decisively using a simulated account or very small capital to test the waters, keeping the leverage ratio at the minimum, first mastering the skill of 'protecting the principal' before talking about profits; before each position opening, I will set stop-loss and take-profit lines in advance, taking profits when reaching the target and decisively exiting when hitting the loss limit, never hesitating; even when encountering a one-sided surge in the market, I will not temporarily increase leverage to follow the trend, always adhering to my trading rules. Gradually, I have come to understand: those who can survive long-term in the contract market are never the 'lucky ones who catch a big trend' but rather those with ironclad risk control discipline and the ability to restrain greedy desires—if newcomers are led by greed, even if they accidentally make big money, it is only a matter of time before they lose everything in a moment of uncontrolled greed.
For newcomers wanting to establish a foothold in the contract market, do not let greed consume rationality anymore. First, recognize the essence that 'leverage is a double-edged sword,' learn to set positions and leverage according to your own risk tolerance, and develop the trading habit of 'taking profits and not dragging stop losses to the end,' so as to protect the principal amid market fluctuations, rather than letting greed become the 'trigger for liquidation.' Ultimately, maintaining risk control is maintaining the lifeline of trading; respecting the rules is the only way to walk more steadily. $ETH
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