2026-01-05 03:23:10

To consistently make money in contract trading, the key is to review and analyze your trades.

Many people finish a trade and never look back. In fact, every single trade is a valuable learning opportunity.

What exactly should you do? Record your thoughts before opening a position, how much leverage you used, and how you set your take profit and stop loss—these should all be documented. After the trade, review your account. Why did you make a profit? Where did things go wrong if you lost?

If you misread the signal, then you need to optimize your indicator combination, change your approach, or add more validation conditions. If your stop loss was triggered, it’s probably because your parameters weren’t set scientifically enough and need to be adjusted based on volatility. Also, large slippage orders might be due to inefficient order placement; try changing the time period or platform.

Persist in reviewing your trading data weekly. Focus on strategies with high win rates and abandon those with poor efficiency. Through continuous refinement, you will eventually develop your own trading system—not following the crowd, not gambling, but a truly data-driven personalized approach. This is the underlying logic for long-term stable profitability.

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FlashLoanPrince

· 33m ago

Reviewing things is easy to talk about but hard to do. Most people give up after just a few weeks.

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InscriptionGriller

· 01-05 03:52

Reviewing this thing is basically being a post-event armchair strategist; most people can't stick with it for more than a week. It's called "data-driven" in a nice way, but when it comes to actual trading, it's still all about gut feeling and going all-in. When you lose, you blame the coin price, the market, the exchange—never yourself. This theory has no fault; the key is to truly execute it. Otherwise, it's just armchair strategizing. --- Weekly review? I've never seen anyone stick with it for more than three months. The most common trait of new traders is to forget everything right after finishing. --- Blaming parameter settings when stop-loss is triggered—it's just losing money, so why deceive yourself? --- It sounds very professional, but there's a fatal flaw in this process—can you truly analyze your trades objectively? That depends on your character. --- Knowing how to review trades can indeed help avoid repeating mistakes, but I'm worried that in the end, you'll realize you're not cut out for contract trading at all. --- Refining your trading system is good, but the premise is not to start with 50x leverage to experiment—that's not learning, that's burning money.

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LiquidityLarry

· 01-05 03:51

That's right, but most people are just too lazy to review, and I often fall into this trap as well... Reviewing is indeed powerful; there are no excuses in the face of data. Only by not deceiving ourselves can we live longer. I've gone through this process myself, and after坚持两个月就开始有感觉了 The key is to be ruthless in cutting out unprofitable strategies, or you'll always be gambling. Weekly reviews really work; they're more reliable than any technical analysis. It's easier said than done; many people give up after just three minutes of enthusiasm. I currently lack this kind of execution power. Once I start taking it seriously and record diligently, I'll give it a try.

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FancyResearchLab

· 01-05 03:48

Another useless innovation, reviewing data tables in Excel and gathering dust after two months. In theory, it should be feasible. I'll try this smart trap first. Now I'm proficient, and then continue to lose money. That's the cycle. Luban No. 7 is under construction again, parameters adjusted a hundred times but still getting caught. Doing a small experiment, setting stop-loss parameters so rigidly, when volatility hits, I immediately clear the position. Maximum academic value, minimum practical value, my self-portrait. Locked myself inside again, only realizing the losses are even worse during weekly reviews. This contract is a bit interesting, with a three-meter slippage, and no matter how efficient the order placement is, it's useless. But it's just self-deception with data; in the end, it's all about luck.

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BugBountyHunter

· 01-05 03:32

That's right, reviewing and analyzing your trades is truly the fundamental skill for making money. Too many people skip this step and jump straight to the next deal. I agree with this logic. You must understand why you lost money, and you need to know where your profits come from; otherwise, you're just gambling. Reviewing the data once a week is indeed a powerful strategy. Most people probably lack the patience to do this, right?

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RugPullAlertBot

· 01-05 03:27

That's what they say, but in reality, very few people actually stick to reviewing their trades. Most still blame the market when they lose, and when they make money, they think they're the chosen ones, and they simply don't want to look at the data.

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LostBetweenChains

· 01-05 03:26

That's right, review is the ticket to advancement. Too many people lose everything and their mindset collapses. However, I found that most people can't stick to review for even three weeks; they get annoyed when there's too much data. Actually, it's just two words—execution. There's no shortcut. Review is hard work, but it truly separates those who make money from those who lose money.

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GateUser-9ad11037

· 01-05 03:23

That's right, review is indeed a threshold, but very few people stick with it. Organize once a week, and you'll gradually be able to see your trading patterns. I have deep experience with slippage; changing time periods can really save a lot. There's no secret to making money, just let the data speak.

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