Have you ever seen a trader curse immediately after a liquidation? Cursing the platform, cursing the market makers, cursing the merciless market. But if you think about it calmly, this logic actually doesn’t hold up. The real reason accounts get wiped out almost never has to do with the market itself.

Take a real-life example—an account with only 10,000 USDT, losing 500 USDT makes you feel distressed for a long time, yet they dare to open positions of 30,000 or 50,000. On the surface, 5x leverage sounds pretty safe, but when you actually calculate the position size, it’s already in the risk zone of dozens of times. If the market moves just 2%, the account is wiped out instantly, and there’s no time to hit the stop-loss button.

What does this really mean? Frankly, it’s just gambling dressed up with technical analysis.

Compare that to how truly knowledgeable contract traders operate. They never gamble on the direction; they are purely managing risk. They spend 70% of their time waiting, refusing to act without clear signals; once they enter a position, they do so precisely, set stop-losses decisively, and admit losses immediately if wrong. Emotions are completely absent from their decision-making process.

Look at the daily trading routine of ordinary retail traders: dozens of trades a day, all based on gut feeling. The more actively they trade, the more thoroughly they lose. In the end, all their capital just flows away to the other side of the market.

To survive in the contract trading space, there are really only two words—discipline.

When others panic and chase the market, you stay calm and stand guard. When others go all-in, you strictly control your single-position size. Set a hard rule: no single loss exceeds 5% of your account. When you make a profit, gradually increase your position size and let the profits run. This approach may sound boring, but boredom is often the secret to being the longest-lasting trader.

Is trading contracts really gambling? It depends on who you ask. For those who recklessly leverage and trade purely on intuition, it’s a death gamble. For those who can do the math, understand stop-losses, and maintain discipline, it’s actually a long-term cash machine. The difference is huge.

The most painful reality: a person who relies on impulse to fight in contract trading will only have one ending—liquidation, account zeroed out. This is not alarmist; the data is right there. Instead of blaming the market afterward, it’s better to change this approach now.