2025-12-27 21:23:10

Recently, many traders talk about leverage, often saying they are using 5x or 10x, implying that the risk is quite manageable. To be honest, this understanding is problematic.

The leverage ratio shown on the platform actually reflects more of the impact on the platform's liquidity pool and has little to do with your actual personal risk. So, how should true risk be calculated? It should be considered from two dimensions: stop-loss and principal.

Cryptocurrency assets are highly volatile, so a prudent approach is to build positions gradually. Invest 10% to 20% of your principal each time, slowly accumulating your position. Overall, long positions should not exceed 3 to 4 times your principal, and short positions should be kept within 2 times. What is the purpose of this setup? It’s to ensure that at any moment, your overall stop-loss risk remains within 20% of your principal—or, in other words, within your psychological tolerance. A safer approach is to diversify risk evenly over time, aiming to maintain an average risk level of 10%, which means leaving some idle periods.

At this point, some might ask: then why trade futures contracts? Honestly, I might offend some people, but do you want to make money from coins or from USDT? Frankly, futures are more flexible than other tools. Is USDT-based trading really useless? When a major bear market hits, do you need more coins or USDT? Think from another angle: in your daily expenses, are you using coins or USDT?

Futures trading and long-term holding are fundamentally two different fields. The former focuses on risk trading—profiting through risk management and trend prediction; the latter is closer to risk investment. If you want to trade futures, you must first clarify this point.

Understanding of futures can vary greatly. Some don’t trust technical analysis, some doubt market manipulation, some question the effectiveness of K-line and moving averages, and others are skeptical about BTC itself. What to believe or not believe is fine, but the key is to understand what you are doing. The most important thing in futures trading is to grasp the logic of risk management.

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ContractCollector

· 15h ago

10x leverage sounds great, clearing positions faster, haha Splitting into multiple batches to build positions is correct, but honestly most people can't do it at all The question of whether to earn coins or earn U is a good one, you really need to think it through Contracts are a gambler's game; if risk control is poor, you'll die very quickly This article explains risk management thoroughly, but unfortunately few people listen Position management is truly a life-saving skill, but greedy people will never listen

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DarkPoolWatcher

· 15h ago

The idea of building positions in batches sounds good, but how many can actually execute it? --- 10x leverage blowing up and returning to the pre-liberation era—this article's point is spot on. --- Basically, it's a mindset issue. When losing, people blame the platform or the market, never reflecting on their own position management. --- The question about whether it's a coin or U problem is a good one; only during a sharp decline do you realize this. --- Futures trading is indeed a probability game, not gambling—there's a difference. --- The worst are those who open 5x and still think they're very cautious; their next liquidation is just around the corner. --- I agree with a 20% stop-loss framework, but executing it is really heartbreaking. --- It sounds good, but 99% of people still can't stick to their stop-loss.

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IntrovertMetaverse

· 16h ago

Now I understand. Those guys who were hyping 10x returns before didn't really understand how to calculate risk. It really depends on stop-loss and principal; the number shown by the platform is just a facade. Invest 10-20% each time, take it slow, don't rush. To put it simply, trading contracts is about managing risk; otherwise, it's gambling. Whether to choose coins or USDT depends on what you really want to do.

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NotGonnaMakeIt

· 16h ago

It sounds reasonable, but to be honest, very few people actually follow this approach. Most of what I see are liquidations. Leverage is just a psychological game; most people simply can't hold on. Making money in coins or in USD—this is a really good question. Most people haven't really figured out what they want. Stop-loss and scaling in and out—sounds simple, but in practice, it's really a nightmare. Risk management? Uh, the guy I know said he has it all figured out, but no one has seen him around lately.

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SolidityStruggler

· 16h ago

Wow, someone finally said it. That group using 10x leverage really thinks they're gambling gods. Basically, they don't understand stop-loss. No matter how loud they boast, it all comes down to one word—爆 (爆 means "blow up" or "collapse"). I just want to ask, when it comes to earning coins or earning U, who has really thought about it? Those who understand risk control can survive to the next bull market; those who don't, have already been wiped out.

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