Heart-wrenching question: Why do so many people rush into the contract market and end up losing everything? Is it really just greed?

I know a trader who started six years ago with $2,600. By May of this year, his account had grown to $15 million. A house in Shanghai, a villa back home, freedom of time—these are the results. But one thing he said changed my understanding of sudden wealth:

"Do you think I got rich through contracts? Wrong. I survived because of the part of my principal that 'doesn't touch contracts,' and only then did I have the qualification to talk about getting rich."

Recently, he used a $50,000 principal to make six trades, with only two of them contributing 80% of the profits. His leverage never exceeded 5x throughout. His trading rules, from the first to the last, are the same: take profits immediately when earned, convert some into absolutely stable assets, and lock in gains completely.

Behind this lies the harsh truth that contract traders are least willing to admit—those staying up late watching charts, chasing the thrill of "doubling quickly," are essentially addicted to "uncertainty." And true experts? They've long practiced "finding certainty" as a conditioned reflex.

While you're still debating whether to use 10x or 50x leverage, smart capital is asking another question: "Is my escape route secure? What's my bottom line?"

When market volatility becomes routine, where is your "value anchor" then?

In essence, the contract market is a place that profits from volatility but ultimately gets swallowed by it. Finding dense zones, observing divergence, setting stop-losses—these methodologies all aim for one ultimate goal: in extreme uncertainty, capture that sliver of guaranteed profit. But the problem is, it's like grabbing a straw in a raging storm. The straw can save you once, but not twice.