You may have studied candlestick charts, read on-chain data, or researched macro cycles, but trading futures is still a game of one loss to two wins. Where does the problem lie?

Honestly, trading is not fundamentally about how smart you are; it's about how long you can stick to it.

**Execution vs. Cognition**

The principle of losing weight boils down to four words—eat less, move more. Trading is the same—buy low, sell high. But what happens? 90% of people fail at weight loss because "eating less" makes them hungry; 90% of traders lose money because when "buying low," they always want to wait a bit longer, and when "selling high," they’re afraid of missing the peak.

The market doesn’t care how well you understand technical analysis; it only cares whether you can stick to your discipline.

**The Trap of Doubling Small Funds**

Some think: "I only have 30,000 yuan, so I need to do short-term trading. With 10% daily returns or 20% daily compounding, I’ll eventually turn it around." Sounds tempting, but in reality? Short-term trading equals high-frequency gambling, and fees and slippage can eat up your principal in minutes.

On the other hand, those who do this tend to survive longer:
- Wait for a clear big trend (like a confirmed bull market signal)
- Use small positions to test the waters, and truly hold onto profitable trades (not just take a small profit and run)
- Accept "slow"—turning 30,000 into 100,000 takes time, and growing 100,000 into 300,000 also requires patience, but that’s better than daily chaos

The difference between long-term and short-term trading is like a tortoise and a hare—one can win even if it’s sleeping, while the other might run until it’s exhausted.

**The False Sense of Security with Leverage**

Many people set their stop-loss at the liquidation price: 2x leverage is safe, 5x leverage only gets liquidated if the price drops to XXX, "that’s unlikely."

Then, when extreme market moves like 312, 519, 1011 happen, all leverage becomes a joke, and accounts are wiped out instantly.

Real risk control isn’t about calculating "the maximum loss on this trade," but always leaving room for error. There’s an old Wall Street saying: "In a bull market, make money; in a bear market, gain experience; in a monkey market, learn lessons."

To survive longer in the crypto space, technical analysis is just a stepping stone. The real core is system, discipline, and that anti-human self-discipline cultivation.