2025-12-30 13:24:46

The duality of the contract market is very real — it can create wealth or wipe out your account in an instant. Someone started with a few thousand yuan and made it to 280,000, not by luck, but through strict trading discipline.

**Discipline 1: Stop Loss Immediately When Wrong**

Stop loss sounds simple, but executing it tests your willpower the most. Many know they should stop loss, but always hope for a rebound. When the rebound doesn’t come, losses grow bigger. Instead of waiting for a supposed salvation, it’s better to admit defeat right now. Cutting losses promptly preserves the principal, which is the capital for the next profit.

**Discipline 2: Pause After Consecutive Losses**

The market has cycles. If you lose five trades in a row in one trading day, it’s not the time to insist. Turn off the trading app and take a break. Calm your emotions, clear your mind. Blindly fighting through losses will only turn small losses into big ones.

**Discipline 3: Realize Profits in Time**

Floating profits in your account can turn into losses at any moment. When you earn 3,000U, consider withdrawing half and locking in the gains. Don’t wait for the perfect exit point — because it often doesn’t exist. Protecting your existing gains is more important than chasing the last 1%.

**Discipline 4: Follow the Trend, Avoid Volatility**

Trending markets are opportunities to make money, with clear direction and huge potential. But when the market enters consolidation, you’ll find every trade feels like gambling. When there’s no clear direction, doing nothing is the best choice. Waiting beats blindly acting.

**Discipline 5: Keep Single Position Size Within 10%**

A small position not only provides safety but also keeps your mind clear. Use only 10% of your total capital per trade. Even if you suffer consecutive losses, it won’t hurt your core. A stable mindset leads to rational decisions, and long-term profits become sustainable.

**Final Words**

Contract trading is not a sprint but a marathon. Those who stick to the end are often not the smartest, but the most disciplined. The secret to making money isn’t in complicated indicators or magical strategies, but in whether these seemingly simple principles can be truly implemented. Steady progress, respect the market, and wealth will come naturally.

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SpeakWithHatOn

· 7h ago

Exactly right, but there are too few people who follow these five rules. --- That brother with 280,000 definitely kept discipline; otherwise, he would have been liquidated early. --- Stop-loss is easy to talk about, but only when your fingers are stiff enough to press it. --- Closing the software after losing five trades in a row is brilliant; it's more reliable than any indicator. --- Choppy markets are the most deceptive; they look like opportunities but are actually traps. --- 10% position size doesn't sound like much, but these are the people who can truly survive until the end. --- Unrealized gains are fake; locking in profits is real—this hits home. --- It's not about being smart or not; it's about whether you can admit defeat, and that's the hard part.

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0xLostKey

· 7h ago

That's right, but there are too few people who can really do it. I myself have lost money due to stop-losses, always waiting for a rebound, but the rebound never came and my account was gone. --- I totally agree with pausing after consecutive losses. Many people die because they refuse to take a break. --- Using a small position size really changed my mindset. I think 10% is still too lenient; it could be stricter. --- You're spot on about realizing profits. How many times have I missed out on that 0.1% and lost everything? Now, I just take profits as soon as there's a gain. --- Floating profits are indeed much less real than paper wealth. I've seen too many stories of overnight reversals back to square one. --- If these five rules can really be followed, making money isn't that hard. The hard part is human nature. --- My problem is that I always try to catch the bottom in a volatile market, and I get wiped out every time. --- That guy with 280,000 definitely sticks to his discipline, unlike us who lose interest after three minutes. --- Stop-loss is the hardest. I set a stop-loss now and then pretend I didn't see the trade. --- The analogy of long-distance running versus sprinting is spot on. Contracts are a psychological battle.

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SchroedingersFrontrun

· 8h ago

Everything you said is right, it's just that execution is hell.

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DefiOldTrickster

· 8h ago

Oh man, these five rules are spot on, but the people who can actually follow them are even rarer than the liquidation accounts I've seen. I used to think the same way back then, but I still got liquidated and learned my lesson—two words—greed. That guy with 280,000 is impressive, but I bet he's also gone through five or six stop-loss hits before finally understanding. The key is that these principles look simple, but executing them every time is a battle against human nature. That's the real practice of return on investment.

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