Futures trading is not something to mess around with.

A well-known trader on-chain lost $380,000 in just one month. Seeing this number, many people got scared. In fact, this situation is not uncommon in the futures market — a slight loss of composure, loose position management, and an account can collapse instantly.

Why is the risk so huge? Put simply, leverage amplifies both gains and losses. Loss of emotional control, improper stop-loss settings, and frequent chasing orders are common causes of liquidation. What most traders lack is not luck, but discipline and patience.

The advice for everyone is simple: trade futures with spare money, use small amounts of capital to make trial-and-error attempts with isolated margins, treat it as tuition fees and a game, and withdraw your profits in time. The worst thing you can do is fantasize about rolling positions to turn a small account into a large one — that's not trading, that's gambling. Unless you're a trading genius who has been through thousands of trials and tribulations, the only way to survive the longest is to follow a systematic approach.