The first reaction after a liquidation is often emotion before reason.

Cursing the platform, cursing the market maker, cursing the market, as if this can "curse" back everything lost—
But what truly needs to be faced is the out-of-control self in front of the screen.

Many people don't lose to the market, but to the beast called "greed" in their hearts.
Their account may only have 10,000 USDT, and they feel uncomfortable losing 500, yet they can open a position of 30,000;
They say they use 5x leverage, but in reality, the leverage has already multiplied several times.
When the market slightly trembles, before you can react, the liquidation alert sounds.
At this moment, you remember "stop loss," but the market never waits.

This is not trading; it's a self-deceiving gamble.
You place hope on a "comeback," treat luck as strategy, and see impulsiveness as courage.

Those who can truly survive in this game often possess a kind of "anti-human" calmness.
Most of the time, they wait like hunters—waiting for signals, waiting for positions, waiting for that high-confidence moment.
Once they act, their positions and stop-losses are already calculated; if wrong, they admit it, never fight the market.

Most people's operations are exactly the opposite:
Entering and exiting dozens of times a day, opening trades based on feelings, emotions jumping with the K-line, the more they do, the more chaotic their mind becomes, and the more they lose money.
In the end, they realize they are just "working" for transaction fees and slippage.

The essence of futures trading has never been about predicting the next second's rise or fall,
But about managing the risks you can bear in uncertainty.
It tests not luck, but a system, a discipline, and the ability to execute calmly.

If you want to avoid becoming market fuel, remember these iron rules:

· Never lose more than 5% of your account on a single trade; only then can there be a future;
· When losing, tighten up; when winning, appropriately enlarge—let profits run, but don’t let risks spiral out of control;
· Rely on probability and discipline for long-term accumulation, not on intuition for a sudden turnaround.

Is futures trading gambling?
For those without discipline, relying on luck, driven by emotions, it is a guaranteed losing bet.
But for those with strategy, risk control, and patience, it is just a neutral tool—
Like a knife in a chef’s hand, it’s a kitchen tool; in a gambler’s hand, it could be a deadly weapon.

The market itself has no emotions; it favors no one, and punishes no one.
It only reflects the true nature of every trader:
Your greed, your fear, your self-discipline, your calculations.

If you only rely on emotion and impulse to move forward, then "zeroing out" might not be the end, but a necessary stop along the way.
And true traders are not seeking miracles of instant wealth,
But practicing a battle against themselves in every single trade.