A trader's movements on January 6th drew quite a bit of attention on the blockchain—starting with a $10,000 rebate, he managed to grow his account to $910,000. At first glance, it sounds like an inspiring story, but a closer look at the trading details reveals that this guy is playing the game of compound interest combined with high leverage, with a risk factor off the charts.

His trading approach is extremely aggressive: using 40x leverage on BTC, and 10x leverage on volatile assets like PEPE. Both of these assets are already rollercoaster-level volatile, and with such aggressive leverage, the account's net value skyrocketed. But the other side of a rocket is the potential for explosion.

His trading rhythm is even more brutal—frequent position adjustments, rapid direction switches to the point of absurdity, and there have even been cases where he closed a position on the same day he opened it. He doesn't take profits, instead reinvesting everything. Keep doing this, and the account's fluctuations become astonishingly large.

Looking at his trading timeline reveals just how crazy this gambling-style investment is: in May 2025, it was at its peak, with unrealized gains exceeding $85 million, as if he had already won; but by the end of May, almost all the profits had been wiped out; by July, the account was down to just $45,000, on the brink of total loss; yet by early 2026, he used $20,000 of principal to rebuild it to $600,000.

This is the real picture of high-leverage trading—the dream of financial freedom and the nightmare of liquidation and bankruptcy are separated by just a few percentage points of fluctuation.