When the market goes crazy, retail investors flood in like a tide. But honestly? Nine out of ten end up leaving with losses.

The crypto market has never been an ATM; it's more like a battlefield without smoke. Last year, I used a "rolling position" strategy on SOL and grew my funds from 80,000 to 1,000,000 in three months. Not bragging—this is real, hard-earned money.

Why do most people fail to make money? I've summed up three fatal mistakes:

The first type treats contracts like a farmer's market—eager to sell at a small uptick, but stubbornly holds on when it drops. Classic case of taking small profits and big losses.

The second type treats leverage like a gambling table—going all-in at 50x leverage, then blaming the market for "being unfair" when they get liquidated. That’s not trading, that’s pure gambling with your life.

The third type ignores the bigger trend—miss one big rally, and you might have to wait years for another chance. Opportunities won’t wait for you.

The logic behind actually making money is simple: **Treat leverage trading with a spot-trader’s mindset, and only bet what you can afford to lose on the trend.** A crash in a bull market? That’s not a risk, it’s an opportunity.

For example: On May 19, 2021, during that bloodbath, ETH crashed from $4,300 straight down to $1,700, and the market was wailing. But those who understood rolling positions entered around $1,800, exited at $3,400 three weeks later, and made 900% with 10x leverage. Remember this: “When the weekly chart breaks the previous high, you have to get in.”

How do you play rolling positions? Two key points:

**Be disciplined when opening positions.** Don’t let your initial position exceed 5%, and 3-5x leverage is enough—take it slow.

**Add to positions based on profit.** Every time you break a previous high, increase your position by 20%. When losing? Don’t add a single cent—never double down on losses.

Finally, here are seven liquidation traps: fighting the trend, randomly increasing leverage, adding to positions emotionally, ignoring extreme market conditions, staying up all night watching the charts, being greedy and trying to take all the profits.

If you understand this system, you’ll avoid at least three years of detours.