How can contract trading last longer? This question is asked most often in the community, and the answers are often disappointing—there's no foolproof rule for winning. Those who can profit steadily in this market rely not on talent or inspiration, but on a few easily overlooked operational details.

Many traders make the same mistake: always thinking about getting rich overnight, while ignoring the basics. A gambler's mentality is a big no-no, because ultimately, what determines whether you can make money are those subtle details.

Ask yourself the most critical question: how will this trade end? How do you want to securely lock in profits?

Most people focus on the moment of entry—analyzing charts, looking for signals, choosing the entry price. But this is actually putting the cart before the horse. What truly matters is when you exit. Setting take profit and stop loss, establishing your own trading rules—this is the foundation.

But what is the reality? How many people say they understand stop loss, yet when they actually enter the market, these rules are thrown aside? Once the market moves against you, you start making up stories in your mind: "This rebound will definitely come, I’ll wait a bit longer." As a result, you hold on tighter and tighter, your account bleeding out, until you either cut losses at the bottom or get forcibly liquidated by the market, with no chance to turn things around. Looking at the volatility of mainstream coins like $ADA and $LINK reveals how many people get caught in this trap.

There’s also a particularly ironic phenomenon: when making money, traders are timid—taking a few points profit and wanting to exit; but when losing money, they become stubborn—self-deceiving with "Give me more time, the market will reverse." This mentality might bring occasional small wins in the short term, but in the long run? The account will inevitably collapse. Ultimately, the person who loses is oneself.

What do traders who truly last long in the contract market look like? Not those who rely on luck and intuition, experiencing sudden fame or liquidation. But those with plans and strategies. Even if they misjudge, they can cut losses in time within their acceptable risk range, keeping their emotions stable and their accounts intact. In contrast, those who operate purely on feelings are just a matter of time before they get wiped out.

How deep are these lessons? Many are paid for with real money, bit by bit. Only those who have been educated by the market truly understand what "the cost of blind confidence" means.

So, the core isn’t how strong your trading skills are, but how calm you can stay. Don’t rush to prove to yourself or others how accurate your analysis is. First, stabilize your rhythm, control your risks, and gradually develop a trading style that can withstand tests. When you truly stop fearing losses and stop reckless operations, you’ll find that the market is actually much simpler than you think, and making money isn’t so mysterious anymore.