2026-01-08 06:33:48

The recent experience with short-term accounts has been quite heartbreaking—yesterday I lost over 60,000 in one go, but as of now this month, I am still up more than 70,000. With the end of the month approaching, whether I end up with a profit or a loss will depend on the performance of the next few trading days.

I've been using a 5x leverage product on BTC. Honestly, the logic behind this thing is interesting. If you pick the right direction? It automatically increases your position by 5 times and rolls over, all automatically executed—you don't have to do anything. And there's a benefit—even if there's a 10% drop, it won't directly trigger a liquidation, which indeed reduces a lot of risk.

But the other side of this thing is brutal. Once your trend judgment is wrong, and the decline reaches 20%, your account is basically wiped out. Even more terrifying, the more it drops, the faster the rollover happens. This is an automated process, and there's no way to manually intervene.

In simple terms, the core of using such tools is one word—judgment. If the direction is correct, it accelerates automatic profits; if wrong, it becomes an automatic liquidation meat grinder. There's no room for luck.

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OnchainDetectiveBing

· 01-10 21:46

A loss of 60,000 just like that, do you still dare to keep gambling? I'm truly convinced. --- 5x leverage basically means entrusting your life to the market, nothing fancy about it. --- It's tough to turn the tide at the end of the month, brother. What's the current market situation? --- The term "meat grinder" is quite fitting; I've been ground up too. --- A wrong directional judgment and it's gone; this thing is too ruthless. --- Why haven't you taken your 70,000 floating profit yet? Are you waiting for liquidation? --- A 10% stop-loss without being triggered is already considerate, but a 20% drop to zero is truly outrageous. --- Looks like you're going to start over again next month with this attitude. --- Auto roll-over sounds cool, but it's actually a self-destruct mechanism.

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Tokenomics911

· 01-09 12:11

60,000 yuan gone in one go, that's why I never touch 5x leverage. A 20% drop and you're wiped out—it's pretty brutal. This isn't trading; it's gambling with your life.

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HodlVeteran

· 01-08 06:53

This 5x leverage is just a gambler's accelerator; if you bet right, it's heaven, if you bet wrong, it's hell. I'm the guy who often misses the train. The few trading days before the end of the month are truly a life-and-death situation. Losing 60,000 in one go must be so painful—I totally understand. A 20% loss is directly wiped out; this threshold is a bit ruthless, it feels like walking on a knife's edge. Hearing about 5x margin rolling sounds exciting, but when the Grim Reaper's scythe actually comes, there's no time to react. Automation is just a nightmare. I just want to ask, how many people like me have been taught how to be a person by this thing? Direction, to put it simply, is something bestowed by heaven; it's not something you can control. Playing this short-term requires several lives; I don't have enough left.

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GamefiGreenie

· 01-08 06:53

If 60,000 is gone in one breath, I just want to know what your mindset is like. --- 5x leverage is basically a double-edged sword; if you bet right, it's exhilarating, if you bet wrong, you’re done. --- That's why I absolutely refuse to touch leverage. It’s bad, but staying alive is the most important thing. --- A 20% liquidation level sounds painful—how dare you play with that, everyone? --- Judgment, judgment—it's easy to say, but who can really make the right call when trading? --- End of the month, keep going. I hope you can hold onto that 70,000 yuan. --- Automatic rollover and liquidation sound just like a gambling machine; no manual intervention makes it too risky. --- Yesterday, 60,000—how big must that account be? I feel your pain just looking at it.

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0xLostKey

· 01-08 06:35

Losing 60,000 in one go—that's the true face of leverage. A 5x all-in bet, if you win, you fly high; if you lose, you go to zero—there's no middle ground. Being able to recover this month shows your hand is still decent, but the last few trading days of the month will depend on luck. To be honest, the most terrifying thing about automatic position rolling is that you can't react in time; the drop speed is so fast that you don't even have a chance to stop loss. If you're not confident in your sense of direction, don't touch this stuff—it's truly a meat grinder.

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