#美联储重启降息步伐 How much leverage should you really use in contracts? Wake up, everything that could save your life is right here

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My DMs exploded again, all asking how much leverage to use on perpetual contracts—I’ve talked about this from bull markets to bear markets, for five straight years. Newbies trip up, seasoned traders still crash and burn.

Let me make this clear: leverage isn’t an ATM, it’s a business of licking blood off the blade. If you use it well, it cuts through iron like butter; one slip, and it cuts to the bone.

The “freedom” of perpetual contracts sounds tempting—no expiry, keep rolling as long as you don’t get liquidated. But how many traps hide in that freedom? You can add to your position anytime, go all-in when you’re high on profits, stubbornly hold on in losses, crank up the leverage, and the illusion of doubled returns goes straight to your head while the risk is already tossed to the winds.

Last week, I met a guy who said he always trades with 30 to 50x leverage. I teased him, why not just go 100x? He sneered: “That’ll blow up so fast, you can’t even screenshot it for your friends.” I lost it right there—

Bottom line, using leverage is dancing on the edge of a cliff. 50x is like boiling a frog slowly, 100x is deep-frying it, the only difference is how many seconds the market gives you for last words.

Let’s do the math with BTC: 30x leverage can’t handle a 16% swing, 50x shrinks it to 10%, 100x? A 5% price move and you’re done. 1x is steady as an old dog but so slow it drives you mad. 100x is fierce as a wolf, but without stop-loss or discipline, your account goes to zero in a heartbeat.

What really kills you isn’t the leverage multiplier, it’s impulsively adding to your position and having margin as thin as paper. Thinking a few hundred USDT can get you five-figure gains? A sneeze in the market and you’re carried out.

The worst part isn’t getting the direction wrong—it’s being right, but overleveraged, getting stopped out by a small pullback, and then watching the price rocket in your predicted direction.

Burn this into your memory: the danger in perpetual contracts isn’t high leverage, it’s having no flexibility in your account. Your margin must be able to withstand normal volatility—that’s the line between life and death.

Tattoo these three iron rules:
First, only use isolated margin; cross margin is like tying your life savings to a powder keg and lighting the fuse.
Second, always set a stop-loss; the countdown to liquidation starts the moment you start “holding and hoping.”
Third, forget getting rich quick. With a $5,000 principal, aim for a steady $50 to $100 per day—compounding is a thousand times better than gambling with your life.

Leverage doesn’t amplify the market, it amplifies your greed and discipline. Well-managed 100x is far safer than brainless 5x with no risk control.

Perpetual contracts aren’t about who’s bolder—they’re about who survives longer. Once your system is running smoothly, then you’ve earned the right to count your money and walk away smiling.