2026-01-12 04:24:53

After playing leveraged trading products for a few months and losing everything to zero, I finally understand a truth.

Market makers never strike when you're at your most greedy, but rather when you feel "especially safe."

Take my recent experience as an example: a 4x product had 5 days left until expiration, and suddenly $LISA plummeted -80%, wiping out months of gains. Looking back, I realized that those so-called "stable strategies" are ultimately just betting on probabilities.

So, what is the real rule?

**One week before expiration, the risk suddenly spikes.** During this stage, you need to stay extremely alert and monitor the market carefully—don't let your guard down. Try to operate during less crowded hours, which might help you last a bit longer. But this is only delaying, not solving the problem.

The more painful question is—are there still relatively safe options for similar products in the next round? Or has this game gradually entered its final phase, and the mechanism itself is destined to harvest participants?

Thinking this through might be more important than any operational skill.

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NewPumpamentals

· 17h ago

Ha, I knew it would turn out like this. The big players are just waiting to eat us up with this mentality. --- Only after zeroing out do you realize? I already ran long ago. This thing was always a setup. --- Only a week before expiration did I start to get nervous. Too late, brother. The best time to sell was long ago. --- Instead of wondering how to live longer, better ask yourself why you're still playing. --- Stable strategy? Uh... just accept consistent losses. --- Once you realize it's just a zero-sum game, you'll be fine. Don't think about making quick money. --- Basically, it's a probability gambling game. We don't have enough chips to play with others. --- Next safe target? Brother, your question is a bit naive. --- A few months' worth of points gone in one night. That’s probably the expensive tuition fee. --- I anyway uninstalled it. Living comfortably now. --- Wait, wait, wait. So when should I get out? Or is there no safe time at all?

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LightningHarvester

· 01-12 04:54

Resetting once is just the beginner level, that's the tuition fee, buddy.

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MevShadowranger

· 01-12 04:45

This is the true face of leverage—participation is a doomed fate of being cut. --- Only now do you understand zeroing out? I’ve seen through it long ago; this game is inherently a zero-sum game, and the house has already calculated your fate. --- Exactly, the week before expiration is indeed the most dangerous, but the problem is... no matter how much you defend, you can't prevent it. --- Stable strategy? Don’t laugh at me; that’s just an excuse to brainwash yourself. --- $LISA -80% I’m also in, got liquidated directly, and now I feel nauseous about this type of product. --- If you’ve thought it through, just don’t play. Still asking if there’s a safe target in the next round... there’s simply no such thing, okay? --- It’s basically a game of probability; the odds are always against retail investors—that’s the real truth. --- Watching the market a week before expiration? Bro, you’re just giving yourself a psychological comfort. --- The mechanism is destined to harvest... then what are you still thinking about? Just quit directly, and it’s all over.

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WhaleShadow

· 01-12 04:43

Uh... still the same old tricks, the sense of security is the most deadly --- Only after clearing the zero do you realize, you should have quit the scene long ago --- Crashing the market aggressively one week before expiration, I've seen this script too many times --- Basically, the mechanism is designed to harvest retail investors, there are no truly safe assets --- How many people got liquidated in that LISA wave, I feel for them --- Instead of studying when to operate, it's better to study when to walk away --- The game rules themselves are not friendly to us, no matter how many skills you have, it's useless

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FastLeaver

· 01-12 04:40

This is the truth about leverage trading. In simple terms, it's a game of probability, and the house always wins. Exactly right, I’ve also been wiped out this way. The few days before expiration are like a time bomb. Instead of studying trading techniques, it's better not to touch it at all. There are no safe assets in this game. I was also in $LISA during this jump—-80%, and I was wiped out instantly. Now I really suspect that this game itself is a harvesting machine. Only after hitting zero did I realize—I lost so much that only the change remained. It’s so damn heartbreaking. The house waits for you to feel confident before striking. That sentence really hit me hard.

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