2026-01-09 04:26:52

Since 2019, I have been trading with leverage. Honestly, I’ve made quite a bit of money, and I’ve also lost quite a bit. I’ve tasted the flavor of leverage—having experienced both the sweet and the bitter.

These years of experience have given me a piece of advice for newcomers: stay away from leverage. Really.

Why? It all comes down to risk management. If you haven't understood how leverage works, and your mental resilience isn't up to par, using leverage is no different from self-destruction. The crypto market is already highly volatile, and adding leverage is like dancing on the edge of a cliff—one careless move and you could fall straight down.

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RugPullProphet

· 4h ago

That's right, leverage really can easily ruin people. A painful lesson, not something to joke about. I see many beginners still dreaming, and this leverage trap will eventually bury them. Dancing on the edge of a cliff, that's a perfect description. Only after losing do you realize what regret truly means, but the awakening comes a bit too late.

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AllInAlice

· 23h ago

Dancing on the edge of a cliff is a perfect metaphor; I'm the one who fell... But then again, it seems like those who haven't experienced a liquidation don't really deserve to say they understand the crypto world.

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TokenDustCollector

· 01-09 04:56

Dancing on the edge of a cliff is a perfect metaphor, but I still believe some people need to fall once to wake up.

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StakeWhisperer

· 01-09 04:56

Leverage, huh? When you make money, it's exhilarating; when you lose, your account gets wiped out... Those who advise against it are the ones who have paid their tuition fees.

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LayerZeroHero

· 01-09 04:54

It has proven that leverage is a high-risk protocol vulnerability; your mental resilience determines your liquidation price.

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GasSavingMaster

· 01-09 04:54

That's right, I've lost so much to leverage that I doubted my life. I have to listen to this; it's much smarter than me blindly playing around back then. Dancing on the edge of a cliff, haha, that's a perfect metaphor. I was the one who fell. It's better to stay steady and make safe profits, don't mess with this heart-pounding stuff. Newbies playing with leverage is really like playing with fire.

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DeFiAlchemist

· 01-09 04:45

the leverage paradox is wild tho... ppl see the transmutation of 2x returns and think they've cracked the philosopher's stone, then reality liquidates them harder than any oracle could predict. risk-adjusted mysticism ain't for the spiritually unprepared fr

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