Want to quickly lose money in the crypto market? The formula is simple: go all-in with high leverage, and we’ll send you out the door.

Newcomers to the crypto world, your mind isn’t thinking about how to survive longer, but how to turn things around. With not much capital, how can you not use leverage? So, you go all-in, full position, adding ten or twenty times leverage to the max. And the result? The fastest way to pay tuition fees is born.

On the surface, leverage is meant to help you, but in reality, leverage amplifies your fragility. The volatility is magnified, but this isn’t about increasing profits; it’s about increasing risks. The market doesn’t go up in a straight line every day; most of the time, it’s oscillating, sweeping your stop-loss orders back and forth. You might see the right direction and judge the trend correctly, but before the real move happens, your stop-loss gets triggered, and liquidation comes even faster.

Many people think this is due to lack of skill, but the core issue is—your position structure is inherently distorted.

Want to know what kind of traders exchanges love the most? Not those who make money, but those who love full positions, high leverage, frequent trading, and holding large orders. Why? Because your stop-loss is their liquidity, your liquidation is their counterparty, and your trading fees are their cash flow. You think you’re fighting the market, but in reality, you’re just contributing to it.

Traders who can survive long-term in the crypto market share a few common traits: small positions to prevent being wiped out by a single move; low or no leverage, able to handle volatility calmly; and most importantly, they prioritize “staying alive,” because certainty is always more important than odds.

They’re not unwilling to make big money, but they understand a truth: opportunities always outnumber your capital. As long as you’re still alive in the market, the next opportunity is waiting for you.

If you’re still pondering relying on one or two full positions to turn things around, using 50x or 100x leverage to solve life’s problems, then you’re not trading—you’re speeding up your exit. This isn’t some mystical theory or marketing hype; it’s a brutal reality that will be proven sooner or later with real money.