As long as you've been exposed to leverage, especially making quick money in contracts, it's very hard to adapt to a life rhythm of gradual accumulation. There are too many examples like this around me, and I am one of them.

For example, someone might try with 2,000 bucks of idle money, and end up catching a wave of market movement, multiplying their wealth dozens of times in a few days. At that moment, it’s like opening the door to a parallel universe—the speed of wealth growth directly overturns all your previous perceptions of making money.

But turning around tells a different story. Going all-in with heavy positions and encountering a reverse fluctuation can shrink your account to zero at the same speed. You swear never to touch it again, but when the next wave of market movement comes, you simply can't stop yourself—you're still opening the trading app.

The reason contracts are addictive is centered around one word—fast. Leverage of dozens or even hundreds of times amplifies your gains and losses in seconds. This rapid feedback mechanism crazily stimulates dopamine secretion, making it impossible to tolerate the slow pace of traditional investing.

The problem is, this "fast" comes at a cost. Stocks have daily limits on price fluctuations, but in the crypto world, you might experience heaven or hell within an hour. Once you get used to this heartbeat-accelerating feeling, your attitude toward work and dollar-cost averaging changes completely. Saving money by working is too slow, while you could be cashing out faster in the trading market.

The real dilemma isn’t greed, but that your perception system has been permanently raised to a higher threshold. The thrill of instant wealth feels like an invisible shackle. It makes you forever restless, always thinking about the next "lightning strike," and when the opportunity doesn’t come, your principal is long gone.

This path seems full of opportunities, but in reality, every step is an addictive trap that’s hard to turn back from.

True clarity comes from admitting you’re not that special person and being willing to return to a humble yet solid way of accumulation. Calibrating this mindset is far more difficult than any candlestick analysis.