Recently, many traders have asked me: how can contract trading achieve stable profits? To be honest, I never hide the truth — there is no secret to guaranteed profit without loss. To survive long-term in the contract market, you need to master a few hard truths, give up the dream of overnight riches, and completely abandon a gambler’s mindset. Because wins and losses are often hidden in those seemingly insignificant details.

**First: Clarify Your Exit Plan**

The core of contract trading is not how to enter the position, but how to exit. It sounds simple, but very few people actually do it. Set take-profit and stop-loss points, then strictly follow them — this is the bottom line of trading discipline.

Where is the problem? Most people say they recognize the importance of stop-loss, but when it comes to actual operation, they hesitate. Once the market moves against them, they start to get optimistic, fantasizing about a rebound. As a result, they sink deeper and deeper, and by the time they are forced to close the position, the chance of a turnaround has already disappeared. I’ve seen too many examples like this.

**Second Major Pitfall: Emotional Out of Control**

Another very common phenomenon — making profits with hesitation, but stubbornly holding on when losing money. Taking a small profit and rushing to lock it in, but stubbornly holding on when losing, naively expecting a miracle. This kind of operation might bring small gains in the short term, but in the long run? The account funds simply cannot withstand it, and ultimately, losses occur.

Those who truly excel in the contract market are traders with clear plans who can strictly execute strategies. Even if they make wrong judgments, they can limit losses within controllable ranges, always keep their emotions stable, and prevent their accounts from falling into danger. In contrast, those who operate casually based on feelings are destined to be liquidated sooner or later.

**What is the key?**

I have also experienced the cost of blind confidence, and the lesson is deeply engraved. The real key to winning in contract trading is not how smart you are or how good your luck is, but whether you can stay calm, maintain a steady rhythm, effectively manage risks, and gradually develop your own trading system.

When you are no longer afraid of losses and no longer driven by emotions, you will find that the market is not actually mysterious. Profits are not out of reach.