#数字资产生态回暖 Why does leverage always stand against retail traders?



Honestly, leverage isn't really designed to help you make money.

The true purpose of leverage is only one thing: to make you lose quickly, completely, and helplessly.

The secret to a margin call is actually very simple:

Volatility.

But retail traders can never see through it:

Your position isn't wiped out by the direction,

You're worn down alive by volatility.

Skilled traders ask three questions first:

What is the current level of volatility?

Can market depth support this position?

How far is the liquidation point from the current price?

And retail traders only ask:

"Can I make money this wave?"

"Did I choose the right direction?"

"Will it rebound?"

The harsh truth about leverage markets is:

Even choosing the right direction can lead to an explosion.

Choosing the wrong direction is an absolute dead end.

As soon as volatility breaches your liquidation line,

You have no chance to even protest.

Liquidation is never a matter of luck.

It's an inevitable result:

Overleveraged position + structural imbalance + fundamentally not understanding volatility cycles.

Do you think you're gambling on the right direction?

Actually, you're betting that "volatility won't trigger liquidation."

And how do the big players manipulate the market?

It's simpler than ever:

They target the direction where volatility is most likely to trigger retail traders' liquidation and hit there.

In essence, liquidation is a carefully designed outcome.

You're never really losing to the market.

You're losing to the person who designed the leverage rules.

$BTC $ETH 's market is great, but if you don't understand volatility and position management, it's all pointless.
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New_Ser_Ngmivip
· 12-13 03:23
Honestly, reading this article really hit home. Volatility is indeed a blind spot for most retail investors. It's not wiped out by direction, but worn down over time. The realization came a bit late.
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BearMarketMonkvip
· 12-12 02:55
Well said. I'm the one who got wrecked by volatility; I was right on the direction but still got wiped out.
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fren.ethvip
· 12-11 02:57
To be honest, reading this article reminded me of the account I blew up last year... Volatility is really an invisible knife, and you can't prevent it at all.
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SchrödingersNodevip
· 12-10 15:33
The reasoning may be simplified, but volatility is the real culprit. Even if the direction is correct, a blow-up can still happen. This is too heartbreaking.
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BridgeNomadvip
· 12-10 15:27
volatility isn't the enemy, it's the *asymmetry* in information that kills you. tbh seen this play out a hundred times—retail thinks they're trading price action when really they're just donating collateral to the oracle manipulation machine. the liquidation cascade is always the feature, never the bug.
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HalfPositionRunnervip
· 12-10 15:24
Really, once you start leveraging, you're just gambling on volatility not crushing you. The big players have already calculated how to break retail traders' positions. After playing a few rounds, I realized that even if the direction is correct, it doesn't matter. The key is that I never thought about those three questions. It's a hard truth. I'm the kind of retail trader who only asks if I can make money, and I'm still paying tuition. Volatility kills without bloodshed; it's even more brutal than trading against the trend. That's why I now run with half my position and no longer trust any market trend. I've seen through it—leverage is just a trap set by the big players for retail traders. Fair trading doesn't really exist. Actually, at the moment of liquidation, I realized that what I was losing wasn't money—it was my understanding. If you don't understand volatility cycles and still play with leverage, it's not gambling; it's just money in the bank.
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AirdropHarvestervip
· 12-10 15:21
Alright, no problem. Volatility is indeed the enemy of retail investors; they simply can't keep up.
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