The path of contract trading may sound simple, but in reality, it is a game of life and death. Many people watch others make money with envy, but only a few can achieve stable profits.

The most exaggerated case I have seen is like this: someone started with $300, used 100x leverage to open a $10 contract position. They aimed for just 1% profit each time, took half of the profit when they made money, and continued to roll over the remaining half. Mathematically, doing this correctly 11 times in a row, $10 can turn into $10,000. It sounds unbelievable, but some people have actually done it.

There are even more extreme cases—someone with only $1,000 in living expenses managed to roll their position over three months to reach $100,000. Such examples do exist in the community, but you must understand that this is not luck; it is extreme operation under specific market conditions.

Why do most people fail? Because they cannot overcome the psychological barriers: wanting more after making profits, refusing to admit losses and adding positions, or stubbornly holding on when the trend is unclear. The final result is an account wiped out.

My personal trading discipline is set as follows:

**Stop-loss enforcement**—if wrong, exit immediately. Even if you are wrong 20 times in a row, you must stop and reflect. This is the bottom line for survival.

**Profit locking**—once the account reaches $5,000, you must withdraw and lock in profits. Absolutely no allowing yourself to get greedy and keep trading.

Last year, there was a clear market cycle. I rolled $500 into $500,000 in three days—what most people didn’t see was that I had been waiting for four months beforehand, with no trades at all. Rolling over positions is not a daily routine; it’s waiting for that once-in-a-century opportunity and then going all in.

Many newcomers now ask: Can I still roll over in this wave? Before answering, I suggest you ask yourself a few questions:

**Is the current market volatility large enough?** If the market is sluggish, even high leverage is just giving away money.

**Is the trend clearly one-sided?** In a choppy market, rolling over positions is essentially gambling on probabilities, greatly increasing risk.

**Can you just eat the fish’s body and give up the head and tail?** This tests your greed and self-control.

Ultimately, no matter how much money you make from rolling over, it cannot change one fact: the risk and reward of this method are completely disproportionate. You might earn 50,000 in three months, or you might be wiped out overnight. That’s why I see it as a gambler’s game, not an investor’s choice.

If you insist on trying, treat it as paying tuition. Use small amounts of real money to experience the market, feel its temperature, and understand what “easy to learn, hard to implement” means. The greatest gain is not just making money, but surviving and protecting your principal.