Anyone still debating whether spot trading or futures is better has asked the wrong question.

Over the years, I’ve seen too many people cling to spot trading, thinking "as long as I don’t move, I’ll eventually break even." And what’s the result? Assets drop from their peak to only a fraction—just 10% or 20% of the original—and to recover, they need a 10x increase. Do you think that’s possible?

The market has already changed. The era of casually buying a coin and waiting for a bull run to multiply tenfold or more is gone for good. Now, the number of coins is exploding, funds are scattered everywhere, and even the most promising projects that can double or triple in value are rare. Expecting a coin to give you fifty or hundred times returns? The probability is so small it can be ignored.

So what’s the key? **Learn to do swing trading**.

Whether you’re trading spot or futures, the real difference-maker is whether you can consistently earn 10%-30% in a single market cycle. Don’t dismiss this small percentage—such gains, accumulated over time, compound and can take you far.

The market will only become more mature in the future, with volatility gradually decreasing. At that point, only two types of people will be able to keep making money: one is those with enough capital to deploy across the entire market, and the other is those who truly understand how to seize volatility and steer the market.

Instead of dreaming about a coin that will multiply a hundred times, consider a different approach: participate only during phases you understand, avoid greed throughout the entire cycle, don’t gamble on the future, and take profits when you can. It may not sound glamorous, but this is the real logic for surviving in this space.