Beginners are better off staying away from contracts.

Why? You might win a hundred times, but lose just once and all your previous efforts go down the drain. Some say it’s because you didn’t manage your position size? Wake up—the real issue is human nature. Greed never makes sense. Every crypto trader should seriously consider just how dangerous this market is.

At the end of the day, everyone wants to make quick money. But why do most people end up losing? Here are the main reasons I’ve summed up:

**First, getting lured in by wealth myths.** You hear someone got rich off Bitcoin, you get excited and jump in. What happens? You walk away holding a bunch of worthless altcoins, regretting your decisions.

**Second, contracts are just too risky.** Using 800,000 to open 100x leverage—you think a 1% rise will double your money, sounds great. But what if it drops 1%? You’re wiped out instantly, no chance to recover.

**Third, short-term trading gets you hooked.** Most people fall into this trap. In the long run, frequent short-term trades rarely make big money. The typical path: you buy and get stuck holding a bag → stubbornly hang on → see other coins pumping and can’t resist → switch over → end up buying the top again. Either small wins and big losses, or you keep getting stopped out.

Altcoins and short-term trades are fine for the occasional thrill, but don’t take them too seriously. The crypto market is fundamentally a brutal game—trading goes against human nature, and impulse is an investor’s worst enemy. The right way is to reduce trading frequency—even in a bull market, when things are hot, you need to hold back from buying recklessly. Remember this: if you’re not planning to hold a coin for three to five years, don’t even touch it for three to five minutes.

What’s the common problem among small retail investors? Confusion. They rush in when they see others making money, but don’t understand why those people are winning, or whether they should buy or sell. They’re afraid to buy more when prices are low but bravely buy the top. If they’re lucky, they get some scraps; if not, they end up chasing pumps and panic selling—becoming the market’s ATM.

There’s an old saying: “Wealth doesn’t come to those in a hurry.” For ordinary people, there’s only one method with the highest probability of winning in this market—spot holding. What to hold? Value coins. There’s no shortcut. If you still lose this way, that’s fate; if you get rich, that’s luck.

But as for exactly what to hold, when to accumulate, how to stop yourself from selling impulsively, how to reduce trading—everyone’s situation is different, so strategies must vary. For example, coins with strong consensus like XRP might be a good long-term choice—assuming you can actually hold on to them.