Trading in altcoin contracts over the years, my deepest insight is this: those who survive are never the ones who earn the most fiercely, but the ones who die the slowest.

When I first started playing, I would spend every day in the group watching others share their wins. A single needle ten times, a wave of rise that turns the account around. When it was my turn to operate, I rushed in faster than anyone, and lost more fiercely than anyone. After several liquidation events, I realized that altcoin contracts are not about guessing right, but about who can survive longer.

Later, I developed a set of "Survival Rules." Nothing fancy, just a few strict rules that no one can persuade me to change.

Rule one: I never buy the dip in a downtrend.

Altcoins have no bottom when they fall; "it's already fallen so much" is often just the beginning of disaster. I choose to wait—wait for volume to pick up, wait for a breakout, wait for it to break above key levels. Ideally, I want to see on the daily chart that funds are genuinely starting to get serious before I consider entering. Price is less important; I prefer to buy confirmed signals rather than gamble on miracles.

The second is position sizing. I take this more seriously than the direction.

In contracts, I always keep a small position. No matter how tense, I won't go heavy. The volatility is too high; a heavy position will first blow up my emotions, making it impossible to execute strategies. I use "positions that won't kill me" to maintain the ability to keep trading. As long as I am alive, opportunities are always there.

And the last rule, which many might not want to hear: I don’t talk about long-term with altcoin contracts.

Whether I profit or lose, I leave when the time is up. If three days of short-term trading don’t give me the rhythm I want, I probably misjudged the market, not the market itself. Admit mistakes; better to withdraw than to stubbornly hold on. I’ve seen too many accounts that started with contract trading but ended up in faith—almost always ending in being buried.

Looking back now, I have indeed missed many "get rich overnight" opportunities. But because of that, I’ve never been caught in a trap. The profits always come from the cleanest, most peaceful parts of the trend.

In the world of altcoin contracts, I don’t chase myths, I don’t rely on luck, I only aim to survive one more day—this is all the experience I can share now.