I received an urgent call in the early morning. A trader from Hebei spoke anxiously: I used my entire position of 10,000 USDT with 20x leverage to go long, and the market only retraced 5%, but my account was wiped out. Why?

Looking at his trading records, the problem is obvious—full position holding, leveraged trading, and lazy to set stop-losses. This is not risk; it's suicide. Many people misunderstand the meaning of full position, thinking it’s gambling with their lives. Actually, the biggest pitfall of full position trading isn’t the leverage multiplier, but the size of the position.

For example: lifting 100 kilograms is easy, but 500 kilograms can crush you.

Look at the data. A 1000 USDT account using 10x leverage to fully invest 900 USDT, a 5% market fluctuation can cause liquidation, leaving the account at zero. From another perspective, with the same 10x leverage, investing only 100 USDT requires a 50% move to be liquidated. The problem isn’t the tool; it’s the exposed risk. That friend had 95% of his capital in full position, and a slight market correction would wipe him out.

To make big money, you first need to learn how to survive. I’ve been doing full position trading for half a year, never got liquidated, and doubled my account. The secret is actually simple, just three points:

**First: No single trade exceeds 20% of total funds**
For a 10,000 USDT account, never invest more than 2,000 USDT in one trade. Even if you’re wrong, a 10% stop-loss only loses 200 USDT, so your principal remains intact, and you always have a chance to bounce back.

**Second: Set maximum loss at within 3% of total funds**
For a 2,000 USDT position with 10x leverage, set the stop-loss at 1.5%, risking at most 300 USDT. Even if you make several wrong trades in a row, you won’t be wiped out, and you still have room to continue trading.

**Third: Stay on the sidelines during choppy markets**
When the market is volatile, stay idle. Wait for a clear trend before entering. After opening a position, don’t add to it impulsively, to avoid emotional trading that overrides logic.

What is the true meaning of full position? It’s not gambling; it’s buffering. Buffering market fluctuations, buffering your wrong judgments. Use small positions to test, enforce strict risk control, aiming for steady gains, not to become famous with a single big bet.

A fan once kept getting liquidated every month. After following this logic for three months, he turned 5,000 USDT into 80,000 USDT. He later said: “I used to think full position was playing with my life. Now I understand, full position is actually to stay safer.”

Bet less on the direction, control your position size more. Only by surviving long enough can you seize those truly explosive opportunities.