Recently, I've been wondering how people actually end up losing all their principal when trading crypto.



To be honest, it doesn't happen suddenly; it's the result of stepping into pitfalls one by one. The key is that every step seems pretty reasonable at the time—until the day your account balance hits zero and you finally realize what happened.

Here are some of the most classic roads of no return:

🔺 The first and most common—getting carried away and going all in. Many people enter the market dreaming of getting rich quick, thinking a 10% daily fluctuation is too slow, so they go straight for high leverage and heavy positions. The result? The market wobbles just a bit, and their margin is gone.
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BuyHighSellLowvip
· 10h ago
Ha, you’re absolutely right. That’s exactly how I lost my money. High leverage really is poison. --- Every time I think this round is a sure win, then a sudden plunge wipes me out and my account balance drops to single digits. --- The moment I go all-in with a heavy position, I feel like a genius. When I realize what happened, I know I was just being stupid. --- What I fear most are those seemingly reasonable decisions that gradually bury me deeper. --- My friend used 5x leverage and got wiped out overnight. Couldn't even laugh about it. --- That’s how crypto is: making money depends on luck, losing money depends on skill. And I’m especially skilled. --- The moment you open a leveraged position, the outcome is already set—it’s just a matter of time. --- A margin call liquidation really happens in an instant; you don’t even have time to react.
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LayerZeroHerovip
· 12-03 13:45
Haha, it's the same old story. To put it bluntly, it's just greed. Once leverage is used, you just can't stop.
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DevChivevip
· 12-03 13:45
Going all-in felt absolutely amazing in that moment, until I saw the liquidation notification and realized how foolish I was, haha.
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OneBlockAtATimevip
· 12-03 13:31
That all-in moment feels so good, until the second you see the liquidation notice...
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ThatsNotARugPullvip
· 12-03 13:16
Leverage is basically an accelerator for gamblers. I've seen too many people go all-in and then just disappear. With 10x leverage, a 1% market move will liquidate you. That's not investing, that's gambling. At the end of the day, it's just greed—trying to get rich overnight and ending up broke overnight. People stare at charts all day, but open positions without even understanding the risks—they had it coming. The harshest truth is, every time you think "this time is different," but it always ends the same. When your margin is wiped out, you probably regret it so much it hurts. High leverage has wiped out so many people, yet others still rush in. It's really insane.
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