The Math That Prevents You From Going To Zero
Published on HivePostify by @cryptohead69 · Thu Aug 27 2026
📉🧮 89% of futures traders are liquidated in their first month. Here is what the 11% do differently. I spent my first year in this market treating leverage like a multiplier for profit, ignoring the reality that it is actually a vacuum for capital. Back when I lost $5,400, I didn't even look at the liquidation price. I just looked at the potential gains. That is how you lose everything. You need to understand that the exchange is always calculating the exact point where your margin disappears. If you don't calculate it yourself, you are just gambling on hope.
Let’s look at the hard math using $SOL and $NEAR. Imagine you have a $1,000 account and you go long on $SOL at $150 with 10x leverage. You are controlling $10,000 worth of assets....
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