Futures
Access hundreds of perpetual contracts
TradFi
Gold
One platform for global traditional assets
Options
Hot
Trade European-style vanilla options
Unified Account
Maximize your capital efficiency
Demo Trading
Introduction to Futures Trading
Learn the basics of futures trading
Futures Events
Join events to earn rewards
Demo Trading
Use virtual funds to practice risk-free trading
Launch
CandyDrop
Collect candies to earn airdrops
Launchpool
Quick staking, earn potential new tokens
HODLer Airdrop
Hold GT and get massive airdrops for free
Pre-IPOs
Unlock full access to global stock IPOs
Alpha Points
Trade on-chain assets and earn airdrops
Futures Points
Earn futures points and claim airdrop rewards
Promotions
AI
Gate AI
Your all-in-one conversational AI partner
Gate AI Bot
Use Gate AI directly in your social App
GateClaw
Gate Blue Lobster, ready to go
Gate for AI Agent
Gate MCP
Gate Skills Hub
10K+ Skills
From office tasks to trading, the all-in-one skill hub makes AI even more useful.
GateRouter
Smartly choose from 30+ AI models, with 0% extra fees
Having a feeling that your borrowing position is only "three steps" away from liquidation is really frustrating, even though you haven't lost much, your mindset first collapses by half.
I usually stop and don't add to the drama: first, write down the health/liquidation price in my notes, and casually calculate a threshold like "if it drops X%, I have to act";
second, immediately reduce leverage, not going all-in to cover margin, better to pay down some first and push the red line further away;
third, turn on automated alerts, don't rely on watching the market yourself.
Honestly, the closer you are to the red line, the easier it is to be driven by emotions, so you need to stick to discipline more.
Recently, I've been discussing testnet incentives, points expectations, and the group is guessing every day whether the mainnet will issue tokens...
I also get tempted, but at such times, I prefer not to max out my borrowing position, in case there's a sudden wave of volatility on-chain, liquidation is more real than "issuing tokens."
Last night, I kept refreshing and retrying on my wallet several times, which made me even more clear-headed: don't stack uncertainties on top of uncertainties, focus on keeping the position alive first.