2026-01-16 10:22:58

Looking at RIVER, the funding rate has now dropped to -1.52%. Many people are thinking of opening 10x leverage to hit the top, but as a result, they can lose 15% of their principal in just one hour. Even if you have sharp eyes and catch the highest price between 34 and 35, you simply can't hold onto your position.

To put it plainly, now it's just a matter of endurance. Not falling is to exhaust the short sellers, gradually eating away at their funding costs. This is a common market tactic, yet some people always believe they can jump out and be smarter than the market makers.

In hindsight, those who truly make money are never those who guess the high and low points correctly once or twice, but those who survive long enough and have strong risk control. People who frequently chase highs and sell lows, unable to hold onto their positions, often end up destroyed by their emotions and leverage.

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WalletDivorcer

· 16h ago

10x leverage loses 15% in one hour. I've seen this tactic too many times. Every time, the retail investors think they can beat the market makers, but it's always the same old trick. If you can't hold onto your position, don't play with leverage. Really, risk control is the only condition for survival. Chasing short positions when the rate is inverted—aren't you just gambling? Purely courting death. Honestly, it's more about who can survive longer than just the highs and lows. Most people get wiped out by their emotions; leverage is just an accomplice. It's always like this—if you don't fall, you get exhausted. Many people's funds are slowly eaten away without even realizing it.

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0xDreamChaser

· 16h ago

10x leverage card tops out and loses 15% in one hour. Isn't this a suicidal trade? No wonder you're getting liquidated. --- Negative funding rates are actually more dangerous. This is when most people are easiest to fall for scams, I've seen too many think they can fight the market makers for money. --- That's right, risk control and mindset are the keys to survival, not whether you can guess the high and low points correctly. --- The RIVER strategy is really classic; this trick of exhausting the short sellers never fails, someone always falls for it. --- Frequent chasing highs and killing lows is just working for the market makers. If you lack this kind of insight, you won't last in the crypto world. --- Looking at this trading technique, it's obvious they're tormenting the shorts, a false signal from the funding rate. --- Traders who survive long-term simply wouldn't try to see how long 10x leverage can hold out. That's the difference. --- Emotions and leverage kill more people than the market itself. --- That's why I only do fixed positions and don't play psychological games with high leverage.

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HodlTheDoor

· 16h ago

10x leverage, returning to the pre-liberation state in an hour, this is the self-cultivation of gamblers. Negative funding rates make you think about bottom fishing? Wake up, that's exactly what the market makers are sharpening their knives for. That's so true, the crypto world is just a game of exhaustion, exhausting your mentality and margin. I've seen too many experts get wiped out with a 15% drawdown; there is no such thing as a perfect top call. It's really a mindset game; those who can hold on are the ones who make money. Leverage is really an emotional killer; the more you think you can operate, the faster you crash. -1.52% negative fee rate is the most dangerous, easily making people feel euphoric. True profit-makers are those who can let a position sleep, not those who watch the market every day. Frequent traders are just cutting themselves; the market always wins.

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SerLiquidated

· 16h ago

Looking at the 10x leverage top-out, it's really just a gambler's mentality. With such obvious rate inversion, still daring to short, no wonder getting exhausted. Risk control is easy to talk about but hard to implement; most people die because of greed. Another round of chopping the leeks, seeing clearly doesn't help; if you can't hold, you just can't hold. How many years have the manipulators been playing this exhausting game, and some still think they can win. Guessing the high and low points in the short term, what's the use? In the end, it's just swallowed by emotions and leverage.

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NftRegretMachine

· 16h ago

Negative fees and still dare to leverage, isn't that just asking for death? 10x leverage, 15% in one hour, really outrageous, time to wake up, buddy. The big players love to play this game, exhausting you until liquidation. Still the same saying, making money that you rarely see, rushing for quick gains leads to liquidation. If risk control isn't managed well, everything else is pointless.

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