I just came here to post on here after just losing money on a futures trade lmao, futures can be hard when you don't really know what you are doing. naive me went for a high leverage instead of just 2x. screw all these useless events events exchanges do, they should genuinely have an event for foolish traders that lose their money. Even if they don't give me my money back they should give me half lmaoooo, I promise I won't do futures anymore.
Have you guys ever felt like quitting futures or just trading in general?
You can say that again but the truth will always be that trading and gambling are not the same thing even if it's a thin line of difference. However, it is possible you gamble in trading which is one of its differences and as a matter of fact, most traders are gambling doing it, so who do we blame trading? Like what you've explained above, you can know yourself that it's the fact of many traders, "you don't bite more than what you can shew." Trading is vast and technical, it needs you both mentally and skillfully, but many do not possess the skills not to mention having the mental capacity that will be able to carry it through.
Any trader still trading and losing but continues with a short time frame is a self-deceiver, why can't such move to the higher timeframe and try other more stable styles? And in my experience, those traders with long-term interests are better ones. But still, they need to work on their aggression towards the market and must make sure they start with low risk and proper management until they are experienced and smart enough to increase it. Sadly, most people do the opposite.