Many people suffer losses in contracts. To be honest, it's not a technical issue at all; it's just that they make things too complicated and tire themselves out.

I used to make the same mistake. I piled on all indicators—MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands, moving averages layered one after another, afraid of missing any opportunity. When the market moved even slightly upward, I feared a pullback; when it dipped a little, I wanted to hold on. I placed seven or eight orders a day, staying up late watching the screens. In the end, what happened? People were exhausted, and the account didn’t make any money.

Until one day, I finally understood: trading isn’t about working hard to make money; it’s about filtering.

After truly stabilizing, I started to "trim down" the system. I don’t predict trends, don’t chase rebounds, don’t stay up all night, and keep my screen time within 10 minutes a day. With fewer orders, my win rate actually increased. Now, my approach is based on only three core principles.

**First: Focus only on key moving averages to filter out noise**
Delete all those fancy indicators, keep only EMA21 and EMA55. Only consider shorting when EMA21 is below EMA55. Ignore all other signals. This helps avoid being driven by emotions.

**Second: Only trade on the 4-hour timeframe for certainty**
Avoid trading during sideways movements. Confirm a bearish trend only when a death cross appears and a bearish candle closes. If the signals are incomplete, don’t place an order. Missing a trade is okay; ambiguous market conditions are even more dangerous than missing out.

**Third: Set a fixed stop-loss and let profits run**
Place the stop-loss at the high or low of the previous candle, keeping risk within 5% of the capital per trade. When floating profits reach 5%, slightly add to the position in the trend’s direction, allowing profits to offset risks instead of the other way around.

The essence of this logic can be summarized in one sentence: lose small money, make big money.

Since adopting this approach, many people have followed it. Some have grown from $2,000 to over $10,000 little by little, while others have multiplied their capital several times in just three months. The most common feedback isn’t about how much they can earn, but that—trading finally no longer tortures them.

Contracts are never about who is more diligent; it’s about who knows how to exercise restraint. When the market is unclear, stay out; wait for signals before acting. One or two trades a day are enough. Slow down, and you’ll find you can go further. Remove unnecessary complexity, and you’ll realize that stable profits don’t require so much noise.