Machi Big Brother's papertrade realized losses 833000 USD, and remained at a loss after accounting for PAPER airdrop 424000 USD。
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Machi Big Brother on papertrade incurred trading losses 833000 USD, and remained at a loss after accounting for PAPER airdrop 424000 USD
PANews October 20 According to a report by on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Machi Big Brother (Huang Licheng, Machi Big Brother) has, since October 10, accumulated trading volume on the papertrade platform of 1560000000 USD, with realized losses of 833000 USD, ranking 10 on the platform's loss leaderboard. He received a total of 437000 PAPER token airdrops, and the account remained at a loss of 424000 USD after offsetting them. On the platform, he primarily opened ETH long positions, with leverage ranging from 50 x to 1000 x, mostly at 100 x. Machi himself had previously posted multiple times praising papertrade's model.
PANews cited on-chain analyst Ai Yi as saying that Machi Big Brother has, since October 10, accumulated trading volume of papertrade on the platform. 1560000000 USD。
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The reported realized loss was 833000 USD, ranking 10。
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The report stated that he received 437000 PAPER token airdrops, and the account remained at a loss of 424000 USD。
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The report stated that he primarily opened ETH long positions on the platform, with leverage ranging from 50 x to 1000 x, mostly at 100 x.
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The original article stated that Machi himself had previously posted multiple times praising papertrade's model.
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This report states that Machi Big Brother conducted substantial high-leverage papertrade long trading on ETH and incurred losses. Although he received PAPER token airdrops, the account remained in a loss position under the offsetting methodology used in the report.
Why it matters to readers
The case shows that high-leverage trading can result in substantial losses, and platform airdrop rewards may not necessarily cover trading losses.
Beginners can use this to understand “long positions,” “leverage,” and “realized losses”: the higher the leverage multiple, the more sensitive a position generally is to price movements; airdrop rewards and trading profit and loss should be accounted for separately.
Risks and unknowns
The original article is PANews's retelling of statements by on-chain analyst Ai Yi and does not include verifiable on-chain addresses or transaction details.
The original article does not specify the price or timing used to value the 437000 PAPER tokens, so the airdrop offsetting methodology cannot be verified.
The original article does not provide the current positions, unrealized profit and loss, position-closing, or liquidation status.
The trading losses of a single account are insufficient to demonstrate the overall market performance of PAPER or ETH.
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