Perpetual futures changed how retail traders perceived risk in 2025

Perpetual futures allow positions to stay open indefinitely, letting risk build over time. Losses increasingly stem from prolonged exposure, not sudden price moves. Contract design now plays a bigger role in risk than traditional entry and exit timing. In 2025, many retail traders realized that futures risk no longer followed a familiar lifecycle source: https://coinjournal.net/news/perpetual-futures-changed-how-retail-traders-perceived-risk-in-2025/