The Education section of Leverage.Trading explains how leverage, margin, and derivatives work in practice — through fact-checked, risk-first guides.
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Financial spread betting can be a lucrative way to make money. Unlike traditional forex and financial asset trading, you don’t need an intimate understanding of market conditions, meaning there’s arguably a lower barrier to entry. Better yet, there are numerous…
When looking for different ways to trade, you might have come across the term “financial spread betting”. Without enough research, it might seem like a highly complex form of trading that only experts can fully utilize. But this isn’t the…
If you are a beginner forex trader and you’ve chosen a forex broker but you are unsure of what the best lot size is for a $10, $20, $50, $100, $200, $500, or $1000 account is, then you have landed…
If you are a crypto trader and recently got into crypto margin trading, you may have seen the option to choose between cross margin and isolated margin in your trading interface. You’ve probably also asked yourself, what is it and…
At its core, crypto margin trading lets you borrow funds to boost your position size. With $1,000 and 5x leverage, you’re suddenly trading $5,000 worth of Bitcoin. If you’re right, the gains stack up fast. But if the market moves…
This tutorial on the top 20 leverage trading strategies is going to be an article for those of you who already know how to trade with leverage and want to improve your results by learning new skills. Let’s face it, we all…
Crypto contract trading lets you speculate on the price of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum without owning the underlying coins, and with the added power of leverage. Instead of buying tokens directly, you trade derivative contracts that can amplify both…
Options leverage is one way to increase your buying power when buying stocks and it is a type of leverage product where you can maximize gains while keeping your risk 100% under control. Most beginner traders see options trading as…
The debate about whether trading with leverage is really gambling or if it’s simply a high risk strategy used by professionals is an ongoing conversation and I thought I would share my thoughts. It seems like the world of traders…
In this article, we are going to break down 1:50, or 50x leverage, as it’s also called by many professionals. What does it mean, is it good for beginners, and how much money can you make are some of the…