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Leverage, Margin, Futures & Derivatives: How They Connect

Modern trading runs on four moving parts: leverage, margin, futures, and derivatives. Each one shapes how traders handle exposure, capital, and risk. In crypto, where price swings hit harder and faster, knowing how these parts interact isn’t optional, it’s what…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • November 4, 2025
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Understanding Risk in Leverage, Margin, Futures, and Derivatives Trading

Every leveraged instrument shares the same constant: risk is never removed, only transferred or magnified. Leverage changes how quickly P&L moves. Margin sets how long a position can survive that movement. Futures and other derivatives formalize both into contracts that…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • October 19, 2025
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Leverage In Futures Trading: How It Works + 8 Mistakes To Avoid

Leverage is one of the most powerful tools in futures trading—but it’s also one of the biggest reasons traders blow up their accounts. In this article, we are going to take a closer look at what leverage is in futures…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • March 9, 2025
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Leverage Products – Definition and Examples

Leverage products, also called leveraged instruments, are financial derivatives that let traders control much larger positions than their initial investment would normally allow. By putting down a fraction of the trade value as margin, you gain access to amplified exposure,…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • January 22, 2023
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Leverage Trading Fees & Costs Explained

We all know that leverage affects your trading results when it comes to profits and losses, but how does leverage trading affect your fees? On Leverage.Trading, we focus on breaking down the real costs of trading with leverage so you…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • April 10, 2022
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