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Why Do Brokers Offer Leverage To Retail Investors?

Why do brokers offer leverage to retail traders, how do they profit from it, and what does that actually mean for you as a trader? It is not generosity. Leverage increases trade size, which means more spreads or fees for…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • July 10, 2022
  • Education

What Is CFD Leverage?

CFD stands for Contract For Difference and it is a leverage trading product where retail traders can access leverage products such as Stocks, Forex, and Cryptocurrency through regulated or offshore brokers. To even consider using CFD leverage you first need…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • June 25, 2022
  • Education

Forex vs Crypto vs Stocks: A Perspective on Risk

In this guide, I’ll break down how forex, crypto, and stocks differ, how each behaves in practice, and how those differences line up with your trading style and risk tolerance. This is a question that many traders are asking themselves…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • June 19, 2022
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What Does 1:100 Leverage Mean?

Understanding 1:100 leverage isn’t about chasing big positions. It’s about knowing how rapidly risk accelerates when the market moves against you. In trading terms, 1:100 (or 100x) leverage means controlling a position one hundred times larger than your account balance…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • June 12, 2022
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How To Use Leverage In Long-Term Investing To Increase Returns

I’ve traded through bull markets, bear markets, and those grinding sideways years that test your patience, and one thing has always been true: if you can control risk, leverage becomes another tool to adjust exposure in long term investing, not…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • June 4, 2022
Best leverage ratios
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Best Leverage For A Small Account ($10, $100, $200, $500, $1000)

Choosing the right leverage isn’t about guessing — it’s about survival. I’ve traded through market surges, flash crashes, and everything in between, and I can tell you that the fastest way small accounts disappear is by using more leverage than…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • May 8, 2022
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10 Steps Of Top Risk Management In Leverage Trading

Leverage trading is a high-risk arena where position size and volatility can move your account very quickly, and without solid risk management a single trade can still wipe you out. At Leverage.Trading, we teach traders that managing leverage is more…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • May 2, 2022
Liquidation explained
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What is Liquidation in Trading?

Liquidation is one of the harshest outcomes in leveraged markets. It happens when a position has moved far enough against you that your margin can’t support the open loss anymore. At that point the platform closes the trade to prevent…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • April 24, 2022
  • Education

36 Leverage Trading Tips to Protect Your Capital

In this guide, I will list my 36 rules I wish I had internalized before I ever touched leverage, whether you’re just starting to experiment with small size or already trading larger. You probably wonder, what can go wrong? I…

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  • Anton Palovaara
  • April 17, 2022
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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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