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Contracts and leverage
What is a perpetual contract, and where is the risk?
How a perpetual differs from spot, and why leverage magnifies losses. Beginners should go slowly.
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Contracts and leverage
Leverage, margin, and liquidation
A simple picture of leverage, margin, and what triggers liquidation, so you do not take on too much.
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Contracts and leverage
Funding rates and the cost of holding
How the funding rate changes the cost of a long or a short, and why a long hold has to include that cost.
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Contracts and leverage
Five mistakes new contract traders make
Opening everything in cross margin, high leverage, no stop, copying trades blindly, and adding size because of emotion.
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