what is/are the difference if you do spot trades and long positions with 1x leverage on the futures market?
Derivatives cannot be held forever as it is coming up as a contract with expiry date. You need to close your positions by expiry date. So, instead of going for 1x leverage on futures, you may go for spot trading as on both you can trade as quantity. Still, in spot trading you can withdraw to your personal addys hence you never need to close your positions out of any hurry.
1x is the lowest leverage, how does it becomes different on using spot position?
When you are opting for no leverage then you do not need to pay any fee for margin. But, fluctuations might be more wild on derivatives as they are predicted future prices but in spot markets are just reflecting what is current trend on markets. So, if you are scalping then futures trading may favour you.
This may help you understand the basic differences of spot and futures trading:
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