Hope you did not use high leverage?

[Ziskinberg]

We can't stop these traders who feel confident to use high leverage, especially if they made a winning history from it. Since they have made it before and make profits, then expect that they will still take that high risk again thinking the same outcome will happen.

Obviously, using high leverage mostly create negative outcome for many traders. That is why making profits on your first attempt won't guarantee another, there are more cases of losing than seeing your money double or triple its amount. I don't encourage using high leverage, except for those born risk takers as they will often do everything to satisfy their urge.

[masulum]

We can't stop these traders who feel confident to use high leverage, especially if they made a winning history from it. Since they have made it before and make profits, then expect that they will still take that high risk again thinking the same outcome will happen.

Obviously, using high leverage mostly create negative outcome for many traders. That is why making profits on your first attempt won't guarantee another, there are more cases of losing than seeing your money double or triple its amount. I don't encourage using high leverage, except for those born risk takers as they will often do everything to satisfy their urge.

futures trade is indeed incredible temptation, especially if in the beginning already experience getting big profit because using high leverage. At first maybe feel very easy to get money, but actually that is the trap because slowly we start addicted and want to open position continuously without thinking the risk anymore. we never know, the market movement very volatile and nobody know for sure, and once hitting a big loss, usually we become emotional want to hurry taking our losing money back. Unfortunately, the reality is not as beautiful as daydream, many fail to win back because if already trading using emotion, in the end even become more loss and completely run out. in the end futures trade with high leverage ended just like a gambler who lose their control.

[Finebone]

Hope you did not use high leverage during this fall that many of us predicted?

I am referring to those that have gone on long position.

Or you know that you should go short? But using high leverage is not good, you can just be lucky this time.

Majority of the liquidation that goes on in the market is as a result of leverage trading, and using higher leverage brings your liquidation price closer, but the problem with most traders is that they prefer using as low as $10 to trade with high leverage like 30x, than using $200-300 without leverage, not knowing that they can use $300 to trade and set their stop loss at $10, since it's what they can afford to lose, and their liquidation price will be very far off, unlike when you use higher leverage to trade.

[Dr.Osh]

Hope you did not use high leverage during this fall that many of us predicted?

I am referring to those that have gone on long position.

Or you know that you should go short? But using high leverage is not good, you can just be lucky this time.

Low leverage can still encourage averaging, but martingale is very bad. Starting a trade with 0.2x leverage is very good.

I also hope people know about perpetual and future trading? There are long term position holders.

I hope people understand the reason for this thread.

That's how it should be. The more potential you see, the higher the risk. It's best to balance your futures wallet according to how much you can afford to lose on each trade. Futures trading can eat up your money at any time, so we need to be careful. What you're referring to as 0.2x might be 20% of your trading capital. Am I correct?

[stadus]

Whether you trade in futures or not, using high leverage should never be encouraged because the result could only lead to trading like gambling. If possible,   prefer to use low leverage which could be safer and better for beginners, and can prevent a trader from rapid, massive losses.

But we can't hold those traders who really aim for high profits, they can still succeed on it if they are well-experienced traders who want to open multiple positions in trading. If they fail and lose a lot, at least they will be cautious enough the next time they go for high leverage.

[Peanutswar]

This depends on your risk management so me basically I do not make a high leverage with the market instead what im doing is is like ranging from 10-50x but having 100x is rarely. I just do with a high lever with a different condition. First is the trend you must need to identify what is the trend of the market in a bigger picture meaning in a higher time frame such as 1H, 4H and 1D now if you already identified the trend is the position to take how long the internal it is because if the demand is just a fast phase probably you can scalp with a higher leverage but if you are into a higher leverage now thats not the most ideal to risk. Also by that is the volume and the market structure with the assist of technical analysis tools.

[Jaweria parveen]

Whenever I go to the market, I do not consider futures trading good and it is more risky and most experts have good analysis about it. Although those who do futures trading use more leverage for more profit and those who only use small leverage for their small profit, which will reduce their losses even if they lose. Even if I do futures trading, I do not use large leverage because the reason is related to my money being exhausted at once. Therefore, those who have more capital and are sitting with more profit and good analysis use large leverage. This is how a lot of loss occurs and people who do not trade should not be too greedy so that they have minimum loss and get good profit and stay in the market for a long time.

[BitBrainers]

Leverage got wrecked, no argument there. But the reason this drop hurt so much wasn't really Bitcoin, it was the Fed. Warsh held rates but dropped forward guidance and wouldn't even give a dot plot, and now 9 officials see another hike this year when none did in March. Longs got cleared because they need cheap money to survive. Spot holders didn't care. Long term holders actually bought around 125k BTC this month while the leverage crowd got liquidated into them. That's the real split here, not high vs low leverage.

[aoluain]

Whether you trade in futures or not, using high leverage should never be encouraged because the result could only lead to trading like gambling. If possible,   prefer to use low leverage which could be safer and better for beginners, and can prevent a trader from rapid, massive losses.

High leverage is definitely high risk and something I would say a lot of people dont realise.
The way I think about it is that the volatility of the market looks very appealing and tag on
the allure of leveraging a trade in order to make bigger profits, it seems like a no brainer.

But what a lot of people especially newbies dont realise is that the volatility actually
"does more harm than good".

This depends on your risk management so me basically I do not make a high leverage with the market instead what im doing is is like ranging from 10-50x but having 100x is rarely.

WOW 50% leveraged trade? the market only has to move against you by 2% and you are
wrecked. I would consider 50% high leverage, high risk