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Margin trading means borrowing funds to trade a position larger than your own capital. It amplifies both gains and losses, and it is where many newcomers are wiped out.

How leverage works

If you put up US$100 and borrow to control a US$1,000 position, that is 10x leverage. A 5% move in your favour now yields 50% on your capital — but a 5% move against you costs 50%, and a 10% adverse move can erase your entire stake.

Liquidation

Because the borrowed funds must be protected, the exchange sets a liquidation price. If the market reaches it, your position is forcibly closed to repay the loan, and you lose your margin. The higher the leverage, the closer the liquidation price sits to your entry — so a small move can end the trade. In volatile crypto markets, where double-digit daily swings are normal, this happens constantly.

The honest reality

Leverage does not improve a strategy; it magnifies its outcomes, including its mistakes.
Crypto's extreme volatility makes high leverage especially dangerous — far more so than in slower markets.
The large majority of leveraged retail traders lose money, and many lose it fast.

If you are still learning, the prudent stance is to avoid leverage entirely until you have a consistently profitable, well-tested approach on spot. Leverage is a tool for managing a proven edge, not a way to create one.