BitMEX Blog – Cryptocurrency Trading Insights & Market Analysis
Key Takeaways Leverage trading crypto amplifies your buying power, allowing you to control positions worth $10,000 with just $1,000 in capital – but losses are magnified equally. Margin trading borrows real assets and charges interest, futures contracts use synthetic leverage with funding rates instead. Liquidation is the biggest threat: at 100x leverage, a mere 1%…