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Is this article correct about leveraged tokens?
In this article, it says the following:
Let's say you're interested in buying Bitcoin, so you purchase $100 of it. After a day, the price has increased by 10%, and your investment is worth $110. But ...
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Does a one stock leveraged ETF behave like margin?
I am reading about leveraged etfs and I am very confused. It seems they don't always follow the stock prices they should be following and not always doing what they are supposed to do.
For example a ...
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How to safely start entering leveraged positions in stocks?
I am new to trading and I want to learn how leverage works.
I have been buying and selling underlying stocks with DeGiro for a year now [playing it safe and been lucky till now] and I would like to ...
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Details related to Upstox margin calculation
On the right is the screenshot of Upstox's span calculator for IDEA:
Upstox's margin calculator
I just want to confirm if I am understanding this right or not? So, according to my understanding, it ...
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By pass the 100% limit in shorting: Capitalising on a Market Crash
I want to short a cryptocurrency that is highly overvalued.
Let say its current value as of now is $10,000 , my intuition say that sometime next year like Feb its going to fall significantly to about $...
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Zero cash buying power, what would margin maintenance be?
I have $0 cash buying power but have loads of margin buying power because of my current marginable securities. If I make a margin trade for any amount does that mean I have 0% equity in that position ...
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Are Credit Default Swaps an adequate hedge for leveraged bond portfolio?
A hedge is supposed to be a cheaper bet that pays off if a primary bet isn't profitable.
With a leveraged bond portfolio, my understanding is that a credit default swap (CDS) can help hedge, but I'm ...
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Are there good investment options to pay off student loans?
I just recently graduated uni and I'm hoping to try and apply what I learned in my finance classes to paying off my student debt. The biggest surprise to me during my studies was the realization that ...
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Investing using leverage
As a trader, I understand the premise of Leverage and Margined accounts.
I understand that it is almost necessary to use leverage in order to make money from trading.
But the question is about ...
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What are the risks associated with leveraged trading accounts?
What is a leveraged account and why is it mandatory on some trading platforms to operate through leverage?
Also, what are the associated risks? Could I end up losing more money than I invested?
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