Cryptocurrency : The New Normal & The World of Leverage Trading.📌 Cryptocurrency: The New Normal & The World of Leverage Trading ⚔️ ( A Sweet Killer! )
🌍 Why Are Traders Shifting to Crypto? COINBASE:BTCUSD BITSTAMP:ETHUSD COINBASE:SOLUSD
✔️ Lower capital required compared to stocks
✔️ Fewer gaps (24/7 market = no overnight gap-up/down shockers)
✔️ High leverage opportunities (control bigger trades with smaller margin)
✔️ Global accessibility (Binance, Bybit, OKX, CoinDCX, Mudrex etc.)
📊 Types of Trading in Crypto
💠 **Spot Trading** → In India, 30% tax on capital gains ( check according to your country ).
💠 **Options & Futures** → Taxed as *Business Income* ( like F&O in stocks ). No flat 30% rule.
⚡ What is Leverage?
👉 Leverage means using *small capital* to control a *large trade size* , because the exchange lends you money.
Think of it like **margin trading** in stocks — but much more aggressive.
🔹 Example 1 : Normal Trade style ( No Leverage )
suppose you have 💰 Capital = ₹10,000
Bought BTC at Price = ₹10,000,000
* You can buy 0.001 BTC ( 10000 ➗ 10,000,000 ).
* If BTC rises 10% → Profit = ₹1,000 (+10%)
* If BTC falls 10% → Loss = ₹1,000 (-10%)
👉 Risk & reward move in proportion to your capital.
🔹 Example 2 : Leverage Trade style ( 10x Leverage )
suppose you have 💰 Capital = ₹10,000
opted Leverage = 10x
New Trade Size ( margin ) = ₹1,00,000 ( you can now utilize this margin amount for trading )
* You can buy 0.01 BTC ( 10000 ➗ 10,000,000 ).
* If BTC rises 10% → Profit = ₹10,000 (+100% return)
* If BTC falls 10% → Loss = FULL ₹10,000 ( Liquidation 🚨 )
👉 A 10% move = your account will be blown.
🔹 Example 3:
suppose you have 💰 Capital = ₹10,000
opted Leverage = 50x (Extreme ⚠️)
New Trade Size ( margin ) = ₹5,00,000 ( you can now utilize this margin amount for trading )
* You can buy 0.05 BTC ( 50000 ➗ 10,000,000 ).
* If BTC rises just 2% → Profit = ₹10,000 (+100% return)
* If BTC falls just 2% → FULL ₹10,000 loss ( Liquidation 🚨 )
* If BTC rises just 10% → Profit = ₹50,000 (+500% return)
* If BTC falls just 10% → FULL ₹10,000 loss ( Liquidation 🚨 )
👉 Tiny moves in high volatile asset class = jackpot or wipeout/blown.
⚔️ Key Takeaways :
1️⃣ Leverage multiplies profits 💸 but also multiplies losses too💀 ( a sweet killer! )
2️⃣ Crypto is *highly volatile* (10–20% daily moves are common) → High leverage is extremely risky, if not managed well.
3️⃣ Beginners should **never use more than 2x–3x leverage**
👉 In simple words: **Leverage is a double-edged sword ⚔️**
Used wisely → You’re a king 👑
Used recklessly → You’re broke 🥀
🚘 Liquidation Explained ( ex: Car Analogy )
Imagine you pay ₹10,000 to rent a car worth ₹1,00,000. (That’s 10x leverage).
* The car is in your hands, but ₹90,000 still belongs to the owner of car (exchange).
* If the damage goes beyond your ₹10,000 margin → the owner takes back the car immediately.
👉 That’s liquidation: when your loss = your margin.
🔹 Case 1: Normal Trade style ( No Leverage )
Margin = ₹10,000 → Buy BTC.
If BTC drops 10% → Loss = ₹1,000.
You still have ₹9,000 left.
✅ No liquidation. Just a normal loss.
🔹 Case 2: 10x Leverage Trade style
Margin = ₹10,000
New Trade Size ( margin ) = ₹1,00,000
* BTC rises 10% → Profit = ₹10,000 (+100%)
* BTC falls 10% → Margin wiped = Liquidation 🚨
🔹 Case 3: 20x Leverage Trade style
Margin = ₹10,000
New Trade Size = ₹2,00,000 ( margin )
* BTC rises 5% → Profit = ₹10,000 (+100% return)
* BTC falls 5% → Margin wiped = Liquidation 🚨
👉 Just 5% against you = Account gone.
🔹 Case 4: 50x Leverage Trade style (High-Risk Zone ⚠️)
Margin = ₹10,000
New Trade Size = ₹5,00,000 ( margin )
* BTC rises 2% → Profit = ₹10,000 (+100% return)
* BTC falls 2% → FULL ₹10,000 loss = Liquidation 🚨
👉 Just 2% against you = Blown account = Game over.
🎯 Final Word
Leverage = Power ⚡
But in crypto’s volatile world, it’s also a **trap for the impatient**.
* Smart traders use small leverage.
* Impulsive traders burn out with high leverage.
💬 Question for you: What’s the **highest leverage** you’ve ever used in a trade? Drop it below 👇 (Be honest—we’ve all been tempted!)
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Liquidation
Time and Price When price liquidating (sweeps) previous day high (same day high/ Asian high ) , and price came to liquidating the high at perfect time London open time 2 ,after collecting Buy side order (buys side liquidity ) prices will tries to push downwards . since , our htf view is bullish this one is low probable set up .. but still a Valid One
In 5 mint time frame , after liquidating pdh. we can see a clear 5 mint engulfing candle .. and price creates a inducement to sweep . we can either enter on the 5 mint candle or after price swp the inducement candle .. while placing SL right above the high and target a nearby imbalance (FVG) or previous day low .
Weekly BTC-USD(26th July)BTC started the week of July 19th to 25th with the bearish movement, falling to the low of $29,300 on July 0th, however, a strong pullback rally followed and helped BTC to close the week in the green territory and formed a big bullish engulfing candle to close the week with 11% gain at $35,428. At the time of writing, BTC is trading slightly above $38,200.
This strong upward rally is most likely triggered by the massive short liquidation streak, in fact, it spiked to about $48K on Binance futures as over $100 Million of short positions were wiped off. However, BTC is still trading in its horizontal channel and it has to sustain above $41K that will act as a confirmation of trend reversal. Even after this 17% gain, the major trend of BTC is still bearish.
BTC is currently above 0.786 Fibonacci retracement level which is placed around $35K and also its 50-DEMA is also present in this range, therefore, the range of $34.5k to $35k will act as the nearest support level followed by the next support at $32.5K and $30K.
On the higher side, BTC is facing selling pressure from the upper band of the channel which is placed at $39.7K to $41K, also, its 100-DEMA which is placed at $38.6K is also acting as an immediate resistance, once we get a decisive breakout from this range and BTC starts sustaining above $41K, this will act as a confirmation to go long for the next wave.
On the plus side, Daily RSI has given a fresh breakout from its trendline resistance which it was respecting from past January 2021. Weekly MACD is also suggesting a trend reversal as it is trying to enter the positive territory. This depicts that the trend reversal can be expected in the coming days but a confirmation would be required to conclusively suggest that trend has reversed.