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Short, original guides on leverage trading.

• Leverage in crypto, explained with the numbers that matter — What leverage actually does to a position, why 10x and 100x are different products, and the three numbers to know before you click.
• How liquidation works and how to calculate your liquidation price — The formula behind liquidation on perpetual futures, worked examples at 10x, 25x, 50x and 100x, and why liquidation costs more than a stop at the same price.
• Position sizing: the 1% rule and how to size a leveraged trade — How to size a trade from the stop distance instead of from the leverage slider, with a worked example and the scaling rules that keep an account alive.
• Stop-losses on perpetuals: where to put them and why — Why the stop is the trade, how to place it at the invalidation point instead of the comfort point, and the two rules about moving it.
• Funding rates: the hidden cost of holding perpetual futures — What funding is, who pays whom, how much it costs at leverage, and why extreme funding is a warning sign rather than a bonus.
• Why 100x leverage is a coin flip, with the math — The arithmetic that makes 100x positions die in minutes, why expected value turns negative even for a winning strategy, and what to use it for instead.
• Revenge trading: the pattern and the rules that stop it — How a planned loss turns into an emptied account in four steps, and the two written rules that interrupt the sequence.
• Chasing green candles: why late entries bleed accounts — The candle you are buying is someone else's exit. Four habits that stop impulsive entries, and a number that puts missed moves in perspective.
• The trading journal: the minimum that actually works — The eight fields that matter, the weekly review that finds the leak, and why your paper trades belong in the same journal.
• Exchange risk: keeping your money safe while you trade — Counterparty risk, withdrawal habits, account security, and how to tell a trading venue from a casino with a chart.
• The daily loss limit: the rule that saves accounts — How to set a daily stop in dollars, why three planned losses is the right size, and what to do with the itch after you hit it.
• Paper trading that actually prepares you for real money — Why most simulated trading is useless, the four rules that make it the cheapest edge available, and a graduation rule to decide when to go live.
• A trading plan that fits on an index card — Markets, timeframe, setup, risk numbers and review schedule: the four lines that turn a vibe into a plan.
• Stop hunts and liquidity: why your stop keeps getting hit — What is really happening when price sweeps a level and reverses, how to place stops that survive it, and why high leverage makes you the target.
• CPI, FOMC and other scheduled events: trading around known volatility — Why scheduled data releases are the worst time to hold leverage, a simple timing rule, and the crypto-specific events that belong on your calendar.
• Overtrading: why fewer trades make more money — How fees, slippage and impulse entries drain accounts, a trade count that forces selection, and what to do with the extra urge.
• Expectancy: why win rate is the most overrated number in trading — The one formula that tells you whether a strategy makes money, two examples that break intuition, and how leverage quietly destroys expectancy.
• Your first six months with leverage: a graduation plan — Why six profitable months on small money is the right bar before sizing up, what "small" means, and how to scale afterwards without blowing up.
• Weekend crypto: thin books, long wicks and expensive funding — What changes in crypto markets when traditional markets close, and two simple rules for carrying leverage through a weekend.
• A 20-second pre-trade checklist — Eight yes-or-no questions to answer before every entry, and why the habit has to be built before money is on the line.
• Averaging down versus adding to winners — Why adding to a losing leveraged position is a countdown, when adding to a winner is legitimate, and the one rule that settles it.