Guide: Leverage Trading in Crypto Markets Leverage lets traders amplify their positions by borrowing capital. This magnifies gains if you’re right, but also increases losses if you’re wrong. In the past few days of Bitcoin's price decline, $2.5B of traders' positions were completely wiped out. Our team wrote a guide on how leverage trading works, and the risks to watch out for. It's linked below, save this for future reference:(Arkham)