Leverage Trading & Liquidation

Leverage allows traders to borrow funds to amplify their positions — 100x leverage means a 1% price move doubles your money or wipes you out. In crypto markets, billions of dollars in leveraged positions are liquidated during volatile moves. "Getting rekt" (wrecked by liquidation) is so common that tracking sites exist just to display real-time liquidation data. It's the fastest way to turn Bitcoin into a zero-sum casino.