What is forced liquidation? Why can an account face liquidation risk after only a slight price move in the opposite direction?
In crypto contract trading, many traders focus on how far the price could rise while overlooking how much of a move in the opposite direction their account can withstand. When margin is insufficient to meet the exchange’s maintenance margin requirements, the platform may automatically close part or all of a position. This is forced liquidation.
First, why does forced liquidation happen?
After a position is opened, a price move in the opposite direction creates unrealiz

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CryptoEyean hour ago

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$BTC IS APPROACHING A BIG DECISION POINT!
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LX International: A Massive Q3 Earnings Beat Driven by Operational Efficiency
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ACaiStar an hour ago

What Is Trade Expectancy? Why Does It Reflect a Strategy’s Long-Term Profitability Better Than Win Rate Alone?
In cryptocurrency trading, a high win rate does not necessarily mean you’ll make money, and a low win rate does not necessarily mean you’ll lose money. What really matters is how much profit or loss each trade generates on average when you keep trading by the same set of rules. That is the core meaning of trade expectancy.
First, what is trade expectancy?
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📊 Looking only at the first P2P ad is the fastest way to get the calculation wrong.
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EastChainSuperBrother 20 minutes ago

I called a long on ETH at 2228 on the 30th; it’s now at 2426U, up nearly 200 points.
Back then, it had just been dumped to 2178, falling even harder than BTC, and the whole screen was full of people cursing ETH for being useless.
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LiuBang 32 minutes ago

What Is the Sharpe Ratio? How Can You Measure Whether the Returns From a Trading Strategy Are Worth the Risk?
In cryptocurrency trading, a high return does not necessarily mean a strategy is good. If a strategy can generate high returns but comes with sharp volatility and significant drawdowns, we need to further assess whether those returns are worth the associated risk. The Sharpe ratio is one tool that can help answer this question.
First, what is the Sharpe ratio?
The Sharpe ratio measures the excess return earned by a portfolio or trading strategy per unit of volatility risk. Generally, t