# LeveragedToken

Many beginners get scared seeing ETH5L and BTC3L on Gate.io. These are called Leveraged Tokens or ETF Tokens.
What's the difference from Futures? In Futures, you select 125x Leverage yourself. If the price moves 1% against you, you get Liquidated and lose all your money.
But ETH5L is a 5x Long Token. Here, the Exchange manages the Leverage itself. So you won't get Liquidated. Just Buy/Sell. No Funding Fee, No Margin Call.
However, there is a big risk. It's called Volatility Decay. If the Market is Sideways, the price decreases little by little every day. So ETH5L is only perfect for 1-3 day Sh