Investment & trading encyclopedia

Understand investment products, market mechanics, indicators and research terminology. Each entry includes an explanation, example, cautions and related learning.

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Leverage

Leverage is the use of borrowed money or derivative contracts to hold market exposure larger than the capital you put up, which magnifies both gains and losses relative to that capital.