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By Adam Milton, About.com Guide to Day Trading

Trading Using Leverage

Tuesday November 11, 2008

Depending upon whom you ask, trading using leverage is either a quick way to lose a lot of money, or it is an efficient use of trading capital. If I tell you that the amateur traders believe the former, and that the professional traders believe the latter, which one do you think is correct?

If you don't know the answer, or if you don't know what leverage is, my trading using leverage article will provide the answer, and explain what leverage is and how it should be used in trading. In fact, unless you have recently made a $100,000 trade using only $5,000 of your trading capital, the article is likely to contain some information that will benefit your trading.

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