Futures buying and selling includes the usage of leverage, that means merchants can take massive lengthy/quick place by depositing a comparatively small amount of cash, known as a margin, with the change offering the remainder of the worth. That exposes futures merchants to liquidations – compelled closure of lengthy/quick positions because of margin shortages typically brought on by the market shifting in opposition to the path of the levered guess.
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