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Spot Trading vs Margin Trading Pros and Cons

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Spot Trading is the most basic form of trading method and is the most suitable for beginners in trading. It's simply a BUY > HOLD > SELL mechanism.

On the Other Hand

Margin Trading is complicated and should only be done by experienced traders. There are various components to margin trading such as Maintenance margin, margin calls, leverage, and liquidation.

Pros and cons of Spot Trading

👉Spot trading is easy to learn and understand and is a good starting point for beginners in Trading.
👉It's an easy process to manage risk in spot trading not taking all the complications of liquidation or margin calls.
👉You can hold an asset for a much longer time and in the case of cryptocurrency can also transfer to any cold wallet.
👉No Trading happens during downtrends.
👉The potentials gains are not very good on a smaller investment amount.

Pros and cons of Margin Trading

👉Margin Trading needs some advanced knowledge of various things such as margin calls, liquidation, leverage, etc. Hence it's not recommended for new traders.
👉You can make profits on both uptrends(by going LONG) and downtrends(by going SHORT).
👉Gives an ability to trade much larger amounts with a relatively small initial investment by using leverage.
👉Margin Trading is risky, and if not done properly can blow your account in a very short time span.
👉Profits are higher when utilizing margin trading, and so are the losses. Every exchange has its own rules for margin trading, which need to be understood carefully before investing.

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