Leverage Trading for Beginners - Etoro

My experience of using leverage in trading as a beginner - what is leverage, how do you use it on Etoro: etoro.tw/2ijxtbg
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Only person thats down to earth and makes it easy to understand as though ur friend is in the room showing you. All the over vids bang on about cars and houses, this guy is awesome. Dont change ur style :)

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[@SocialTrading]

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[@ninokingar3399]

Great explanation not only about how leverage works but actually, its like a guide for beginner traders. Thanks a lot. Keep doing it

[@SocialTrading]

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[@docnival]

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[@SocialTrading]

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[@Pro2BeAcademy]

Can’t believe how much I have learned from this guy in 4 videos. Thank you mate, so straightforward. The Negative balance protection with EToro that you explained is great to know about when leveraging.

[@SocialTrading]

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[@Pro2BeAcademy]

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[@SocialTrading]

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[@SocialTrading]

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One minute in and I subscribed, that's how good the explanation is 🙂 A BIG thank you!

[@SocialTrading]

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For someone who claims to have no clue what they're doing, you sure do know a lot!!!

[@PedroTRamos1]

Seems to happen frequently, usually those who have it all figured out are idiots and those who think there is much more to learn are intelligent.

[@alex_byrnes]

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[@MikeJones-nv3iz]

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[@vanessaalexander766]

Love how you explain everything so clearly. I understand it and get it more easily from you than many others - thank you

[@SocialTrading]

Thanks Vanessa! I was going to mention you and your comment in the most recent vid, but it looked incredibly biased of me, so I chickened-out :)

[@colin4215]

You are so approachable and easy to understand, making it simple. Subbed you. Good work!!

[@SocialTrading]

Thanks Colin :)

[@rahmanshahid6570]

Excellent and really helpful video, as I was wandering and loosing money just because of this Leverage, and didn't have answer if we could control this. You are my Mentor now for trading on Etoro 🙏

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[@SocialTrading]

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Word of advice for etoro newbies:
Every investment choice should be made based on the risk involved for the individual, their investment goals and strategies. What is right for one investor may not be for another like in the case of Copy Trading. Keep these basic differences and similarities in mind as you research your investments. Money is hard to lose these pandemic times.

[@tilmuk]

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Thank you for deeper teachings..I tried Nasdaq 100 with leverage yesterday for the first time ,and I was mixed emotion of panic, greedy ,nervous and I decide to close on 50dollar plus to be able to eat my dinner at peace☺☺

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[@Johnny1.0]

The only thing that sucks about leverage trading especially if you set a shallow stop loss is during high volume and volatility you can get stopped out of a 30% winning long. Ive had trade that had 3k in profit get stopped out when mark price dropped under my stop loss for 1 min b4 it rocketed up to what would have been a 50% take profit mark with 6k profit. AHHHHHH! Lesson learned. Now I utilize trailing stop loss when available. So far so good. I will know at the end of the year when I crunch numbers and see if it has been efficient or not. Quite possibly I could be just slowly chipping away at overall gains try to prevent a few rare occurrences. Lol

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I’ve been trading on X50 leverage all this time without even knowing. THANK YOU FOR THIS

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@@SocialTrading I have a question! when we trade Tesla or suppose Silver, We will buy a real percentage of Tesla company or Silver in Grams? It's like that or not? if not it means that whole thing that we see in trades like Rtoro is virtual things! Or if it's real percentage how you can lose your whole stock , how its possible???*(e.g. set 100%= whole Trade NO SET FOR STOP LOST) How you lose all of your invested money when the Tesla is not bankrupted! or about the silver, I think It never loses the whole value in market? can anyone explain it to me?

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This was really helpful thanks a lot, I'm new to trading and had never heard the term "leverage" used in online markets so you really cleared it up for me. Not sure when the sites don't just have it written in plain english the way you described it was way easier to understand XD

[@SocialTrading]

Thank you! Yeah, I don't get why they don't make simple tutorials either. It seems strange to me.

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[@JackKing12.]

Gr8 video...thanks...leverage of 1:10 (preset) almost wiped me out and the commodity bought was CLOSED within the day (lost $12/barrel). Lost 50% of my equity. Switched to SELL soon after closing the cfd and next day reduced the loss to 25%. The price nose dived... It was a crazy 3 days...🙄

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What a rollercoaster...

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[@alexandrutebeica9804]

Great explanation!
However, this amplifies my concerns related to trading with leverage, especially on eToro. Their default trading, whenever I want to open a trade, is set on X5 leverage, which for an inexperienced trader would easily fool you into thinking you are simply buying the real stock without even knowing there is a leverage behind and you could lose your money so much faster. I believe eToro set X5 leverage on default as on this makes them the most money out of inexperienced traders. Anyone else experienced this?

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Best Explanation. I got NAGA TRADING account. Their manager didn't explain me Leverage. Even I asked questions. As New. I lost £1400 in one night. But thank you very helpful video

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Great video thanks

[@SocialTrading]

Thank you!

[@Mintyman718]

Ahhh it all makes sense now cheers. Wish I used the x5 on my nio stock earlier this year lol.

[@waseemabbas5641]

I bought nio stock just 10 mins ago and i have the same feeling as you now😂

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Bet you wish you didnt now 🤣 u less you knew to sell

[@Mintyman718]

@@seangallagher1726 haha I sold in December glad I did now hahaha.

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@@Mintyman718 great entry point now.

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Man u are insanely good at explaining stuff. Been using etoro for 3 months and this video answered so many questions

[@TeamLove]

thank you!

[@capdady4902]

Your way of explaining is so nice and easy.... would you think about making a video about trailing stop lose and take profit.....

[@SocialTrading]

Thank you - I stopped using the trailing stop loss feature on eToro as it just wouldn't trigger properly. I tried several times and it kept failing...

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Awesome thanks

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I'm not a trader, only learning the stuff. And this is one of the most comprehensible videos I've seen so far. Good work, man.

[@SocialTrading]

Thank you :) Much appreciated.

[@stebarg]

Can I use 1.2 (20 percent) or any other percentage in between of leverage? This is how I use leverage very successfully-just a tiny amount of what the brokers usually offer.
It depends a lot on the specific details how the broker liquidates your positions in case of a drop. You have to have a thorough understanding of the used system before you start. Otherwise, losing is highly likely.

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You look like a good version of Simon Cowell.

[@SocialTrading]

hehehehe. That Simon Cowell thing just keeps coming back :) The 'a good version ' bit is new though and I appreciate it.

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I just made the same comment on one of his videos😀

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trading looking so easy in your hands) but when you doing it by yourself it's a pretty tough))

[@SocialTrading]

I’m only ever copytrading, so it’s always in other peoples hands to a large degree :)