Can I still do Bitcoin with leverage? Absolutely but...
Where were you when the prices were low?
Where were you when Bitcoin traded below 80K, 90K?
Leveraged is for experts only so I would say no and yes.
No you cannot use leverage if you want to use leverage now that prices are going up. It means you have no plan and regardless if the action keeps going for long that no plan strategy will result in a big loss later down the road.
If you do decide to use leverage after the bottom is far away ($75,000 remember?), in that case you should use a maximum of 2-3X.
Yes you can use leverage if you can I don't need to tell you so. If I have to tell you so then it means that you are better off buying some Altcoins spot. Why? Because you can get the same growth potential but without the risk, anxiety and stress.
Why would you like to use leverage now?
You are thinking of making money, lots of it and fast. You are using greed to decide.
If that's the case, no! Go back to scratch and start from zero.
It is better to earn 100% very slow than lose everything thinking of making money fast.
Imagine you have a $5,000 capital and you want to open some positions using lev. You are thinking low risk, the market is already up and several days green. Tomorrow there is some political event and shakeouts can happen out of the blue. You might think you did it good, entered with low risk but as soon as there is advance you decide to buy more and your leverage increase. As prices rise you buy more and so your risk continues to increase. Then just a strong sudden shakeout and your whole stack is gone.
The intentions were nice, you wanted to make money now that Bitcoin is going up but you didn't plan and you ignored the market 100% when prices were low. Accept the loss and move on.
Now, instead of a leveraged position use $5,000 to do some spot trades. The market is bullish, the Altcoins are bullish and ready to grow next. It should be easy to pick 3-5 top pairs and double-up in a couple months.
Say it takes three months for a 200% profits, quite do-able with the Altcoins with current market conditions; now you have a capital of $15,000. Now you can use $5,000 to try leverage as much as you want but only after a correction hits and support is in, that's the time to go LONG.
And then you have $10,000 left. $5,000 is your initial layout and $5,000 is profits to enjoy with wife, your husband, your friends, your siblings or all by yourself, all alone. Whatever you do is up to you.
It is better to earn 200% slow, than to risk losing everything because greed is eating away at your soul.
Just let it go. It is never worth it to lose your hard earned cash for a dream that never turns up. Just let it go, you are better off reading and studying, you are better off saving that money rather than giving it up.
Either way, you will learn. If you engage the market long-term, accept your mistakes, eventually, you will be on the right side. Read, study, practice and meditate.
Money is easy when you develop the right mindset.
It is all in your mind.
Namaste.