Imagine when beginners discover that they can make money even if the currency falls.
By default, when people enter this universe, they go to the Spot market. Where the rule is simple: Buy as cheaply as possible, to sell as expensively as possible.
However, when they become more advanced, they go to the professional market: Futures Markets. Here in Futures you have a LONG position, which has the same logic as Spot: you buy and sell when it goes up. And we also have the SHORT position, where you operate short, that is, you enter the position and if the currency continues to fall in price, you make money!
And do you want to know what's best? Here you operate in a leveraged manner! In other words, if you only have US$10 you can operate positions of U$ 10K!
In other words, you can make a much larger profit, in a short space of time, and even with a small bankroll.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL ROSES! And now I'm going to destroy your dreams: Here's the liquidation point.
When you operate with leverage, the broker is basically lending you money. So when your margin is about to run out, a fine is applied and the broker liquidates your position.
That's why futures are something you should only trade after you've fully mastered Spot, already know how to do graphical analysis, etc.
In futures we have:
Isolated margin: Only the amount that entered the position is liquidated. However, the liquidation point is closer.
Cross margin: ALL BALANCE IN THE FUTURES PORTFOLIO IS LIQUIDATED! However, its liquidation point is further away.
With 1 USDT you can already trade futures to test.
I have instructions here showing in practice how each one works.
One thing is for sure: You only enter futures with a Stop already activated!