🚀 Why can a long position bring more profit than a short?
You might think: long means up, short means down. Same risk, same potential? No.
In practice, a long position can yield many times more profit, especially in crypto. And here’s why👇
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📘 What are futures?
Futures are trading on price changes. You don’t buy the actual asset, but enter a contract: will it rise or fall.
And the key here is to choose a side:
📈 LONG — you earn on the rise
📉 SHORT — you earn on the fall
But these positions have a fundamental difference in profit potential.
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▶️ Example with a short:
BTC costs $116,000
You open a short on $1,000 (without leverage)
→ This is ~1/116 BTC
If the price falls to 100, you buy that volume back for:
1/116 ×100 = 0.86
💰 Your profit ≈$999.14
This is the maximum you can earn.
✅ Even if BTC goes to zero — you won’t earn more than 1000.
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▶️ Now for a long:
With the same $1,000, you buy 1/116 BTC.
If the BTC price rises to:
• 200,000 → you get 1724 (profit +72%)
• 500,000 → you get 4310 (profit +331%)
• 1,000,000 → you get 8620 (profit +762%)
📈 In a long position, there is no profit ceiling. The higher the price — the more profit.
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💡Conclusion:
A short is limited in profitability — the asset cannot cost less than zero.
A long position — especially in the crypto market — can yield x2, x5, x10 and more, especially in a bull trend.
But⚠️ the risks are corresponding. Leverage amplifies both profits and losses. Don’t enter without a plan and stops.
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