Leverage and margin

Leverage lets you control a position larger than your deposited margin. With 10x leverage, a 1,000 USDT position needs about 100 USDT of initial margin.

Losses scale with the full position size, not just your margin. A 10% adverse move at 10x consumes roughly all of the initial margin.

Isolated margin limits risk to the margin assigned to one position. Cross margin shares your whole futures balance, which delays liquidation but exposes more of your funds.