{"id":215,"date":"2026-10-03T11:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/?post_type=pnl_story&#038;p=215"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:03:51","slug":"the-ethereum-leverage-mistake","status":"publish","type":"pnl_story","link":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/?pnl_story=the-ethereum-leverage-mistake","title":{"rendered":"The Ethereum Leverage Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul began trading Ethereum with a relatively small account. After several successful ETH trades, he became more aggressive and started using high leverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One night, ETH moved sharply against his position. Instead of accepting the loss, Haruto kept averaging down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The position eventually became too large for his account, and a liquidation closed almost everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blow-Up Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Starting Balance: $12,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ending Balance: $2,100<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Return: -82.5%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Duration: 11 months<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Risk Per Trade: 10%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul began trading Ethereum with a relatively small account. After several successful ETH trades, he became more aggressive and started using high\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","pnl_outcome":[5],"class_list":["post-215","pnl_story","type-pnl_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pnl_outcome-blowup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pnl_story\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pnl_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/pnl_story"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pnl_outcome","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vortexpip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpnl_outcome&post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}