In technical terms, leverage is the ratio between the amount of money you have in your account and the total size of positions the broker allows you to take. You’re using leverage every time you enter ...

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Near steady cash cattle prices combined with slightly higher feed costs to wipe out the narrow profit margins cattle feeders found the week before last. The result was an average loss of $1.75 per ...