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Volatility

Also: volatile

How much and how quickly a price moves up and down.

Bitcoin commonly moves several percent in a day. Smaller tokens can move far more. Volatility cuts both ways, and leverageLeverage Borrowing to make a bigger bet than your own money allows, which magnifies gains and losses. multiplies it.

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