Retail crypto derivatives traders in the US monitored liquidation risk roughly twice as often as the global average during periods of market stress in 2025, according to a recent analysis.
Data published by Leverage.Trading, based on around 880,000 anonymised pre-trade risk checks between August and December 2025, showed that US based traders reviewed liquidation and margin risk significantly more frequently during volatile periods. The analysis also found differences in device usage The analysis pointed out spikes in liquidation and margin checks often appeared hours and sometimes days before major forced liquidation events. The pattern suggests some traders were increasing m