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Question: Can you share some strategies that increase investment risk but also have potentially large returns?
Answer: In investment, high returns are often accompanied by high risks. The following are some strategies with higher risks but greater potential benefits for your reference. Please note that these strategies are not suitable for all investors. It is important to fully understand the risks and consult a professional consultant before implementing them.
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### **1. Leveraged trading (Leverage)**
-**Strategy**: Amplify the principal to invest through loans or financial instruments (such as margin accounts, leveraged ETFs, options, futures, etc.).
-**Risk**: Losses will be magnified by the same multiple, and positions may be exploded quickly.
-**Example**: If you buy a stock with 3 times leverage, if it rises by 10%, the gain will be 30%; if it falls by 10%, the loss will be 30%.
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### **2. Short Selling (Short Selling)**
-**Strategy**: Borrow shares and sell them at a high price, wait for the price to fall and buy them back at a low price to make the difference.
-**Risk**: The stock price may rise infinitely, and the loss is theoretically unlimited (margin call required).
-**Example**: After shorting Tesla's stock, if it rises sharply due to positive earnings reports, it may face huge losses.
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### **3. Cryptocurrency/Alternative asset investment**
-**Strategy**: Invest in high-volatility assets such as Bitcoin, altcoins, NFT or commodities.
-**Risks**: Extreme volatility, regulatory risks, liquidity risks (such as exchange thunderstorms).
-**Example**: Bitcoin rose from US330,000 to US669,000 in 2021, but fell to US116,000 in 2022.
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### **4. Investing in start-ups/angel investment**
-**Strategy**: Early investment in unlisted high-growth start-ups (such as technology and biomedicine).
-**Risk**: More than 90% of start-ups fail and have poor liquidity (withdrawal takes several years).
-**Example**: Early investment in Facebook or Uber may get hundreds of times the return, but most projects go nowhere.
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### **5. Speculation in derivatives (options, futures)**
-**Strategy**: Buy deeply inflated options (such as call options), or bet on commodity futures price fluctuations.
-**Risk**: Options may return to zero; futures may cause huge losses due to leverage and margin requirements.
-**Example**: The price of crude oil futures fell to a negative value in 2020, and the bulls suffered heavy losses.
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### **6. Centralized investment (All-in)**
-**Strategy**: Bet most of your funds on a single target (such as a stock, industry, or national market).
-**Risk**: Due to lack of decentralization, a black swan incident may lead to a devastating blow.
-**Example**: Retail investors with full positions of AMC theater stocks will get rich in the short term in 2021, but most long-term holders will lose money.
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### **7. Arbitrage strategy (high risk category)**
-**Strategy**: Use market pricing errors to arbitrage, such as cross-exchange arbitrage of cryptocurrencies and merger and acquisition arbitrage.
-**Risk**: Failure due to rapid market reversal, liquidity depletion, or transaction delays.
-**Example**: Before the crash of LUNA-UST, some arbitrageurs suffered huge losses due to the failure of the algorithmic stablecoin mechanism.
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### **8. High-yield debt (junk debt) or P2P lending**
-**Strategy**: Invest in bonds with low credit ratings or high-interest online loan platforms.
-**Risk**: The default rate is extremely high, and the principal may not be recovered.
-**Example**: The annualized interest rate on the renewed issuance of US dollar junk bonds by Evergrande exceeded 10%, but investors lost nothing after the default.
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###**Precautions**
1. **Stop loss discipline**: A stop loss line must be set for high-risk strategies (such as forced exit with a loss of 20% of the principal).
2. **Position control**: It is recommended that the high-risk strategy does not exceed 5%-10% of the total assets.
3. **Information asymmetry**: Many high-yield opportunities (such as ICOs and start-up stocks) are at risk of fraud.
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###**Rational reminder**
-**Buffett's famous saying**: "The first rule is not to lose money, and the second is to remember the first rule. "
-High-yield strategy is more suitable:
-Investors with strong risk tolerance;
-In-depth understanding of specific fields;
-Funds are in the category of "lossable".
If you pursue long-term compound interest, it is recommended to give priority to diversified investments (such as index funds + moderate active strategies). For specific operational recommendations, please further explain your capital size, duration and risk appetite.
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