Too Long; Didn't Read
<strong>TL DR:</strong> <strong><em>The BitMEX Exchange offers Long and Short leveraged trades of up to 100x Leverage. At high leverage half your Inital Margin is Maintenance Margin. This protects the BitMEX Insurance Fund, it does not protect you. High leverage trades waste a lot of your Initial Margin in the form of Maintenance Margin.</em></strong>