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Coming from Crypto: Why would anyone trade Stock Futures instead of just holding the underlying? Coming from crypto, I get the appeal of trading price action instead of holding the underlying asset. You can easily long, short, use leverage, and the whole UX of perps feels way more efficient than opening a traditional brokerage account. But when looking at equities, I still donβt fully get why retail traders choose single-stock futures (or CFDs) over just buying the real thing. For example, say Iβm bullish on NVDA for the next few months. Why not just buy the stock and hold it? With stock futures, you are adding: