Currency Trading

Unlike many assets, currency trading doesn’t have an “up” or “down” bias over time, because currency trading involves trading currency pairs, such as the Euro versus the US Dollar (EUR/USD). Currency trading is often leveraged as high as 50:1, making it a risky proposition for the inexperienced trader. The wild swings in currency valuations when trading at 50:1 leverage can wipe out an account in no time at all. And currency trading requires keeping track of many factors equity traders don’t have to worry about such as economic conditions, news and other factors on both sides of the currency pair. For most retail traders, currency trading requires techniques and timeframes that are beyond their ability to dedicate the time to.

One can trade currency pairs without leverage; the gains take longer to materialize, and while the risk are much lower so are the returns.

Still, currency leveraged trading done properly can return massive results.

Crypto

Crypto can be similar to currency trading without the leverage. But even today (2025) crypto mostly lacks fundamental analysis and, in our opinion, is ultimately speculation. That said, crypto can be traded successfully, and there are many strategies that can be employed.

When it comes to Crypto, Butcher’s Row ultimately utilizes the proxy method, i.e. trade in equities that are largely driven by the crypto markets, such as Coinbase (COIN), Microstrategy (MSTR) and their accelerator ETFs such as CONL and MSTX respectively.