The combined position is the one that makes you dream: three, four selections, a headline payout that jumps all at once. What the screen doesn't show is the hidden price.
Every selection in a market already carries the broker's margin — its . When you combine them, those margins don't add up: they multiply. A four-leg combined position is four margins stacked on top of one another.
The result: the more legs you add, the bigger the slice the broker takes out of your . The potential payout explodes, but your real chance of hitting collapses even faster.
The angle. A combined position isn't "more value" — it's the same value, taxed several times. If you play one, play it because you believe in each leg on its own, not because the big number at the end is winking at you.
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