# Unusual loss on boom and crash

**URL:** <https://community.deriv.com/t/unusual-loss-on-boom-and-crash/4739>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/unusual-loss-on-boom-and-crash/4739 "2020-09-09T06:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![becurry-acanths-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@becurry-acanths-2](https://community.deriv.com/u/becurry-acanths-2)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/unusual-loss-on-boom-and-crash/4739/1 "2020-09-09T06:48:00Z")

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Hi  
I noticed that when I’m trading boom1000 or crash1000 now, the spikes are just too long, thereby making me lose like x3 of what i could have lost before. Is it because the leverage is now 1:500 instead of 1:1000?