Leverage is not inherently dangerous.
What makes leverage risky is uncertainty—uncertainty about execution, about timing, about rules changing when pressure increases. Remove that uncertainty, and leverage becomes a tool rather than a trap.
JUST removes more uncertainty than most people realize.
Collateral requirements are explicit. Liquidation thresholds are transparent. Interest rate curves are visible and reactive. There are no hidden conditions waiting to surface at the worst possible moment.
When I began experimenting with more complex positions, this clarity mattered more than yield. I could model outcomes mentally. I could stress-test assumptions without guessing how the system might behave under load.
That predictability changes how you use leverage.
You size positions conservatively.
You leave buffers intentionally.
You treat borrowing as strategy, not impulse.
JUST doesn’t stop you from taking risk—it forces you to *own* it.
And because everything is on-chain, feedback is immediate. Mistakes are instructive, not catastrophic. Success is repeatable, not accidental.
In this environment, leverage stops being about bravado and starts being about precision. That shift alone filters out a surprising amount of reckless behavior.
The protocol doesn’t preach discipline.
It enforces clarity.