Cost to carry of futures (i.e., the interest rate of leverage) in future market is considerably high - almost 10 to 15% per year - if you add cost of rollover, opportunity cost of cash held for margin requirement, transaction charges, taxes etc. combined.
Using futures to leverage over long term is usually not worth it and comes with considerable risk. You would have to get the timing incredibly right for it to make money.
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