If you have $1000 I would say it would be best to trade futures little by little. If you start trading with all your funds then don't take too much risk as you definitely cannot lose your money if the market is volatile. If you do futures trading using $300 to $400 dollars then it will help you to reduce risk a lot and you can make profit, moreover you can add liquidation if you face loss. Also if you are trading futures you must reduce your leverage to 5x maximum leverage otherwise you can lose money. But you have to accept that futures trading is the highest risk and most likely to lose money, but spot trading is not so risky.