You should check out apollox.finance on BSC and now you can use Ethereum, if you want to deal with those gas fees...
But it's an on-chain exchange. The V1, you deposit your funds to a smart contract then you can trade it on the order book exchange, similar to how DYDX works. Then they have their V2 which is all on-chain trading using liquidity pools, but you can still long and short. They have different modes which are fun to play with. You have to use a VPN though. It's the same exchange system that Pancakeswap's perpetual exchange is built on. But with V2, you keep your funds in your wallet, but you have to pay exchange fees and network gas, that's the only downside, so I would suggest V1 for smaller accounts.
That's where I was doing my leverage trading for over a year before I moved into what I am doing now on Aave.
I might have to look into things like this in 2025 but for now I'm not active enough to explore all the things.
Although I do need an alternative for HBD in case the debt-ratio gets dangerous.
Do you know any stable coins that aren't garbage that pay yield?
I am getting a variable percent on USDT, USDC, and DAI on AAVE. Just depends on the market demand for the coin. Like earlier on my USDT supply I was getting around 17%, right now it's 11% based on supply and demand on the protocol. The thing that attracts me is that I can use it as collateral for loans, and I can trade it while I am supplying it. Can't do shit with HBD when you are earning yield accept look at it, lol.