Crypto Academy

A market pairs two assets, such as BTC and USDT. The price is the amount of the second asset you pay for one u…

A market order buys or sells immediately at the best available prices. It is fast but you accept slippage, esp…

The order book lists resting bids (green) below the price and asks (red) above it. The gap between the best bi…

Leverage lets you control a position larger than your deposited margin. With 10x leverage, a 1,000 USDT positi…

Exchanges require a maintenance margin to keep a leveraged position open. If your margin plus unrealized profi…

Perpetual contracts have no expiry, so a periodic funding payment keeps their price close to the underlying in…

Decide how much you are willing to lose on a trade first, then size the position from your stop-loss distance.…

Use a unique password and a password manager. Enable two-factor authentication on every real exchange account.…