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Market limit and stop orders in crypto
Order instructions define what you control and what remains uncertain. Learn the tradeoff between execution speed, price limits and conditional exits.
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Crypto Trading Guide
Learn how crypto markets work, plan spot trades and analyse futures, perpetuals and decentralised markets. Follow eight stages from foundational concepts to advanced research and risk management.
Start with How crypto markets work, then follow the next lesson links. Explore 32 lessons with worked examples, exercises and further reading.
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Spot Trading and Execution
Read orders and liquidity, calculate costs and plan a complete spot trade.
Beginner
Reading order books spreads and slippage
A narrow spread does not guarantee deep liquidity. Calculate the actual average fill when an order consumes several price levels.
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Trading fees and the real cost of a round trip
Trading costs apply to the whole process. Reconcile fills, fees, funding and transfers before deciding whether a strategy made money.
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Building a complete spot trading plan
A spot trading plan connects a reason to trade with an exit condition, size and review date. Write the plan before choosing the order button.
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