#交易类型入门

Trade Objects and Ownership

Spot Trading

Direct buying and selling of physical assets (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum), with immediate delivery upon completion of the transaction, allowing users to have actual asset ownership. For example, after buying ETH with USDT, it can be freely transferred to a wallet or gifted to others.

Features: No leverage, profits depend solely on price increases, clear asset ownership.

Leverage Trading

An extension of spot trading, where assets (such as BTC or USDT) are used as collateral to borrow funds from the exchange to amplify positions. For example, using 1 BTC as collateral to borrow 10 times in USDT to buy more BTC, while still holding ownership of the underlying asset, but interest must be paid.

Features: Amplified capital scale, but must bear borrowing costs and the risk of forced liquidation.

Contract Trading

Buying and selling standardized contracts (such as futures, perpetual contracts) that do not involve physical delivery, profiting only from fluctuations in contract prices. For example, shorting an ETH perpetual contract without holding ETH to bet on a price decline.

Features: Allows for two-way trading (long/short), leverage is embedded in the contract mechanism, no actual asset ownership.