#交易类型入门

When you first get involved in the cryptocurrency or traditional financial markets, understanding different "types of trading" is very important. Below is an introductory guide to trading types, helping you establish a basic understanding:

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📘 Common Trading Types Beginner's Guide

1. Spot Trading

• Description: Buy or sell assets in real-time, with immediate settlement after the trade (transferred to wallet).

• Suitable for: Beginners and long-term investors.

• Risk: Asset price volatility; no leverage, lower risk.

• Example: Buying 1 Bitcoin on Binance and storing it in a wallet.

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2. Futures / Perpetual Contracts

• Description: Predict the future price of assets, with leverage to magnify the trading amount.

• Categories:

• Futures: Has an expiration date.

• Perpetual: No expiration date, balances long and short through funding rates.

• Suitable for: Intermediate to advanced traders.

• Risk: Severe price volatility, high liquidation risk.

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3. Margin Trading

• Description: Borrow funds from an exchange or platform to trade, magnifying both profits and losses.

• Features: Can go long (buying up) or short (buying down).

• Risk: High leverage may lead to forced liquidation; suitable for users with risk control abilities.

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4. Market Making and Order Matching

• Market Making: You place buy or sell orders, providing liquidity, waiting for others to trade (passive).

• Order Matching: You place orders at market price, immediately matching with existing market orders (active).

• Description: Different ordering methods will affect transaction fees and execution speed.

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5. Bot Trading / Copy Trading

• Description: Use bots to automatically execute strategies or copy expert operations.

• Suitable for: Those who wish to participate passively but need to understand the risks of bots.

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6. Arbitrage Trading

• Description: Profit from price differences across different platforms, cryptocurrencies, or markets.

• Risk: Transfer times, fees, slippage, etc., may eat into profits.