#TradingPairs101
How Trading Pairs
Work + How I Choose the Right Ones
What are trading pairs?
A trading pair shows you what you're using to buy/sell an asset. Example: In the BTC/USDT pair, you're trading Bitcoin using USDT (Tether). So if you "buy" this pair, you're spending USDT to get BTC. If you "sell," you're offloading BTC to get USDT.
There are two types of pairs I look at:
Crypto-to-Stablecoin (e.g., ETH/USDT) Good for tracking real profit/loss in USD
Crypto-to-Crypto (e.g., ETH/BTC) - Good for rotating between assets in volatile markets
How I pick trading pairs:
Volume + Liquidity - I only trade pairs
with high daily volume. If I can't get in/out quickly without slippage, I'm not touching it.
Volatility - I look for pairs that move. Dead pairs mean dead capital. Coins like SOL/USDT or INJ/USDT often have good intraday swings for scalping or short-term setups.
Correlation - I avoid trading multiple highly correlated pairs at the same time (e.g., ETH/USDT and BNB/USDT). If the market dumps, they'll both tank no hedge there.
Strategy Fit - Some pairs respect levels
better than others. BTC/USDT is cleaner for structure-based trading, while altcoins are better for breakout momentum plays.
Bottom line: The right trading pair can make
or break your setup. Don't just pick what's trending - pick what fits your edge.
Let me know your go-to pairs.
