When I entered the trading world, I thought that all currencies were bought only with dollars. I didn't know there was something called trading pairs, nor did I understand the difference between BTC/USDT and ETH/BTC, for example. After a period of learning and experimentation, I began to understand that choosing the right trading pair has a significant impact on the trade. Sometimes the currency itself is good, but the pair you are trading may not have enough liquidity or may move in a strange way.

One of the things I learned is that some pairs are more stable and easier to predict in their movement, like the pairs against USDT, because they are linked to the dollar and their price is clear. However, pairs against currencies like BTC or ETH have more complex movements because you are tracking two currencies at the same time, not just one.

I always ask myself before any trade: What pair gives me the best price and execution? Do I need to convert my profits back to dollars or invest them in another asset? Many times I use pairs against BNB or BTC because I don't want to return to cash, but I want to switch between projects. I came to know that choosing the pair depends on my goal for the trade and on the overall market condition.

Choosing the pair has become part of my decision; I no longer trade just because I saw a currency rising. I need to see which currency I will trade against and how this pair has moved over the past few days. I learned to monitor the volume, liquidity, and spread before opening the trade. This is a big difference from the old days when I used to just hit buy and that was it.