Hello everyone, I see that there are many people who don't quite understand how this trading thing works.

First of all, if you have money and want to invest it, you can buy the most popular cryptocurrencies and leave your money there. The risk is that over time it could go up or down, generating profits or losses.

Secondly, many think they will become millionaires by multiplying their money with leverage in futures. All they do is increase the risk and liquidate their account, meaning they end up with nothing. If you know nothing and still use leverage, you have a higher chance of losing.

Thirdly, if you want to learn, do it on your own or watch videos on YouTube about the topic. There is also artificial intelligence like Gemini from Google or DeepSeek from the Chinese, I believe. If they want to sell you a course for $100 or give you signals with similar prices, be suspicious. It's better for you to learn by yourself, as that way you will be self-sufficient.

Fourthly, since you are going to learn, look for cryptocurrencies that are cheap and have liquidity, such as POL, XRP, ADA, and maybe SHIB. Start with spot trading and then, if you do well, enter futures with isolated x1 leverage on a single asset. Learn to use the stop loss and take profit. The orders that have all that are the OCO orders, which allow you to configure the entry price, the stop loss, the take profit, and the stop limit, which is a bit above your stop loss.

Fifthly, don't just use one strategy, as the market doesn't go in just one direction, and learn like crazy.

Regarding using real money or fake money, if you want fake money, there is paper trading, which TradingView has, and if you want real money, you can link your Binance account to TradingView and trade that way. The basic plan has only two indicators besides volume, but it's more than enough to get started.

TradingView has an option to see the profits or losses of your trade based on the TP and SL you set and the order amount, of course. I believe it only works in futures, so investigate that.