$BTC tradingpairs101 – What are trading pairs and why do they matter? 💱

In trading, you don't buy an asset “alone” – you trade it in pairs with another. This means that the value of an asset is always expressed in relation to another.

🔸 Classic example: BTC/USDT – Here you “sell” USDT to buy BTC (or vice versa).

🔸 In forex: EUR/USD – you buy euros and sell dollars.

🔸 On DEXs: you can have pairs like ETH/DAI or SOL/USDC.

🔍 It's important to understand:

• What the base currency is and what the quote currency is.

• The liquidity of the pair.

• Volatility – some pairs move more than