📈 Crypto Trading Market Overview

🏛️ Types of Markets

1. Spot Market

Instant buy/sell of crypto at current prices.

Example: Buying Bitcoin with USD on Binance or Coinbase.

2. Futures Market

Contracts to buy/sell crypto at a future date/price.

Allows leverage and shorting.

Example: Bitcoin Futures on Binance Futures or Bybit.

3. Margin Market

Trade with borrowed funds to increase buying power.

Risky, due to liquidation if the market moves against you.

4. P2P Market (Peer-to-Peer)

Trade crypto directly with others, often with local currency.

Example: Binance P2P, LocalBitcoins.

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🧠 Key Trading Terms

Term Meaning

Order Book List of buy/sell orders for a crypto asset.

Bid/Ask Price Bid: what buyers offer. Ask: what sellers want.

Volume Total amount of crypto traded in a period.

Liquidity How easily an asset can be bought/sold without moving price.

Slippage Difference between expected and executed price.

Volatility Degree of price change over time.

Bull Market Rising prices and optimism.

Bear Market Falling prices and pessimism.

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🔍 Top Crypto Trading Markets (Exchanges