🧭 Introduction
This guide is designed for individuals who are just starting to explore the world of trading futures on Binance. No prior knowledge is assumed. We will pause at each point, repeat as necessary, and show visual examples with real images from the platform.
The goal is that by the end, you can recognize each symbol and understand how to interact with them safely.
1️⃣ Module 1 – General Interface
Highlighted Zones:
1️⃣ Real-time Chart – View the price of the chosen asset.
2️⃣ Cross / Isolated Selector and leverage – Defines margin and risk. Allows for quick adjustment of the type of margin you are using (Cross or Isolated) and also the level of leverage (2x, 5x, 10x, etc.).
3️⃣ Buy/Sell buttons – Where orders are executed (long/short).
4️⃣ Positions Table – Shows the results of your active trades, including profits, losses, margin used, and liquidation price.
🧭 Familiarize yourself with these zones before proceeding. Just observe, without trading yet.
2️⃣ Module 2 – PERP Symbols vs. Expiration
What you should observe:
1️⃣ BTCUSDT‑PERP — Perpetual contract (no expiration).
2️⃣ BTCUSD0927 — Contract with expiration (September 27).
3️⃣ “PERP” — Indicates that the contract has no expiration date.
4️⃣ Symbol Zone — Where you can select or change the contract.
📘 If you see numbers at the end of the contract name, it is one with an expiration date. If it says PERP, it is perpetual.
3️⃣ Module 3 – Cross vs. Isolated Margin
Key differences:
1️⃣ Cross Margin
Uses all your available balance in the futures account as collateral. If a position goes wrong, it can affect your other trades.
2️⃣ Isolated Margin
Only risk the capital assigned to a specific trade. Losses do not affect your overall balance.
3️⃣ Configuration Zone — Here you can select between Cross or Isolated before opening an order.
✅ Recommended: for new people, always use Isolated Margin.
4️⃣ Module 4 – Leverage Adjustment
What is leveraging?
Leveraging means using a smaller amount of money than necessary to open a larger position than you could afford with your real balance. Binance allows you to trade with "borrowed money" (controlled by the exchange), which increases your exposure to the market.
For example, if you have 100 USDT and apply 10× leverage, you can open a position of up to 1,000 USDT. But if the market moves against you, your losses will also be amplified to that scale.
What leveraging means:
1️⃣ Slider — Adjust the leverage level (2x to 50x or more).
2️⃣ Exposure Limit — Higher leverage requires less margin.
3️⃣ Warning — Binance shows you if your risk is high before confirming.
📌 Leverage allows you to trade with more than you own, but it can also multiply your losses.
💡 Recommended: start with low leverage (2x–3x).
4️⃣ Annex – PERP vs. Expiration Comparison
Compared aspects:
1️⃣ Contract Duration — PERP has no expiration, the other does.
2️⃣ Funding Fee — Applies only to PERP.
3️⃣ Mark Price — Reference price for liquidations.
4️⃣ Liquidation — Automatic at expiration (for contracts with dates), indefinite in PERP.
📘 This annex helps you clearly visualize which type of contract best fits your strategy.
5️⃣ Module 5 – Funding Rate
Keys to understanding funding:
1️⃣ Current Funding Rate — Positive or negative rate depending on the market.
2️⃣ Timer — Countdown indicating when it will be charged or paid.
3️⃣ History and alerts — Direct access to see past behavior.
📘 The Funding Rate aligns the PERP contract price with the real market (spot).
⚠️ If you keep open positions for a long time, this rate can have a cumulative impact.
🎓 Final closure and review
Entering the derivatives ecosystem can seem intimidating at first. The variety of concepts, symbols, numbers, and types of contracts can overwhelm even those with experience in traditional investments. However, like all structured knowledge, complexity becomes understandable when approached in an orderly, methodical way with practice.
This module does not only aim to teach how to technically trade on Binance Futures, but also to create a solid cognitive foundation to understand why each tool exists, when it should be used, and what real consequences its application may have.
Learning to interpret margins, choose the right contract, and anticipate the effect of a funding rate is more than a technical step: it is a way to protect your capital, improve your judgment, and avoid mistakes that thousands have made before due to ignorance.
📘 Conscious training is the difference between trading intuitively and trading strategically.
🚀 Move forward with confidence, practice in simulated environments, and revisit each module as needed.
