🟢 Lesson 1: Trading Fundamentals (Part 2)
🔹 Spot vs. Futures – Market Types Explained
Before placing your first trade, it’s essential to understand where you’re trading. There are two major types of markets in crypto trading:
🔸 1. Spot Market:
This is where you buy or sell crypto at the current market price, and you actually own the asset.
Example:
You buy 1 BNB at $500 → It’s now yours, and you can hold it, transfer it, or sell it later.
✅ Best for beginners
✅ No liquidation risk
✅ You own real crypto
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🔸 2. Futures Market:
In futures trading, you don’t buy the asset itself. Instead, you trade a contract that bets on whether the price will go up or down.
You can use leverage, which means borrowing funds to increase your trade size — but this adds risk.
Example:
You enter a futures contract predicting BTC will rise. If you're right, you earn more — but if you're wrong, you can lose your money faster.
⚠️ Higher risk
⚠️ Requires good risk management
⚠️ Possible liquidation (losing your position completely)
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📌 Which to choose?
Start with Spot trading to understand the basics safely.
Explore Futures only when you’re experienced and disciplined.
In the next part, we’ll cover order types: Market, Limit, and Stop-Limit — essential tools for every trader.
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