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Understanding the Different Order Types
When you’re trading stocks or cryptocurrency, you interact with the market by placing orders: A market order is an instruction to buy or sell immediately (at the market’s current price). A limit order is an instruction to wait until the price hits a limit or better price before being executed That’s orders in a nutshell. Of course, each of […]
How to Calculate Return on Investment (ROI)
ROI is a way to measure an investment’s performance. As you’d expect, it’s also a great way to compare the profitability of different investments. Naturally, an investment with a higher ROI is better than an investment with a lower (or negative) ROI. Curious how to measure this for your own portfolio? Let’s read on.
What Is Arbitrage Trading?
Arbitrage trading is a relatively low-risk trading strategy that takes advantage of price differences across markets. Most of the time, this involves buying and selling the same asset (like Bitcoin) on different exchanges. Since the price of Bitcoin should, in theory, be equal on Binance and on another exchange, any difference between the two is likely an arbitrage […]
What Is a Trading Journal and How to Use One
Trading journals can be very useful, and they play a central role in the trading plans of most professional traders. Things like planning futures trades, documenting existing positions, and recording any emotions that may pop up are essential factors to be aware of when building a profitable trading strategy. Therefore, knowing how to create and use […]
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What Is Backtesting?
Backtesting can be an important step in optimizing how you engage with financial markets. It helps you learn whether your trading ideas and strategies make sense and if they could potentially turn a profit. But how does backtesting a simple investment strategy look like? What should you be wary of when testing trading strategies? Is backtesting similar […]
What Is Spoofing in the Financial Markets?
Author: Joseph Young Spoofing is a form of market manipulation where a trader places fake buy or sell orders, never intending for them to get filled by the market. Spoofing is usually done using algorithms and bots in an attempt to manipulate the market and asset prices by creating a false sense of supply or […]
Bitcoin ETFs Explained
Bitcoin is solidifying itself as a legitimate investment asset that anyone can invest in. Well, technically not anyone, as some institutions and individuals can only participate in a highly regulated manner. Many think a Bitcoin ETF could fulfill this purpose. Bitcoin ETFs already exist in Canada and the US, helping cryptocurrencies increase their mainstream adoption […]
How to Invest in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin may be one of the most popular coins to invest in, but it’s not the only one. Altcoins provide a great alternative when buying crypto that can increase the diversity of your portfolio. Your choice of crypto should also take into account whether you are investing or trading, as well as your risk profile […]
What Is Crypto Market Sentiment?
Market sentiment considers investors’ thoughts, feelings, and moods regarding an asset. These feelings don’t always reflect an asset or project’s fundamentals but can significantly affect the price. Market sentiment analysis is a form of research that uses this information to try and predict price movements. By tracking the market dynamics with its participants’ overall attitudes, […]
A Beginner’s Guide to TradingView
TradingView is a browser-based charting platform and screener for cryptocurrencies and other financial assets. Its charting tools are also available to use natively in Binance’s trading UI. Apart from charting, you can also share your trading strategies and live stream your analysis. When it comes to free options, TradingView is a powerful tool for all […]
Bid-Ask Spread and Slippage Explained
Bid-ask spread is the difference between the lowest price asked for an asset and the highest price bid. Liquid assets like Bitcoin have a smaller spread than assets with less liquidity and trading volume. Slippage occurs when a trade settles for an average price that is different than what was initially requested. It often happens […]
Ledger Academy – Ledger’s bit of it
Four short courses about Ledger’s hardware and software. What they all do, how they work and how they securely keep you in control, smiling and completely sane.
What Is Forex Trading?
Forex is the world’s largest market by trading volume and liquidity. Brokers, businesses, governments, and other economic agents trade currencies and forex derivatives to enable international commerce. Traders also use the market for speculative reasons. There are various arbitrage opportunities to be found with exchange rates and interest rates, making the market a popular one […]
What Is Anti-Money Laundering (AML)?
AML regulations attempt to stop the illegal laundering of illicit funds. Individual governments and multinational organizations like the FATF legislate against money laundering activities. Money laundering takes “dirty” money and turns it into clean money. This can be done by disguising the origins of the funds, mixing them with legitimate transactions, or investing them into […]
How to Connect a Ledger Nano to Binance Smart Chain (BSC)?
The Ledger Nano S and Ledger Nano X are cold storage devices used to store private keys and crypto securely. These hardware wallets never connect to the internet keeping the private keys safe from hackers. Ledger Nano devices are compatible with multiple blockchains, such as Ethereum, Tron, Binance Chain, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain (BSC). […]
What Are Nested Exchanges and Why Should You Avoid Them?
A nested cryptocurrency exchange provides its customers with crypto trading services through an account on another exchange. It does not facilitate trading directly itself. Instead, it acts as a bridge between users and other service providers. Nesting is commonly used in traditional banking to provide services a specific bank can’t, such as international transfers. In […]
What Is a Smart Contract Security Audit?
A smart contract security audit provides a detailed analysis of a project’s smart contracts. These are important to safeguard funds invested through them. As all transactions on the blockchain are final, funds cannot be retrieved should they be stolen. Typically, auditors will examine the code of smart contracts, produce a report, and provide it to […]
What Is BNB Auto-Burn?
Coin burning is a mechanism used to remove coins from circulation, reducing the total supply permanently. Many cryptocurrency projects perform periodic coin burns to create a deflationary effect. BNB adopts two coin-burning mechanisms, which will reduce its total supply by 50% in the long term. The first mechanism consists of burning a portion of the […]
What Is Algorand (ALGO)?
Algorand was founded in 2017 before launching its mainnet and ALGO token in June 2019. The blockchain deals with the common scalability and consensus mechanism issues common to first and second-generation blockchains. Algorand’s main feature is its Pure Proof of Stake consensus protocol that randomly selects validators weighted by their staked ALGO coin. Users who […]
Crypto Payments Explained
Crypto payments are becoming more widely accepted by retailers, individuals, and businesses. While you can transfer funds manually, payment gateways provide a simpler way to accept crypto payments. This saves you from manually copying addresses and making mistakes. You can also use a crypto debit or credit card to make fiat payments with crypto you […]
