Trading
How Crypto Trading Bots and API Keys Work
Every bot is software holding the keys to an exchange account; what it can do is decided entirely by the permissions on the API key it was given.
Trading: Markets and Strategy
Execution coverage for active crypto traders: choosing venues, reading spreads and funding, managing leverage, and sizing a position to survive a drawdown.
Trading
How Position Sizing Works in Crypto Trading
Position sizing is the arithmetic that converts a tolerable loss into a position size before the trade is placed — and it, not the entry, decides whether an…
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How Crypto Liquidations and Auto-Deleveraging Work
When a leveraged account's collateral runs out, the exchange's liquidation engine closes the position; if losses outrun the insurance fund, profitable traders…
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What Perpetual Futures Funding Rates Are and How They Anchor Price
Perpetual futures never expire, so exchanges charge longs and shorts a periodic payment called funding that pulls the contract back toward spot — and reveals…
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How Leverage and Margin Trading Work on Crypto Exchanges
Leverage lets a trader control a position many times larger than the collateral posted; margin is the collateral itself, and the exchange takes it when the…