Trading
How Cross-Exchange Crypto Arbitrage Works
The same bitcoin trades at different prices on different venues at the same moment; arbitrage is the business of capturing that gap, and the gap is mostly a fee…
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.
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How the Funding Rate Basis Trade Works
The basis trade buys spot bitcoin and sells the perpetual future against it, harvesting the funding the leveraged crowd pays — market-neutral in price, but not…
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What Open Interest Shows About Crypto Markets
Open interest counts the derivative contracts still open — money committed and at risk — and its changes alongside price say more about positioning than volume…
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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.
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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…