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Crypto Trading and Risk Management: Markets, Orders and Position Sizing

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← Crypto Trading and Risk Management: Markets, Orders and Position Sizing

1How Crypto Markets Work0/4

Spot, Margin, and Perpetuals12m
Reading an Order Book and Liquidity
Limit, Market, Stop-Loss, and Conditional Orders
Slippage, Spreads, and Execution

2Perpetual Futures Mechanics0/4

Funding Rates and Basis
Mark Price vs. Index Price
How Liquidation Works and When It Happens
Leverage, Margin Ratio, and Liquidation Price

3Position Sizing and Risk0/4

The 1% Rule and Why It Works
Calculating Position Size for Spot and Futures
Setting Stops That Match Your Thesis
Risk-Reward Ratios and Expectancy

4Reading Charts Without Superstition0/4

Candlesticks, Timeframes, and What They Show
Support, Resistance, and Invalidation
Moving Averages and Trend Confirmation
Volume, Profile, and Conviction

5Building Your Trading Plan0/4

Writing a Clear Trade Thesis
Entry Rules and Confirmation
Exit Rules, Profit Targets, and Scaling
The Trader's Journal and Review Cycle

6Common Blow-Up Patterns and Tax0/4

Revenge Trading and Emotional Decisions
Over-Leverage and Compounding Losses
Trading Without Stops
Tax-Aware Record Keeping and Reconciliation

7Capstone u2014 Your Trading Plan0/1

Build and Submit Your Personal Trading Plan

How Crypto Markets Work·Lesson 2 of 25·14 min

Reading an Order Book and Liquidity

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The concept An order book is the live list of every resting buy order (bids) and sell order (asks) on an exchange for a given market, ranked by price. Bids sit below the current price, asks sit above it, and the gap between the highest bid and lowest ask is the spread. The order book is the single clearest picture……

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