Beginner Path

Start here if you are new to trading. Fifteen lessons take you from what a market is to placing and protecting your first trade, with every number worked through in USDT.

  1. What Is Trading? Markets, Assets and How Prices Move
    Beginner · 8 min read
    A plain-English starting point: what trading is, how it differs from investing, which markets you can trade, and what actually makes prices rise and fall.
  2. Crypto Basics: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins and Stablecoins
    Beginner · 7 min read
    What a cryptocurrency is, how Bitcoin and Ethereum differ, why altcoins swing so hard and what stablecoins are for, explained for complete beginners.
  3. What Is USDT and Why We Trade Against It
    Beginner · 7 min read
    USDT is the dollar-pegged stablecoin behind every balance and price on the platform. Learn how its peg works, what the TRC20, ERC20 and BEP20 networks mean, and its risks.
  4. What Is a CFD? Trading Price Movement Without Owning the Asset
    Beginner · 8 min read
    A plain-English guide to contracts for difference: how a CFD tracks a price, how profit and loss are worked out in USDT, and what leverage and costs come with it.
  5. Long vs Short: Profiting From Rising and Falling Markets
    Beginner · 7 min read
    Going long means you gain when a price rises; going short means you gain when it falls. See how both work on the platform, the math in USDT, and the risks that differ.
  6. Bid, Ask, Spread and Why They Matter
    Beginner · 7 min read
    Every market shows two prices. Learn what the Bid and Ask mean, how the spread becomes a cost on each trade, when it widens, and how it can trigger your stops.
  7. Order Types Explained: Market, Limit, Stop
    Beginner · 7 min read
    Market orders fill now, limit orders wait for a better price, and stop orders wait for the price to break through a level. Learn when each one fills and what it costs you.
  8. Stop Loss and Take Profit: Your First Safety Net
    Beginner · 8 min read
    How stop loss and take profit orders close a trade for you, where traders place them, how to size a position from your stop, and why a stop can still slip in fast markets.
  9. Leverage and Margin Explained Simply
    Beginner · 7 min read
    What leverage and margin really mean, how much margin a trade needs, why your position size matters more than the leverage number, and how margin level and stop-out work.
  10. Liquidation and Margin Calls: How to Avoid Them
    Beginner · 8 min read
    What margin calls and stop-outs really are, how your margin level is worked out in USDT, how to estimate your own stop-out price, and the habits that keep you clear.
  11. Reading a Candlestick Chart for the First Time
    Beginner · 7 min read
    What each part of a candle tells you, how open, high, low and close fit together, how timeframes change the picture, and how to set up the trade chart to read them.
  12. Your First Trade on Traders Portal: Step-by-Step
    Beginner · 8 min read
    A complete walkthrough of one small BTC/USDT trade: choosing a size, setting leverage and a stop loss in USDT, reading the order summary, then managing and closing the trade.
  13. Trading Psychology Basics: Fear, Greed and FOMO
    Beginner · 7 min read
    Why fear, greed and FOMO push traders into poor decisions, how to spot them in your own trading, and the simple rules and alerts that keep emotions in check.
  14. Common Beginner Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
    Beginner · 7 min read
    Ten mistakes new traders make again and again, from trading without a stop loss to misreading lots and order types, with worked USDT examples and a simple fix for each.
  15. Security Basics: 2FA, Phishing and Scams to Watch For
    Beginner · 7 min read
    How to protect your trading account: a strong password, authenticator-app 2FA, spotting phishing pages and messages, and the scams that most often target traders.

Trading CFDs and crypto involves a high risk of losing money quickly because of leverage. You can lose all the funds in your account. This article is for education only and is not financial advice; past performance does not indicate future results.