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How To Pick the Best Crypto Derivatives Exchange

With the urge to cope with market needs, crypto exchanges are evolving to include more features and functionalities. It has become easier for investors (and traders) to take part in crypto trading. One of the most valuable services offered by these platforms is crypto derivatives. Crypto Derivatives enable investors to

5 Essential Hacks for Crypto Trading Beginners

Only a few months ago, in April 2021, the total combined value of the crypto markets touched a massive $2 trillion, with over 5,000 different cryptocurrencies being available, and these numbers are only increasing each new day. This comes as no surprise given the hype it has received in

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Crypto Futures vs Crypto Spot Trading: Understanding the Difference

Crypto trading can be done in a variety of ways. The most common platform for crypto traders is cryptocurrency exchanges. The best part about crypto exchanges is that, unlike regular trading marketplaces, they do not take a break. For the full year, they run every hour of every day. In

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A Beginner's Guide to Moving Averages

Cryptocurrencies are making headlines every day and overturning the fundamental concepts of finance. With crypto even being hailed as the future of money, it's no surprise that several million individuals are interested in cryptocurrencies. In fact, it was reported that over 100 million people owned cryptocurrency as of January 2021.

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A Fibonacci Retracement Guide For Your Crypto Futures Trading Strategy

If you are familiar with crypto trading, you’ve probably heard of technical analysis. The cryptocurrency markets, just like every other financial market, are prone to volatility and unpredictability, which is why some traders use technical analysis to figure out when to enter the markets for a profitable trading opportunity.

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Elliott Wave Theory in Crypto Trading: An Introduction

As Bitcoin and the broader crypto market exhibit wild fluctuations, many resort to tools like Elliott Waves (EW), which have proven to be valuable tools for analyzing crypto markets and comprehending the price movements of various cryptocurrencies. They are a concept derived from Elliott Wave Theory - a technical analysis

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A Complete Guide to Technical Analysis for Crypto Traders

We never saw the Covid-19 pandemic coming, nor did anyone predict that traditional financial markets all over the world would take this bad a hit, causing a severe global economic crisis. However, one thing investors and traders across the globe have realized in 2020 - cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, which have

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Signals & Indicators in Crypto Trading: Explained

With the popularity of crypto trading on an exponential rise, now is the time to inform yourself of the signals and indicators that predict the sentiments of the crypto trading markets. You want to be ahead of the curve, after all. The numerous numbers, lines, or colors on the crypto

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Bitcoin vs Bitcoin Futures: What's Right For You?

Crypto FuturesAfter the introduction of digital currencies, derivatives such as crypto futures have arguably become one of the most exciting trading tools. They've encouraged an additional interest in the cryptocurrency space by enabling speculative visibility, expanding its wide appeal and propagating uptake. But what are they all about? And should

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A complete guide to Bitcoin Perpetual Contracts - Why are they going to the best trading and investment for cryptocurrency traders?

If you are familiar with cryptocurrencies, you should already know all about cryptocurrency spot trading. Now, perpetual futures, and general cryptocurrency futures, are crypto derivatives, and they provide cryptocurrency traders with a whole new and innovative way to trade the cryptocurrencies of their preference (for instance, there exist Bitcoin futures

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Understanding Leverage & How it Works in Crypto Trading

When it comes to trading, words like ‘leverage’ or ‘margin trade’ aren’t thrown around like buzzwords. But they’re much more than that. They’re key tenets of the trading experience. Therefore, if you want to understand trading, it is important to understand what leverage is all about and

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For this holiday season, C-Trade is excited to share a one-time special offer to our beloved traders. From now to Jan. 4 2021, you can enjoy zero fee and win $1000 deposit bonus giveaway, with more prizes to be won. Promotion 1: Zero Trading FeeDuring the campaign period, make a

Why is this the best time to trade Ethereum?

Since its inception, the open-source, public blockchain Ethereum has been incredibly popular. Swathes of people have made serious gains trading its native coin ETH, and although it may not be at record levels in regards to token price, there’s never been a better time to trade it. Right now,

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At C-Trade, we always listen to our users' valuable feedback and strive to provide the best trading experience. Therefore, we added a new ETHUSD perpetual trading pair on our trading platform. To celebrate the launch, C-Trade is pleased to offer $500 lucky draw & $100 deposit giveaway, along with 50%

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How to trade with stop-loss and take-profit orders?

What is the difference between a stop-loss and take-profit order?Although very similar, there are subtle differences between a stop-loss and a take-profit order. A stop-loss order enables you to automatically buy/sell contracts at a particular price so as to limit losses for short/long positions, whereas a take-profit

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How to make a 300% profit from Bitcoin halving? What is the strategy to maximize return?

Bitcoin halving to have impact on price Bitcoin halving is core to Bitcoin's economic model for ensuring Bitcoin issuance through mining takes place at a steady and predictable pace. With halving mining rewards for miners are cut by half. It takes place every 4 years with the first one taking

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8 Top Tips for Trading Perpetual Contracts

Perpetual contracts can offer users huge returns and are becoming more and more popular [LINK TO: Trend of the Year? Why Perpetual Contracts are Going Big in 2020], particularly during periods of heightened volatility in the crypto market. But in order to see the very best return on your investment,

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The Trend of the Year? How Perpetual Contracts are Going Big in 2020

Crypto derivatives have been the talk of the crypto world for a while now. Investors, seasoned and otherwise, have been turning to derivatives in their droves, keen to explore how these specialized contracts can generate greater profits while mitigating many of the risks that have become synonymous with cryptocurrency trading.

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What the Recent BitMEX Outage Teaches About Diversifying Your Crypto Derivatives Portfolio

In these complex and uncertain times, governments worldwide are struggling to grapple the sheer magnitude of the COVID-19 outbreak. As well as major civil disruption, financial markets and institutions have responded with devastating crashes globally. And the cryptocurrency industry - although in many other circumstances considered a relative safe-haven compared

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5 Essential Risk Management Strategies for Crypto Derivatives Traders

There’s no doubt that investing in crypto derivatives can lead to massive rewards. But, to see the best return on your investments there’s a fundamental skill you have to master - risk management. Risk plays a central role in crypto derivatives trading and, despite the enormous prospective rewards,

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Perpetual contracts: why should we consider them over futures?

The cryptocurrency market is rapidly expanding, and new products are being introduced to meet the needs of different types of traders. One of those products is the derivatives market. Derivatives are crucial in global markets enabling traders to hedge or speculate on price changes of the underlying asset. Bitcoin and

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Bitcoin Futures Trading 101

What is a futures contract? A futures contract is an agreement between a seller and a buyer to sell or purchase an asset at a specific time in the future at a predetermined price. It is a financial instrument that 'derives' its value from the price movement of the underlying