Site map
Every published guide on the site, grouped by section.
Basics
- What are crypto futures in simple words?
- How does a futures trade actually work? One trade, step by step, with numbers
- How are futures different from simply buying crypto on spot?
- Should a beginner start with spot or futures?
- How can you make money when bitcoin or another coin is falling?
- What do long and short mean in simple words?
- Do I need to own bitcoin to trade bitcoin futures?
- Perpetual futures vs futures with an expiry date: what's the difference?
- What is leverage in crypto futures?
- What do 5x, 10x and 20x leverage actually mean?
- Can you trade futures without leverage?
- If I raise leverage but keep the same position size, does my profit change?
- What is margin, and how is it different from the trade size?
- Cross margin vs isolated margin: which should a beginner choose?
- Crypto futures basics: which concepts to learn first, and in what order
- Why does a futures contract show several prices, and which one decides my trade?
Get started
- Can you really make money on futures if you have never traded before?
- How much can you really make trading futures with $100?
- Is it realistic to make $100 a day trading futures?
- Is futures trading real trading, or just gambling?
- How much money do you need to start trading futures?
- Can you trade crypto futures with $10?
- Where can I learn futures trading from scratch for free?
- Can I learn to trade futures without using real money?
- Which crypto exchanges offer demo futures trading?
- How do I open a demo futures account on Bybit?
- How can I try Binance futures in demo mode?
- Do I need to register and deposit money to try futures on demo?
- How is demo futures trading different from the real thing?
- How do I know I am ready to move from demo to real money?
- How to start trading crypto futures from scratch: the 10 steps
- What documents do you need for KYC on a crypto exchange?
- What is USDT and why is it used for futures trading?
- How do I buy USDT to start trading futures?
- How do I fund my futures account for the first time?
- Can I fund a futures account with a bank card?
- How do I secure my exchange account before the first trade?
- How much time per day does futures trading really take?
- How do I open my very first futures trade?
Risk
- What leverage should a beginner use for the first trade?
- How do I work out how much money to put into one trade?
- Can you lose your whole deposit trading futures?
- Can you end up owing money to the exchange after trading futures?
- What is liquidation in crypto futures, in simple words?
- How do I know in advance at what price my trade gets liquidated?
- What is a stop loss and why does a beginner need one?
- Does a stop loss guarantee I will not lose more than I planned?
- Why do beginners lose money on futures?
- Futures risks: what can go wrong and how to limit it
Trading
- How do I set a stop loss to limit my loss?
- What is take profit and how do I lock in gains automatically?
- How do I move money from my spot account to the futures account?
- How do I withdraw profit from futures back to spot or to my wallet?
- How do you trade futures on Bybit, step by step?
- How do you trade futures on Binance, step by step?
- How do I trade crypto futures from my phone?
- How do I open a long position on bitcoin?
- How do I open a short position on bitcoin?
- Market or limit order: which should I use to open a trade?
- How do I set a stop loss and take profit at the same time?
- How do I close a futures trade and lock in the profit?
- Can I close only part of a futures position?
- How long can you hold an open futures position?
- What happens to my trade if my phone turns off or I lose internet?
- Managing a futures position: what you need to be able to do in the terminal
- Stop-market or stop-limit: which stop order should a beginner use?
Costs
Exchanges
- Which crypto futures exchange is best for a beginner?
- Binance or Bybit: which is better for your first futures trades?
- Which exchanges have the lowest crypto futures fees?
- Which mobile app should I use to trade futures on my phone?
- Can I trade crypto futures in my own language?
- Which futures exchanges are available in my country?
- Do I need a broker account to trade crypto futures?
- Do I need to verify my identity (KYC) to trade futures?
- How do I check that a futures exchange is not a scam?
- Can I trade futures from a crypto wallet without an exchange account?
- What does a referral link give you — is there really a fee discount on futures?
- How do futures welcome bonuses work, and what are the conditions?
- Binance Futures: what contracts, fees and conditions you actually get
- Bybit futures: what kind of exchange is it, and who is it for?
- OKX futures: is this exchange a good choice for a beginner?
- Hyperliquid: how to trade futures from your wallet, without registering on an exchange
- Gate futures: which markets and conditions does the exchange offer?
- Where to Trade Crypto Futures
Strategies
- Which coins should you trade for your first futures trades?
- How do I write a plan for a single futures trade?
- Which futures strategy is suitable for a beginner?
- How do I read a candlestick chart before my first trade?
- How do I know when to buy and when to sell a futures contract?
- What is a timeframe, and which chart interval should a beginner use?
- Which indicators does a beginner actually need for futures trading?
- Should you use ready-made Telegram signals for futures?
- How to choose your approach to futures trading
Bots
- Can I make money with a futures bot if I have no trading experience?
- How does a futures trading bot work, in simple words?
- Which futures bot should a beginner choose?
- How is a futures bot different from a spot bot?
- How much money do you need to start a futures bot?
- How do I launch my first futures bot on an exchange?
- Can a futures bot lose all my money?
- Bots and copy trading on futures: what you can automate and where to start
- What is a grid bot on futures, and how does the grid actually work?
Copy trading
Markets
- Can you trade stocks on a crypto exchange?
- How do I trade Tesla, Apple or Nvidia futures on a crypto exchange?
- Tokenized stock or a futures contract on the same stock: what's the difference?
- Can you trade the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 on a crypto exchange?
- How do I trade gold on a crypto exchange using futures?
- Do stock and index futures on crypto exchanges trade at night and on weekends?
- What can you trade with futures on a crypto exchange
- I care about oil and stocks, not crypto — is there any point looking at a crypto exchange?
Calculators
- How much will I make on this trade? Futures profit and loss calculator
- Position size calculator: what volume should I take for my risk?
- Liquidation calculator: at what price will my position be closed?
- How much will the exchange charge me to enter and exit a trade?
- Funding calculator: how much will I pay or receive for holding a position?
- Crypto Futures Calculators
Troubleshooting
Binance Wallet
- Binance Wallet: what it is and why you would use it for futures
- How do perpetual futures work in Binance Wallet through Aster?
- How do I create a Binance Wallet, back it up and fund it?
- How do I open a futures trade in Binance Wallet, step by step?
- Binance Wallet or Binance Futures: where should a beginner trade futures?
- What are the risks of trading futures in Binance Wallet, and how do you reduce them?
- Alpha, meme coins, prediction markets and swaps in Binance Wallet: do you actually need them?