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Explore 336+ clear, technical, and objective definitions defining the decentralized future.
Support is a price level where buying pressure prevents price from falling further.
A candlestick is a chart representation showing open, high, low, and close prices for a time period.
The spread is the difference between the highest bid and lowest ask price in an order book.
Margin is the collateral a trader provides to open and maintain a leveraged trading position. It is not the same as the total value of the position.
Volume measures the total amount of an asset traded within a specific time period.
A fakeout is a false breakout where price briefly moves beyond a key level and then reverses.
A breakout occurs when price moves above resistance or below support with increased volume.
The risk-reward ratio compares potential loss to potential profit in a trade.
Open interest, or OI, measures the total outstanding derivatives positions that remain open and have not yet been closed or settled.
Simulated trading on an exchange using virtual (fake) funds that mirror real market prices, order books, and conditions — without risking any real money.
A conditional order that combines a stop price (trigger) and a limit price (execution range). Once the market reaches the stop price, it activates as a limit order that only executes at the specified limit price or better.
KYC stands for Know Your Customer. It refers to processes financial businesses use to identify and verify customers. Crypto exchanges, brokers, custodians, and other regulated service providers may require KYC depending on their activities and jurisdiction.
Deposit = adding funds/assets to your exchange account; Withdrawal = sending them out to external wallet or bank.
Charges by the exchange for executing trades, usually a percentage of trade value (maker/taker model).
A cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value, usually pegged 1:1 to fiat like USD (e.g., USDT, USDC).
The highest price a buyer is willing to pay right now (buy side of the order book).
The lowest price a seller is willing to accept right now (sell side of the order book).
An order to buy or sell only at a specific price (or better) that you set.
An order to buy or sell immediately at the best available current market price.
A combination of two assets you can trade against each other (e.g., BTC/USDT means Bitcoin priced in USDT).