Crypto Trading & Derivatives · 07 Oct · 5 min read
What Is Spot Trading in Crypto?
Spot trading means buying or selling crypto for immediate delivery at the current price. How spot orders work, how they differ from derivatives, what they cost.
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What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging in Crypto?
Dollar-cost averaging means buying a fixed amount at regular intervals. How DCA works in crypto, a worked example, how it compares with lump sums, its limits.
How to Keep a Trading Journal
A trading journal records each trade, your reasons and the result. What to log, how to review it, and why it helps you see mistakes your memory hides.
Technical Analysis Mistakes Crypto Traders Make
Technical analysis mistakes and the biases behind them: confirmation, double counting, hindsight, overfitting, recency, anchoring and no exit plan.
What Is Support and Resistance?
Support and resistance are price zones where buying or selling has tended to stop a move. How traders find them, why broken levels switch roles and the limits.
SMA vs EMA: Which Moving Average Fits Your Trading?
A simple moving average weights every price equally; an exponential moving average weights recent prices more. Formulas, a worked example and when each fits.
What Is RSI and How Do Traders Read It?
RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0 to 100 scale. The formula, a worked example, what readings of 70 and 30 mean and where RSI misleads traders.
Perpetual Futures Mistakes That Lead to Liquidation
Perpetual futures mistakes sorted by how fast they hurt: high leverage, no stop, cross margin, funding, adding to losers and thin contracts.
What Are Perpetual Futures?
Perpetual futures are crypto contracts with no expiry that track the spot price through funding payments. How perps work, margin and leverage, costs and risks.
What Is Open Interest in Crypto?
Open interest is the value of futures or options contracts still open. How it rises and falls, how it differs from volume and how traders read it with price.
How to Calculate a Liquidation Price on a Leveraged Crypto Trade
The liquidation price formula for leveraged long and short crypto positions, worked examples at different leverage levels and what moves your liquidation price.
What Causes Liquidation Cascades?
A liquidation cascade is a chain reaction where forced selling triggers more of it. What sets one off, why crypto is prone to them and what October 2025 showed.