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Trading, exchanges, derivatives, and market mechanics. Everything you need to navigate crypto markets.

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Market Structure

Mar 22, 2026

What Is 24/7 Trading?

Learn what 24/7 trading really means, how near-continuous markets work, and why market data, clearing, and liquidity matter as much as hours.

23 min read

Market Structure

Mar 22, 2026

What Is an Onchain Order Book?

Learn what an onchain order book is, how it works, why it exists, and the key tradeoffs around custody, composability, latency, and MEV.

21 min read

Trading

Mar 21, 2026

What Is Slippage?

Learn what slippage is in trading, why it happens in order books and AMMs, how MEV worsens it, and how traders reduce execution cost.

23 min read

Trading

Mar 21, 2026

What is Spot Trading?

Learn what spot trading is, how spot markets work, how prices are formed, and how spot differs from futures, margin, OTC, and on-chain swaps.

23 min read

Order Types

Mar 21, 2026

What is a VWAP Order?

Learn what a VWAP order is, how it works, why traders use it, and where VWAP execution helps or breaks down in real markets.

23 min read

Trading

Mar 21, 2026

What is RFQ (Request for Quote)?

Learn what RFQ (Request for Quote) means in trading, how the workflow works, why markets use it, and how it differs from order-book execution.

26 min read

Order Types

Mar 21, 2026

What Is a Take-Profit Order?

Learn what a take-profit order is, how its trigger works, and why market-on-trigger versus limit-on-trigger changes fills, slippage, and risk.

25 min read

Order Types

Mar 21, 2026

What is a Trailing Stop Order?

Learn what a trailing stop order is, how its moving trigger works, when it becomes a market or limit order, and the key execution risks to know.

23 min read

Order Types

Mar 21, 2026

What is a TWAP Order?

Learn what a TWAP order is, how it slices trades over time, why traders use it to reduce price impact, and where the strategy works or fails.

23 min read

Order Types

Mar 21, 2026

What is a Stop-Limit Order?

Learn what a stop-limit order is, how it triggers into a limit order, why traders use it, and the key tradeoff between price control and execution.

22 min read

Order Types

Mar 21, 2026

What is a Post-Only Order?

Learn what a post-only order is, how it works, why traders use it to avoid taker fills, and how exchanges handle cancel, reject, and repricing rules.

24 min read

Order Types

Mar 21, 2026

What is a Market Order?

Learn what a market order is, how it executes, why price isn’t guaranteed, and when traders use it instead of a limit order.

23 min read