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Learn about futures contracts and how to trade them.
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Top platforms for trading crypto futures in 2024

As the popularity of cryptocurrencies grew, traders inevitably wanted more ways to trade cryptocurrencies and grow their portfolios. Futures contracts
Oct 20, 2025
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What is a fill-or-kill (FOK) order?

**Fill or kill (FOK) is an execution condition requiring the entire order to fill immediately or be canceled in full.** It accepts no partial fill and
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a maker?

**A maker is the party that first provides a quote in an order book and later trades when another order matches it.** An order book records unfilled b
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a taker?

**A taker is the party that immediately matches and trades against a quote already in the order book.** The order book records unfilled buy and sell q
Nov 12, 2026
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What is the bid-ask spread?

**The bid-ask spread is the difference between the lowest ask and highest bid in the same market at the same time.** In an order-book-based crypto mar
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a post-only order?

**A post-only order adds a requirement to a limit order: post a quote without immediately taking an existing one.** In order-book-based crypto spot an
Nov 12, 2026
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What is an immediate-or-cancel (IOC) order?

**An immediate-or-cancel (IOC) order requires the quantity currently available to fill immediately, with any unfilled remainder canceled.** In order-b
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a trigger order?

**A trigger order submits an actual buy or sell order to the trading system only after a preset condition is met.** In crypto trading, the condition i
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a funding rate?

**A funding rate is the proportion used to calculate funding payments between long and short perpetual positions; funding fees are the actual amounts
Nov 12, 2026
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What is an insurance fund?

**In a crypto exchange’s liquidation mechanism, an insurance fund is a pool used under defined rules to address eligible loss shortfalls.** If availab
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a mark price?

**A mark price is a reference calculated under a platform’s rules for position valuation and risk assessment.** Crypto contract pages often show it al
Nov 12, 2026
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What is an index price?

**An index price is an asset reference calculated using specified price sources and rules, usually combining several spot markets.** In crypto contrac
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a market order?

**A market order buys or sells as quickly as possible against currently available quotes, without setting its own execution-price limit.** In order-bo
Nov 12, 2026
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What is leverage?

**Leverage uses borrowed assets or margined contracts to enlarge position size relative to the trader’s own equity. Equity is net asset value after li
Nov 12, 2026
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What is a perpetual contract?

**A perpetual contract, also commonly called a perpetual swap, is a derivative without a scheduled expiry date.** In crypto markets it allows long or
Nov 12, 2026
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What are the index price and mark price of margined contracts?

Understanding the mark price and index price of a crypto asset can be influential to a trader's success. Knowing each forms part of your risk manag
Sep 11, 2026
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OKX Convert: Chuyển đổi tiền mã hóa không mất phí, không trượt giá

Trong thế giới tiền mã hóa đầy biến động và tốc độ, không phải ai cũng có thời gian, kỹ năng hoặc kinh nghiệm để thao tác trên các sàn giao dịch theo
Jul 25, 2025
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What does BBO mean?

Best-bid-offer (BBO) refers to the best bid and ask price on the order book at any given time. It's used to quickly set limit order prices that match
Jun 2, 2026
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