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Exchange and chart step by step

How to choose a licensed exchange, set up and secure your account, find your way around the trading screen, fill in orders and understand every abbreviation and indicator on the chart – with a pinch of humour.

4 modules · 14 lessons · 53 min

Risk warning

This course is educational and is not investment advice. Trading crypto is highly risky – you can lose all the money you put in. Read the risk warning

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Who it is for

Beginners who know the crypto basics and are opening an exchange account for the first time – or who opened one and feel lost among all the buttons.

What you will learn

  • Check that an exchange has a MiCA licence and set up a secure account
  • Find your way around the trading screen and know where you pay more
  • Fill in limit, market and stop orders without mistakes
  • Read the chart's abbreviations and choose a few indicators instead of all of them

Course outline

  1. Module 1Your account

    1. 1.Choosing a licensed exchangeWhat a MiCA licence is, how to check it in two minutes in the national and ESMA registers, why Binance has not accepted new EU customers since July 2026 and what to look at besides the licence.4 min
    2. 2.Signing up and verifying your identityWhat an exchange asks for when you sign up, why you take a selfie with your ID, which questions about the source of your money are normal – and what is not normal any more.3 min
    3. 3.Securing your exchange accountFive switches in the security settings worth turning on right away: two-factor authentication (ideally a passkey), an anti-phishing code, a withdrawal whitelist, the device list and a secure account email.3 min
    4. 4.Depositing money and what it costsBank transfer or card? What a deposit costs, why the account must be in your name, what the reference code is for and where money quietly disappears when converting currencies.3 min

  2. Module 2The trading screen

    1. 5.A tour of the trading screenSix parts of the screen almost every exchange has: the trading pair and 24-hour figures, the chart, the order book, recent trades, the order panel and your orders.4 min
    2. 6.Quick buy or spot?Why the "Buy crypto" button tends to be more expensive than the spot market, where the markup hides, what it adds up to and when convenience is worth it.3 min
    3. 7.Orders in practiceHow to fill in a limit, market and stop-limit order step by step, what the Price, Amount and Total fields mean and which mistakes cost beginners the most.4 min
    4. 8.Maker and taker feesWhy a limit order tends to be cheaper than a market order, how to read an exchange's price list, what volume tiers are and why a fixed withdrawal fee hurts mostly on small amounts.4 min

  3. Module 3The chart

    1. 9.Timeframes and chart abbreviationsWhat 1m, 15m, 1H, 4H, 1D and 1M mean, why 1m is not 1M, what O, H, L, C and Vol above the chart are, when the daily candle closes and what the log and % switches in the corner do.6 min
    2. 10.The indicator menu: what to turn on and what notMA, EMA, BOLL, SAR, VWAP, VOL, MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, OBV… What every abbreviation in the menu means in one sentence, which three are enough to start with and why more lines do not mean more money.6 min
    3. 11.Drawing and price alertsA horizontal line, a trend line, a rectangle and the measure tool: four tools from the left panel that are enough. And a price alert so you do not have to watch the chart all day.3 min
    4. 12.The order book and market depthHow to read the red and green rows of the order book, what the spread is, why a big market buy pays more than the last price, what the depth chart shows and why "walls" may not be real.4 min

  4. Module 4Traps and first steps

    1. 13.Buttons to leave alone for nowFutures, margin, Earn, copy trading, launchpools and bonuses: what hides behind the tempting buttons, why beginners lose money on them fastest and what to read before you ever touch them.3 min
    2. 14.Withdrawing to your own wallet and your first setupWithdrawing crypto from an exchange step by step – network, address, fee, confirmation and tracking the transaction – and a checklist for your first setup so you start without needless mistakes.3 min