Trading Crypto
The Crypto market is a fast-paced and volatile space, ripe for traders. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have become a household name, and adoption continues to grow. There's an endless stream of opportunities available to those speculating on price movements.
Contract for Difference (CFD) trading allows you to speculate on Crypto price movements without actually owning any actual assets. In a market that moves quickly in either direction, trading Crypto CFDs online opens up opportunity to profit when markets rise and fall.
CFD trading offers great opportunity for those looking to participate in the Crypto market. One of the key benefits is leverage, which allows you to control a larger position size with a smaller amount of capital. This magnifies potential profits, but it's important to remember that it can also increase the risk of losses.
CFD trading provides the flexibility to go long (buy) or short (sell) on Crypto, allowing traders to capitalise on both upward and downward price movements. This can be particularly advantageous in the dynamic Crypto market.
How to trade Crypto with Alpari
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Trading crypto CFDs vs owning cryptos
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Crypto CFDs
Owning Cryptos
'Go long' - buy and hold to profit from long-term rising prices
'Go short' - sell to profit from falling prices
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Leverage available
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Requires secure storage
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Cryptocurrency, or crypto for short, is a digital form of money based on cryptography (advanced coding).
Originally founded with Bitcoin in 2009, cryptocurrency, or crypto for short, is a digital form of money based on cryptography (advanced coding).
When you trade cryptocurrencies, you own the asset itself. Trading Crypto CFDs, on the other hand, allows you to speculate on price movements without ever owning the asset. A key advantage of CFDs is that you can enter contracts for prices falling (going short), as well as rising (going long).
All trading comes with risk and CFD trading is no different.
We strongly encourage you to take your time, do your research, and practice good risk management.
The Alpari Academy is a good place to start learning about trading cryptocurrency CFDs and we have excellent analysis tools that can help you balance risk with reward.
Leverage is sort of like a loan, based on ratios. For example, if the leverage offered is 1:100, then for every $1 you put down as capital on your trade, we'll 'lend’ you $100.
This means that you have access to larger trade sizes without the capital outlay.
Trading cryptocurrencies with leverage is high risk, and you should be aware that while it can boost any potential profits exponentially, it can also increase losses.
Please don’t enter a CFD trade without understanding the potential financial risk.
Crypto CFDs are available on all Alpari trading accounts, but contract specifications in terms of spreads, lot sizes, swap values and leverage may differ from account to account, and instrument to instrument. Typically, the higher-tiered accounts require larger deposits, but offer more favourable conditions.
