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DeFiWhat Is Liquidation in Crypto? Understanding Forced Closures in Trading
Liquidation in crypto is the automatic, forced closure of a leveraged position when losses push your collateral below the exchange's maintenance margin, usually 10% to 20% of the position. The exchange sells at market, deducts a 0.5% to 1% fee and returns whatever is left, often close to nothing. A 5x long on Solana at $200 with 15% maintenance margin dies near $190.
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AnalysisArbitrage Trading in Crypto: How to Profit from Price Differences
Crypto arbitrage means buying an asset on one exchange and selling it on another where it trades higher, pocketing the gap. It is legal and gaps still appear, but typical spreads have shrunk to 0.1% to 2% and vanish in seconds, so the profit goes to automated bots with large capital and low fees. For most retail traders, fees and speed make it unprofitable.
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DeFiDeFi Trading Explained: How to Trade in Decentralized Finance
DeFi trading is swapping cryptocurrencies through smart contracts and community-funded liquidity pools rather than a company's order book. You connect a Web3 wallet such as MetaMask, hold some of the chain's native token for gas, and trade on a DEX like Uniswap or an aggregator like 1inch. Start with a small test swap and watch your slippage setting; flash loans and yield farming can wait.
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Scams & RiskPump and Dump Schemes in Crypto: How to Spot and Avoid Them
A pump and dump is market manipulation where organized groups quietly buy a thin, obscure token, flood social media and paid influencers with hype to push the price up, then sell their holdings into the retail buying frenzy. Warning signs include synchronized shilling, anonymous teams, low liquidity and promised price targets. Position limits, stop-losses and an exit plan set in advance are the practical defenses.
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