📈 You step into a crowded elevator, and it starts going the wrong way. To get it back to the right floor, someone has to press the button and pay for that adjustment.

In crypto trading, funding works the same way. It's a periodic payment exchanged between traders holding perpetual futures positions. Without it, the contract price would quickly drift away from the spot market ⚖️

In our latest article, we explain how the funding rate is calculated and what positive and negative funding rates mean.

⏳ A futures contract with no expiration date sounds convenient, doesn't it? That's exactly how perpetual futures, or perps, work. You can keep a position open for a day, a week, a month, or as long as you need.

Originally developed for the crypto market, perps let traders use leverage of up to 100x, while funding keeps the contract price close to the spot price 🔁

In our latest article, we explain how perps differ from traditional futures and where you can trade them safely.

🎨 Consider this your final LiteFinance exam.

Take a look at the card and pick the right shade. Getting it wrong isn't a problem; you'll just get to know us a little better 👀

Tell us your answer below 💬

👀 Your stop-loss gets hit. You close the chart. Then, a few minutes later, the price reverses and goes exactly where you predicted. Happened to you?

You may have been caught in a liquidity sweep. Price briefly moves past a recent high or low, triggers clustered stop-loss and pending orders, and then reverses.

That's why experienced traders look beyond the breakout itself. They watch how quickly price moves back, what kind of candlestick forms, and where the nearest liquidity zones are 📊

Our latest article explores how a liquidity sweep differs from a liquidity grab, where to look for these patterns, and how they are used in the Smart Money Concept.

🎯 Opening a trade is easy. The hard part is deciding beforehand where to cut your losses and lock in your profits. That's what stop-loss and take-profit orders are for.

📈 Stop Loss automatically closes a position when the price reaches your predefined loss level.

📈 Take Profit does the same when the price reaches your profit target.

They don't predict the market but help you stick to your trading plan when the market moves fast, and you're tempted to wait a little longer. 🛡

The new LiteFinance article explains how to set SL and TP, why they shouldn't be placed arbitrarily, and how to use support and resistance levels, volatility, and the Risk/Reward Ratio.