Foundation course
Certified Futures Trading Beginner
The mechanics of leveraged derivatives, taught platform-neutrally before you trade them: the difference between spot and derivatives, how dated futures and perpetual contracts work, leverage, notional and margin, funding rates, a full liquidation-price calculation, and how to read a contract's key specifications.
6 modules · ~30 min · 20-question exam · pass 70%
- 01Futures vs Spot: The Core DistinctionSpot means you own the coin; a perpetual is a leveraged contract that just tracks its price. Know the difference.
- 02Perpetual Contracts and Funding RatesPerps never expire: the funding rate is the small recurring payment that keeps them glued to spot.
- 03Long and Short MechanicsLong profits when price rises, short when it falls, and why an unmanaged short can lose more than you put in.
- 04Margin Modes: Isolated vs CrossIsolated caps your loss to one position; cross puts your whole account behind it. When to use each.
- 05Reading the Order Book and Open InterestRead the live buy/sell ladder and open interest to see where price can move, and where it can't.
- 06Common Beginner Mistakes in Futures TradingThe six beginner futures mistakes that end accounts, and the one checklist that prevents all of them.
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